Claude Ake Visiting Chair Programme 2025: (Deadline 20 January, 2025)

Applications are open for the Claude Ake Visiting Chair Programme 2025. The Claude Ake Visiting Chair was set up in 2003 at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University (DPCR), in collaboration with the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) and with funding from the Swedish Government and Uppsala University.

The Chair honours the memory of Professor Claude Ake, a distinguished scholar, philosopher, teacher and humanist, who died tragically in 1996. The Chair is intended for scholars who, like Claude Ake, combine a profound commitment to scholarship with a strong advocacy for social justice. The Chair is open to social scientists working at African universities with problems related to war, peace, conflict resolution, human rights, democracy and development on the African continent.

The visiting chair holder is offered a conducive environment to pursue his or her own research, while there is also opportunity for lecturing, holding seminars and contributing to ongoing research activities at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research and the Nordic Africa Institute.

Benefits

• Scholars awarded the Chair will have the opportunity to pursue their own research while contributing to ongoing activities at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research of Uppsala University and the Nordic Africa Institute.

Eligibility

• Open to social scientists from African universities;
• Applicants should champion social justice and specialize in areas like war, peace, conflict resolution, human rights, democracy, and development.

Application

Applications will be received until January 20, 2025. No applications will be accepted after this deadline.

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For more information, visit Claude Ake Visiting Chair Programme.