Africa Research 1st Symposium

Theme: Governance in Africa

27 June 2014 

David Chiddick Building BL1102 (Moot Court) 

 

 

Programme 

09.00-09.30 REGISTRATION AND TEA/COFFEE 

09.30-09.45 WELCOME: Prof. John Turner (Director of the Lincoln Business School)

09.45-11.30 SESSION 1: GOVERNANCE, RIGHTS AND ETHICS 

Panel Chair: Dr Ngozi Okoye (Law School, Lincoln)

Discussant: Nathan John Cooper (Law School, Lincoln)

Speakers: 

Dr Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua (Marie Curie Fellow, School of Education, Lincoln): ‘Africa and the International Criminal Court’

Dr Klaus Beiter (Marie Curie Fellow, School of Education, Lincoln): ‘Establishing a framework for human rights in Africa: complimentary and distinctiveness’

Dr Marie Gibert (Politics and International Relations, Nottingham Trent) ‘The Hissène Habré affair: mapping actors and interests in international justice in Africa’

Dr Adele Langlois (School of Politics and Social Science, Lincoln): ‘Bioethics in Kenya and South Africa’

11.30-11.45 TEA/COFFEE Governance in Africa Organising Committee: Nathan John Cooper, Prof. Heather Hughes, Dr Ngozi Okoye, David Rugara, Dr Eric Ruto, Dr Shrabani Saha, Dr Juliana Siwale

11.45-13.00 SESSION 2: GOVERNANCE, NETWORKS AND BUSINESS 

Panel Chair/Discussant: Dr Juliana Siwale (Business School, Lincoln)

Speakers: 

Prof. Ken Kamoche (Director, Africa Research Group, Nottingham) and Dr Lisa Siebers (Nottingham): ‘Chinese management practices in Africa: toward a research agenda’

Dr Gina Porter (Anthropology, Durham): ‘Transport services, mobile phones and rural access: lessons from community-focused research in sub-Saharan Africa’

Dr Roisin Read: ‘Grammatically reading space in Oxfam’s practices of reconstruction in South Sudan: uncovering the functionality of crisis’

13.00-14.00 LUNCH 

14.00-15.45 SESSION 3: GOVERNANCE OF NATURAL RESOURCES 

Panel Chair: Dr Shrabani Saha (Business School, Lincoln)

Discussant: Dr Eric Ruto (Business School, Lincoln)

Speakers: 

Dr Stefan Andreasson (Comparative Politics, Queen’s University Belfast): ‘Who controls what? A comparative study of resource nationalism in the energy and mining markets of Sub-Saharan Africa’

Dr Lisa Bunclark (Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, Newcastle): ‘Livelihood impacts of water harvesting technologies in Africa’

Nathan John Cooper (Law School, Lincoln): ‘Exploring the social and regulatory impact of new water technology on communities in Malawi’

Prof. Jonathan Redfern (North Africa Research Group, Manchester): ‘African oil and gas: insights into current status and future prospects’

15.45-16.00 CLOSING ADDRESS:

Prof. Duncan French (Head of the Lincoln Law School) Governance