Congratulations to this year’s APN-Next Gen Fellows!
Introducing the African Peacebuilding Network’s and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa’s 2023 Fellows
APN grantees
Doing Research during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Coping with Risks, Managing the Consequences
This essay is based on my personal experience during this Covid-19 pandemic as a PhD student. I hope that my…
An Interview with 2019 APN Grantee Onyinyechukwu Onyido Durueke
Dr. Onyinyechukwu Onyido Durueke was interviewed during the APN-WANEP Policy Dialogue on “Mediating Natural Resource Conflict in Africa: Connecting Practice…
An Interview with 2019 APN Grantee Umar Ahmed
Umar Ahmed is a lecturer at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria. He received both his BA and MA degrees from…
An Interview with Professor Sarah Ssali
The African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) held a joint training workshop in…
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Dr. Amanda Coffie
The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Amanda Coffie, an…
Empowering Kenyan Voices in Peacebuilding Discourse Through Talk Radio
There can be no peace without development and no development without peace. Report of the UN Secretary-General, September 2013 As…
2019 Presidential Elections in Senegal: Reflections on a West African Model-Democracy and the Challenge of Decolonization
Perhaps the most defining issue of the election was the debate about decolonization, a first in the history of postcolonial…
The Waning Foreign Policy Influence of Tanzania under President Magufuli
Tanzania’s post-independence foreign policy was modeled on “liberation diplomacy.” As a result, the country and its leadership have played a…
Renegotiating Gender during Fieldwork in Conflict-Affected Settings: Overcoming Some Challenges
Despite the ethical challenges that conflict settings pose, conducting fieldwork in such places provides great opportunities to generate data essential…