Call for papers: Ghent Africa Platform GAPSYM 18 Conference (Ghent University)
Please find the linked call for papers to the annual conference organised by the Africa Platform of Ghent University Association, themed Resources in Africa.
The symposia organised by the AUGent Africa Platform have been trendsetting in the Belgian academic landscape over the last 18 years, providing a unique interdisciplinary forum to showcase academic research conducted in collaboration with African-based partners.
GAPSYM18 will delve into how resources shape Africa’s socio-economic, environmental, andcultural landscapes and define Africa’s position in today’s globalisation.
The conference will take place in Ghent, although online participation will be possible.
The conference encourages cross-disciplinary and innovative approaches to the following sub-themes:
- Histories and contemporalities of extractivism of natural resources
- Africa and the race for critical raw materials
- Contested resources, politics and war
- Land rights and the consequences of land acquisition
- Cross-border resource management and regional cooperation
- Climate change, loss & damage to natural resources
- Renewable energy and energy transition
- Life, viability, and social resilience in Africa’s resource landscapes
- Knowledges as resource
- Culture as a resource for well-being in Africa
- Linguistic resources
- From biobanks to breakthroughs: Unlocking Africa’s biomedical potential
Deadline for the submission of abstracts: 1 June 2025.