Events

IPIA meets for a monthly virtual seminar (every first Wednesday of the month). The virtual link is shared with network members ahead of each seminar.

IPIA Virtual Seminar

Upcoming dates

  • December 3, 2025 11:00 (GMT)
    Abdou Rahim Lema (University of Montréal, Canada)
    “Social agency and institutional contexts: Rethinking African agency in Africa–China relations”

Past dates

  • November 5, 2025 11:00 (GMT)
    Tendai Ganduri (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
    “The Zimbabwean and South African Twitterspheres and Agonistics of Climate Diplomacy at COP26”
  • October 1, 2025 11:00 (GMT)
    Oluwamurewa A. Newo (Covenant University, Nigeria)
    “Environmental Governance and the Circular Economy of Plastics in the Global South”
  • July 2, 2025 11:00 (GMT)
    IPIA
    Taking stock and planning IPIA’s future direction
  • June 5, 2025 11:00 (GMT)
    Tata E. Sunjo (University of Buea, Cameroon)
    “Ibrahim Traoré’s Popularity: A Pan-African Model or a Blueprint for Instability in the Age of AI Propaganda”
  • May 7, 2025 11:00 (GMT)
    Wangamati Murumba (Maseno University)
    “Factors that influence conflict in Congo DRC and the implications on regional peace”
  • March 5, 2025 11:00 (GMT)
    Eniye Dubakeme (Baze University)
    “The Exit of Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali from ECOWAS and Implications for Nigeria’s Foreign Policy”
  • February 7, 2025 11:00 (GMT)
    Samira Diebire, Florian G. Kern and Martin Steinwand (University of Essex)
    “Foreign Policy Congruence in Africa: Exploring Linkages Between Public Opinion and Government Positions in African International Relations”
  • December 4, 2024 11:00 (GMT)
    Mwita Chacha (University of Birmingham)
    “Public Support for Political Conditionality in Africa”
  • IPIA at Conferences

    Past

    August 2024

    African Studies Association of the UK (ASAUK)

    Panel: “International Affairs and Foreign Policy in Africa”

    • The Conditions of Foreign Policy Congruence in Africa: Evidence on Free Movement and Free Trade
      Florian Kern, Martin Steinwand, Samira Diebire
    • Public Support for Political Conditionality in Africa
      Mwita Chacha
    • Terrorism and Nigeria’s Neighbourhood Foreign Policy
      Eniye Dubakeme
    • India’s Moment? The New Leader of the Global South in Africa
      Barnaby Dye