https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/ en Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:22:04 +0100 Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:22:04 +0100 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/karen-lauterbach-publishes-paper-on-music-as-knowledge-production-in-cern-ideasquare-journal-of-experimental-innovation/ Newly published research from Karen Lauterbach and colleagues followed a Ghanaian highlife band and community...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/karen-lauterbach-publishes-paper-on-music-as-knowledge-production-in-cern-ideasquare-journal-of-experimental-innovation/" alt="Karen Lauterbach publishes paper on Music as Knowledge Production" title="Karen Lauterbach publishes paper on Music as Knowledge Production"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Untitled_Design__1_.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/karen-lauterbach-publishes-paper-on-music-as-knowledge-production-in-cern-ideasquare-journal-of-experimental-innovation/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 10:45:00 +0100 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/amanda-hammar-and-susann-heidecke-launch-certizens-podcast/ Amanda Hammar and Susann Heidecke from the CERTIZENS research project launches ID-OLOGY, a seven-part...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/amanda-hammar-and-susann-heidecke-launch-certizens-podcast/" alt="Amanda Hammar and Susann Heidecke launch ID-OLOGY podcast" title="Amanda Hammar and Susann Heidecke launch ID-OLOGY podcast"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/certizens_11x6.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/amanda-hammar-and-susann-heidecke-launch-certizens-podcast/ Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:15:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/karen-lauterbach-contributes-new-chapter-on-charismatic-christianity-in-ghana/ Karen Lauterbach has contributed a new chapter examining the experiences of young charismatic pastors...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/karen-lauterbach-contributes-new-chapter-on-charismatic-christianity-in-ghana/" alt="Karen Lauterbach contributes new chapter on charismatic Christianity in Ghana" title="Karen Lauterbach contributes new chapter on charismatic Christianity in Ghana"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/karens_bog_11x6.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/karen-lauterbach-contributes-new-chapter-on-charismatic-christianity-in-ghana/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cas-postdoc-edwin-ambani-ameso-convenes-panel-on-african-agency-in-platform-and-ai-futures/ In late August Edwin Ambani Ameso, ModelFutures postdoc convened a panel at the 2026 VAD/SGAS conference...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cas-postdoc-edwin-ambani-ameso-convenes-panel-on-african-agency-in-platform-and-ai-futures/" alt="CAS Postdoc Edwin Ambani Ameso convenes panel on African Agency in Platform and AI Futures" title="CAS Postdoc Edwin Ambani Ameso convenes panel on African Agency in Platform and AI Futures"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Edwin_billede__1_.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cas-postdoc-edwin-ambani-ameso-convenes-panel-on-african-agency-in-platform-and-ai-futures/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cecilia-passanti-discussed-the-agora-of-the-digital-at-the-social-innovation-pavilion-in-nairobi/ Postdoc Cecilia Passanti contributed to Georges Eyenga Macaire chapter titled ‘Digital technologies...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cecilia-passanti-discussed-the-agora-of-the-digital-at-the-social-innovation-pavilion-in-nairobi/" alt="Cecilia Passanti discussed the “Agora of the Digital” at the Social Innovation Pavilion in Nairobi" title="Cecilia Passanti discussed the “Agora of the Digital” at the Social Innovation Pavilion in Nairobi"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/cecilia_2_final.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cecilia-passanti-discussed-the-agora-of-the-digital-at-the-social-innovation-pavilion-in-nairobi/ Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:45:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cas-featured-on-radio-iiii-on-ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo/ Associate professors Stig Jensen and Karen Lauterbach feature on three different episodes of Radio IIII...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cas-featured-on-radio-iiii-on-ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo/" alt="CAS featured on Radio IIII on Ebola outbreak in DR Congo" title="CAS featured on Radio IIII on Ebola outbreak in DR Congo"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/syd_for_sahara.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cas-featured-on-radio-iiii-on-ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo/ Thu, 25 Jun 2026 10:30:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/critical-perspectives-on-the-2026-world-cup/ In a recent Politiken article, Associate Professor Stig Jensen and our former CAS student, Buster...