Developing Malian-Swedish Partnerships
Photo of the participants at the Institut des Sciences Humaines in Bamako.
Since December 2022, a series of meetings have been organized in the process of developing partnerships between Malian and Swedish researchers.
Between 24 and 28 April 2023, an international workshop was hosted at the Institut des Sciences Humaines in Bamako with research presentations and project discussions with selected Malian and Swedish teams. A dozen of Swedish Researchers participated and met with 20 Malian counterparts. See the full programme Pdf, 286 kB..
Uppsala Forum for Africa Studies' Oulia Makkonen and Sten Hagberg is leading the process in collaboration with partners at Institut des Sciences Humaines.
On Thursday 27 April 2023, a visit to the Université des Lettres et des Sciences Humaines and the Institut de l'Économie Rurale was organised, followed by a reception at the Research of the Swedish Ambassador in Badalabougou neighbourhood of Bamako.
Next step is to pursue discussions online and pull together joint research projects on societal challenges in Mali. The best is yet to come!
As part of mobilising Swedish stakeholders, a two day meeting was hosted at Forum for Africa Studies on 14-15 December 2023. The meeting included a symposium with four speakers: Mariame Sidié, Bintou Koné, Sten Hagberg, and Maria Grosz-Ngaté.
