Sahel symposium: Public Services and Citizen Perspectives in Times of Crisis

2023-11-28

Symposiet samarrangeras av Forum för Afrikastudier vid Uppsala universitet och SIPRI:s Sahel- och Västafrikaprogram 14-15 december 2023.

Välkommen till vårt Sahel symposium på temat Public Services and Citizen Perspectives in Times of Crisis

Symposiet kommer att samla ett dussin forskare som arbetar i och med Västafrika i en särskilt viktig diskussion om tillhandahållande av offentliga tjänster och om medborgarperspektiv i Burkina Faso, Mali och Niger.

Det kommer finnas franska/engelska tolkningstjänster.

Plats: Blåsenhus, von Kraemers Allé 1A, Uppsala universitet:

Torsdag 14 december, kl 9-17, Sal Bertil Hammer-salen, 24:K104
Fredag 15 december, kl 9-13, rum 13:136

Program

Torsdag 14 december, Bertil Hammer-salen, 24:K104, Blåsenhus

9.00-10.00 Opening
Anders Hagfeldt (Vice-Chancellor, Uppsala University)
Dan Smith (Director, SIPRI)
Sten Hagberg (UU’s Forum for Africa Studies)

10.30-12.30 Public Services in the midst of Crisis
Presenters:
Virginie Baudais (SIRPI)
Oumarou Hamani (LASDEL)
Valérie Rouamba (CGD)
Nana Issa Saley (LASDEL)

Discussant: Gabriella Körling (FOI)

13.30-15.00 Malian Women’s Political Participation
Presenters:
Sten Hagberg (UU)
Bintou Koné (UBayreuth/ISH)
Yaouaga Félix Koné (ISH)

Discussant: Diana Højlund Madsen (NAI)

15.30-17.00 Round-Table (hybrid) – Strengthening Public Service Provisioning and Citizen Perspectives in present-day Sahel

Zoom: https://uu-se.zoom.us/j/69591009788
Moderator: Sten Hagberg (UU)

Presenters:
Thomas Ouédraogo (CGD)
Kadari Traoré (CEDA)
Virginie Baudais (SIRPI)
Nana Issa Saley (LASDEL)

Fredag 15 december, 13:136, Blåsenhus

9.00-11.00 Theory and Method in the Study in/of Crisis

Moderator: Shourjya Deb (SIRPI)

Presenters:
Joscka Philipps (UBayreuth)
Mats Utas (UU)
Marte Beldé (UGhent)
Bintou Koné (UBayreuth/ISH)
Oumarou Hamani (LASDEL)

11.30-13.00 General Discussion – Research for Peace, and Justice?

Moderator: Oulia Makkonen (UU)

Presenters:
Yaouaga Félix Koné (ISH)
Valérie Rouamba (CGD)

The Sahel Symposium is jointly organized by Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies and SIPRI’s Sahel and West Africa Programme. It has been generously supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs & the Royal Society for the Humanities in Uppsala.