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/critical-perspectives-on-the-2026-world-cup/" alt="Critical Perspectives on the 2026 World Cup" title="Critical Perspectives on the 2026 World Cup"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Football.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/critical-perspectives-on-the-2026-world-cup/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 08:45:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/leapfrogging-care-in-africa-reflections-from-the-point-sd-2026-conference-at-makerere-university-kampala-uganda/ From 18 to 22 May 2026, Edwin Ambani Ameso joined the Point Süd 2026 Workshop on Green and...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/leapfrogging-care-in-africa-reflections-from-the-point-sd-2026-conference-at-makerere-university-kampala-uganda/" alt="Leapfrogging Care in Africa: Reflections from the Point Süd 2026 Conference at Makerere University, Kampala: Uganda" title="Leapfrogging Care in Africa: Reflections from the Point Süd 2026 Conference at Makerere University, Kampala: Uganda"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Edwin_webpage_1.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/leapfrogging-care-in-africa-reflections-from-the-point-sd-2026-conference-at-makerere-university-kampala-uganda/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:30:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/green-initiatives-can-cause-conflict-and-inequality-in-africa/ Several African countries are keen to brand themselves through ambitious climate projects. But these...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/green-initiatives-can-cause-conflict-and-inequality-in-africa/" alt="Green initiatives can cause conflict and inequality in Africa" title="Green initiatives can cause conflict and inequality in Africa"><img src="https://news.ku.dk/all_news/2026/05/green-initiatives-can-cause-conflict-and-inequality-in-africa/1100x600_Vindm_ller.jpeg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/green-initiatives-can-cause-conflict-and-inequality-in-africa/ Fri, 08 May 2026 12:30:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cas-welcomes-two-postdoctoral-researchers-and-one-phd-fellow-on-the-erc-starting-grant-modelling-african-futures/ The Centre of African Studies is pleased to welcome two new postdoctoral researchers, Edwin Ambani Ameso...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cas-welcomes-two-postdoctoral-researchers-and-one-phd-fellow-on-the-erc-starting-grant-modelling-african-futures/" alt="CAS welcomes new researchers on the ERC Starting Grant Modelling African Futures" title="CAS welcomes new researchers on the ERC Starting Grant Modelling African Futures"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/New_staff_news_2.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/cas-welcomes-two-postdoctoral-researchers-and-one-phd-fellow-on-the-erc-starting-grant-modelling-african-futures/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 14:45:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/ma-student-presenting-at-the-conference-of-the-international-society-for-the-study-of-african-jewry-issaj/ On 9-10 March 2026 our MA student Teis Fælling participated in the conference of the International...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/ma-student-presenting-at-the-conference-of-the-international-society-for-the-study-of-african-jewry-issaj/" alt="MA student presenting at the conference of the International Society for the Study of African Jewry (ISSAJ)" title="MA student presenting at the conference of the International Society for the Study of African Jewry (ISSAJ)"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Conference.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/ma-student-presenting-at-the-conference-of-the-international-society-for-the-study-of-african-jewry-issaj/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/new-book-strengthens-teaching-on-sustainability-and-the-green-transition/ Fourteen researchers from across the University of Copenhagen have contributed to a new interdisciplinary...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/new-book-strengthens-teaching-on-sustainability-and-the-green-transition/" alt="New Book Strengthens Teaching on Sustainability and the Green Transition" title="New Book Strengthens Teaching on Sustainability and the Green Transition"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Ny_bog_-_Stig.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/new-book-strengthens-teaching-on-sustainability-and-the-green-transition/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:00:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/podcast-episode-with-stig-jensen/ In episode #5 of the podcast Vild med verdenskortet, Associate Professor Stig Jensen discusses the Seychelles....<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/podcast-episode-with-stig-jensen/" alt="Seychelles – Podcast Episode with Stig Jensen" title="Seychelles – Podcast Episode with Stig Jensen"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Podcast_billede.