Claude Ake Visiting Chair

The Claude Ake Visiting Chair in Uppsala, Sweden, is a research programme for senior scholars with professorial competence from African universities, specialised in areas like peace, conflict resolution, human rights and democracy. The programme was co-founded in 2003 by the Nordic Africa Institute and the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University, who are also co-financing it.[1][2]

Only one person at a time can hold the Claude Ake Visiting Chair and the chair holder is offered a three-month stay in Uppsala to pursue his or her own research, with opportunities for lecturing, holding seminars and taking part in ongoing research activities at both institutions.[3][4][5] The visiting chair is also contracted to publish an academic paper to be published in the Open Access series Claude Ake Memorial Papers.[6]

The Claude Ake Visiting Chair was set up in 2003 in honour of the memory of Nigerian political scientist Claude Ake (1939–1996). The idea of setting up a chair in his name was first raised by political scientist Guy Martin, already immediately after Claude Ake's sudden and untimely death.[7][8]

Current and previous holders of the Claude Ake Visiting Chair

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References

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  1. ^ "Claude Ake Visiting Chair - Uppsala University". www.uu.se. 2024-05-21. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  2. ^ Sesay, Amadu (2008). The African union: forward march or about face-turn?. Uppsala: Uppsala University and the Nordic Africa Institute. pp. 3–4. ISBN 978-91-506-1990-4.
  3. ^ "Swedish Development Research Network SweDev". nai.uu.se. 17 January 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  4. ^ "Nordic Africa Institute Claude Ake Visiting Chair Scholarships 2024 for African Researchers (Fully Funded to Sweden) – Opportunities For Africans" (in French). 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  5. ^ "The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA)".
  6. ^ "List of titles in the Claude Ake Memorial Papers series at the website of the National Library of Denmark".
  7. ^ "African Insight Vol 26 No 4:1996".
  8. ^ Martin, Guy. "Claude Ake" (PDF). ASA News, Newsletter of the African Studies Association at the University of Cambridge. January/March 1997: 4–5.
  9. ^ "Victor A. O. Adetula". E-International Relations. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  10. ^ "'A crisis of Leadership? Reflections on 20 years of Democracy | University of Pretoria". www.up.ac.za. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  11. ^ "Poverty and Elites in Africa - Medfarm Play - Uppsala universitet". media.medfarm.uu.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  12. ^ "Eghosa Emmanuel Osaghae (Nigerian Institute of International Affairs)". niia.gov.ng. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  13. ^ "The challenge of peacebuilding: Responses to insecurity in Africa - The Nordic Africa Institute". nai.uu.se. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
  14. ^ "FUOYE Don shines, wins 2023 Claude Ake Visiting Chair". News. 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
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