📢 #CfP 'Digital Transformation and Wealth Dynamics in Africa'

Early-career researchers and students are invited to contribute to this interdisciplinary workshop (hybrid) fostering dialogue across #Economics, #DevelopmentStudies, #Sociology, #PublicPolicy & #DigitalStudies.

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📨 What has been going on at the College? Our newsletter provides you with a digest of recent developments and new publications, lists upcoming events and introduces new College members – including our current Senior Fellows.

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Details about his project 'Digital Extension Services and Wealth Distribution in Nigerian Agriculture': www.college-uaruhr.de/fellowship/t...

#FellowFriday: Abdulrazaq Daudu @dauduak.bsky.social (Univ. of Ilorin, Nigeria) specialises in gender and development, digital #agriculture and #RuralTransformation. 👉 Learn more about his research & collaboration with Jakob Kapeller, @ifso.bsky.social (LinkedIn): lnkd.in/p/eSvS2Sye

Learn more about the research professorship: www.college-uaruhr.de/research/res...

Daniel Chigudu is Prof. of Political Science & Governance at the Univ. of South Africa and has been a Senior Fellow at the College in 2026. Martina Brandt is Prof. for Social Structure & Sociology of Ageing Societies @tu-dortmund.de. The policy brief is an outcome of their fellowship collaboration.

💡 FEATURE | Policy Brief
Governing for Healthy Ageing: Intergenerational Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa

Daniel Chigudu & Martina Brandt examine how #governance & #SocialProtection in sub-Saharan Africa can be redesigned and propose an integrated agenda for #HealthyAgeing.
👉 t1p.de/1uj00

Congratulations to Ruhr Innovation Lab on being selected for funding as a University Consortium of Excellence! #UARuhr

Congratulations to Ruhr Innovation Lab on being selected for funding as a University Consortium of Excellence! #UARuhr

Congratulations to Ruhr Innovation Lab on being selected for funding as a University Consortium of Excellence! We are delighted that the joint initiative of @ruhr-uni-bochum.de & @tu-dortmund.de was successful in this highly competitive selection process. #UARuhr

📅 WORKSHOP: Sweat as Method. Explorations of the 'Lower Senses' | 26–27 Nov., hybrid

What can sweat reveal about bodies, atmospheres & relations that remains inaccessible to distanced observation? This workshop opens up broader reflections on sensory research.
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#Sociology #SocSci

Die Veranstaltung wird gemeinsam organisiert von Tahani Nadim (College for Social Sciences and Humanities), LIESELLE – queerfeministisches Archiv und Bibliothek an der @ruhr-uni-bochum.de und Alice Salomon Archiv der ASH Berlin.

📅 TALK: Alles in Ordnung im Archiv? Gespräche über Zugang und Widerständigkeit | 29. Okt.

Die Veranstaltung befasst sich aus künstlerischer, gesellschaftspolitischer und wissenschaftlicher Perspektive mit Widerständigkeiten im #Archiv, mit einem Fokus auf Zugang und Zugänglichkeit.
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🔎 New Project: From Web, Library, War to Fire, Garden, Feed

Artists and theorists examine how #metaphors shape our perceptions and narratives of the internet and digital infrastructures. The project is part of the Medienkunstfellows programme of Medienwerk NRW.
👉 www.medienwerk.nrw/projects/met...

The event is part of the annual workshop series organised by the research group ‘Global #SustainabilityGovernance’, headed by @mattkranke.bsky.social.

📆 Global Sustainability Governance: Towards Transnational Planning in the Age of Ecological Crisis | 2–3 Nov.
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This workshop explores the potential of different forms of #TransnationalPlanning for leveraging transformative change and fosters interdisciplinary dialogue.

#SocSci #EnvHum

💡 NEW FEATURE
Feel the Heat. Thermal Inequalities and Health

Sreeparna Chattopadhyay & Elena Beregow reflect on the impact of extreme #heat on our social lives. The blog post highlights how heat vulnerability is connected with inequalities.
👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/features

#SocSci