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/podcast-episode-with-stig-jensen/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:45:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/study-trip-to-ghana-with-cas/ The Centre of African Studies (CAS) is organising another educational trip to Ghana for students to explore...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/study-trip-to-ghana-with-cas/" alt="Study trip to Ghana with CAS" title="Study trip to Ghana with CAS"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Ghana_trip.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/study-trip-to-ghana-with-cas/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/understanding-environments-nature-knowledge-production-and-development-practice-in-northern-kenya/ Since 2024, Mads Yding, postdoctoral researcher at CAS, has led the project 'Understanding Environments:...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/understanding-environments-nature-knowledge-production-and-development-practice-in-northern-kenya/" alt="Understanding environments: nature, knowledge production, and development practice in Northern Kenya" title="Understanding environments: nature, knowledge production, and development practice in Northern Kenya"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Mads_Yding_projects.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/understanding-environments-nature-knowledge-production-and-development-practice-in-northern-kenya/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:30:00 +0100 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/plasticities-new-project-will-research-changing-waste-work-in-urban-kenya/ How are efforts to tackle plastic pollution changing the lives of those who make a living from waste...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/plasticities-new-project-will-research-changing-waste-work-in-urban-kenya/" alt="PlastiCITIES: New project will research changing waste work in urban Kenya" title="PlastiCITIES: New project will research changing waste work in urban Kenya"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/plasticities-new-project-will-research-changing-waste-work-in-urban-kenya/PlastiCITIES_Photo_credit_Christina_Anderskov_1100x600.jpeg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2026/plasticities-new-project-will-research-changing-waste-work-in-urban-kenya/ Fri, 23 Jan 2026 17:15:00 +0100 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/dr-podcast-the-next-act-in-sudans-civil-war/ In a recent podcast episode of Verden Ifølge Gram on Danish Radio, Associate Professor Stig Jensen...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/dr-podcast-the-next-act-in-sudans-civil-war/" alt="DR Podcast: The Next Act in Sudan’s Civil War" title="DR Podcast: The Next Act in Sudan’s Civil War"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Verden_if_lge_Gram.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/dr-podcast-the-next-act-in-sudans-civil-war/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 14:15:00 +0100 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/edward-kirumira-awarded-honorary-doctorate-at-the-university-of-copenhagen/ Each year, the University of Copenhagen confers a number of honorary doctorates across different academic...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/edward-kirumira-awarded-honorary-doctorate-at-the-university-of-copenhagen/" alt="Edward Kirumira awarded honorary doctorate at the University of Copenhagen" title="Edward Kirumira awarded honorary doctorate at the University of Copenhagen"><img src="https://cms.ku.dk/test/teo/edward-kirumira-bliver-aeresdoktor-ved-koebenhavns-universitet/Kirumira_1100.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/edward-kirumira-awarded-honorary-doctorate-at-the-university-of-copenhagen/ Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:15:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/cas-welcomes-new-ma-students/ On the 8th of September 2025 new master students in African Studies went on a trip to Sommerladen,...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/cas-welcomes-new-ma-students/" alt="CAS welcomes new MA students" title="CAS welcomes new MA students"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/images/grouppicturestudents8sep25.jpg/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/cas-welcomes-new-ma-students/ Mon, 15 Sep 2025 13:00:00 +0200 https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/remembering-holger-bernt-hansen--mindeord-om-holger-bernt-hansen/ Professor Emeritus, Dr. Phil. Holger Bernt Hansen passed away on August 20, 2025, at the age of 89. He...<div class="item-image"><a href="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/remembering-holger-bernt-hansen--mindeord-om-holger-bernt-hansen/" alt="Remembering Holger Bernt Hansen // Mindeord om Holger Bernt Hansen" title="Remembering Holger Bernt Hansen // Mindeord om Holger Bernt Hansen"><img src="https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/pictures/Billede_holger_1.png/" border="0" alt="" /></a></div> https://teol.ku.dk/cas/news/2025/remembering-holger-bernt-hansen--mindeord-om-holger-bernt-hansen/ Mon, 01 Sep 2025 14:00:00 +0200