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CEsA will screen “Sleepwalking Land” in February, with a discussion panel with Mia Couto
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) is pleased to announce the screening of the first feature film by Portuguese director Teresa Prata, based on the homonymous novel by Mozambican author Mia Couto, “Sleepwalking Land” (“Terra Sonâmbula” in Portuguese) (Teresa Prata, 2007 , Fiction, 96 min, Portuguese). The session is free admission and will take place on February 25, 10 am, at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management (Auditorium 2, Rua do Quelhas n. 6, 1200-781, Lisbon, Portugal).
The film will be played in Portuguese. We recommend a pre-registration (click here to register), but the capacity of the auditorium will be filled in order of arrival.
The debate will follow with Mia Couto (online), and the Mozambican filmmaker Camilo de Sousa, as well as with the poet and journalist Luís Carlos Patraquim.
Synopsis for “Sleepwalking Land”
A fiction that tells the story of Muidinga, a boy who finds a diary next to a dead body and starts to read it. It is the story of Farida, who lives on an old ship anchored on the high seas and is waiting for her son. Muidinga is convinced that it is that boy and decides to go in search of her. He travels with Tuahir, a cantankerous storyteller who develops a growing affection for Muidinga, even fearing that the boy will find his family. The film slowly leaves behind the harsh reality of war and enters the fantastic. Dreams come true and the sea invades the dusty road.
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About the Cycle “Cinema e Descolonização: Moçambique em foco”
The project urges to understand decolonization as a process still in progress, which must be accepted and integrated into the social, political, cultural and personal dynamics. The project aims to create an open and dynamic space for sharing, where memories, narratives, dialogues and reflections can emerge. It is coordinated by Jessica Falconi (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and curated by the Mozambican filmmakers Isabel Noronha and Camilo de Sousa.
The film club will take place from January to July 2023, with screenings once a month, always on Saturdays, where it is intended to debate and reflect on the legacies and memories of decolonization in Mozambique. Each session will have the spoken remarks of producers, directors, etc., as well as moderators and debaters who will facilitate the debate within the audience.
Coordination: Jessica Falconi (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa)
Curators: Isabel Noronha and Camilo de Sousa
Scientific consultancy: Joana Pereira Leite (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and Ana Mafalda Leite (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa)
Support: CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa
Check the full program for 2023 of the film club “Cinema e Descolonização: Moçambique em foco”
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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Watch all sessions of CEsA Thinks Seminars
CEsA Thinks Seminars sessions were streamed online via Zoom, in 2022 on October 13th, November 2nd and December 7th, and in 2023 on January 18th and February 8th. Streamed sessions are saved on CEsA YouTube channel (access this link). Check them out:
“Fragilities and Shocks Effects on Households and Communities in East & Central Africa”, Vincent Agulonye (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and discussant Daniel Adayi, October 13th, 2022.
“The Relevance of the Concept of Cumulative Causation? A Contribution to the Analysis of Growth Trajectories in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Alice Sindzingre (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa, University of Paris-North, Sciences Po-Bordeaux) and discussant Alexandre Abreu (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa), November 2nd, 2022.
“The Cost of Juvenile Substance Abuse and Addiction on Households and Communities in Nigeria: Can guidance and counselling be a panacea?”, Father Bahago Samaila (Veritas University, Nigeria) and discussant Vincent Agulonye (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa), December 7th, 2022.
“The Nexus Between Water & Food Security in West Africa: An exploration of the status quo and the emerging challenges”. Daniel Adayi (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and discussant Vincent Agulonye (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa). January 18th, 2023.
“Effects of Climate Change on Businesses in Retail Food Industry and Responses in Nigeria”. Auta Elisha Menson (Kaduna State Universiry, Nigeria) and discussant Vincent Agulonye (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa). February 8th, 2023.
Check out the full schedule of CEsA Thinks Seminars’ sessions for 2022/2023 here.
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
Registration now open for EADI CEsA Lisbon Conference 2023, the largest European conference on Development Studies
The largest European conference on Development Studies, the EADI CEsA Lisbon Conference 2023: Towards New Rhythms of Development, which will take place between the 10th and 13th of July 2023 at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, in Lisbon, is with Early Bird registration open until March 26, 2023. The event will be hybrid (face-to-face and online) and prices vary, depending on the chosen participation category, from €85 to €285 for early registration.
Discounts are available for: 1. EADI members; 2. PhD and postdoctoral student researchers; 3. participants based in middle and low income countries; 4. unemployed participants based in high income countries; and 5. speakers at Seed and Harvest Panels based in middle and low income countries.
Registration must be done through the Conftool conference management system. More information can be accessed through the Registration (click here) and FAQ (click here) pages, in English, on the EADI website. Questions should be directed to the e-mail: eadi_cesa23@iseg.ulisboa.pt
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EADI, the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes, is the leading European network in the field of Development Studies: With more than 100 institutional members in more than 25 countries it.organises activities and provides platforms for international networking and exchange with a strong interdisciplinary focus. EADI’s flagship events are the General Conferences every three years which bring together the wider Development Research community around a specific topic. The official languages of EADI are English and French. EADI is funded through membership fees as well as by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).
Applications for the 2023/24 PhD in Development Studies (PDED) are open
Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon (ULisboa), announce the opening of applications for the PhD in Development Studies (PDED/ISEG) 2023/24.
CEsA plays an important role in teaching at ISEG, through representing CEsA as a member of the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee of the PhD in Development Studies (PDED); by supporting and teaching several of the course units; and by supervising student’s’ theses. CEsA also regularly organises international seminars and conferences that enable PDED students to be in permanent contact with leading-edge research in their respective areas. Further information about CEsA HERE.
This PhD programme was created in 2009 and accredited by the national agency A3ES in 2015. After 2017/18, this program became a joint PhD of ISEG (School of Economics and Management), ICS (Institute of Social Sciences), IGOT (Institute of Geographic and Spatial Planning) and ISA (School of Agriculture) of Universidade de Lisboa, with some changes in its content, recently approved by the national agency A3ES. This PhD is for anyone interested in obtaining advanced academic training and doing research with a view to working in jobs related to international and national development in the public sector, the private sector, or the non-profit sector.
Further information at PDED’s webpage at ISEG website.
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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MDCI/ISEG 30th ANNIVERSARY: Applications for the 2023/24 Masters in Development and International Cooperation are open (1st stage’s deadline: 2/28)
Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, University of Lisbon (ULisboa), announce the opening of the 1st stage for applications for the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI/ISEG) 2023/24. The deadline for applications is February 28, 2023.
In 2023, the Masters in Development and International Cooperation (MDCI/ISEG) completes 30 years of its creation by CEsA. In addition to having founded MDCI, CEsA also plays an important role in teaching at ISEG, through representation CEsA as a member of the Scientific and Pedagogical Committee of MDCI; by supporting and teaching several of the course units; and by supervising student’s’ theses. CEsA also regularly organises international seminars and conferences that enable MDCI students to be in permanent contact with leading-edge research in their respective areas.
The MDCI is a complement to the skills acquired in the first cycle in the areas of Economics, Management, Sociology or International Relations. It prepares students to be leaders, managers and senior technicians of organizations linked to international cooperation, in public institutions or private companies. It is essentially aimed at completing the first cycle education of graduates in Economics, Management, Sociology, International Relations or other areas considered appropriate to the course, preparing students to exercise professional functions related to the problems of development and international cooperation, or teaching and scientific research functions.
Further information at MDCI’s webpage at ISEG website (only in Portuguese).
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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Working Paper 188/2023: A identidade nacional na Guiné-Bissau: um ensaio exploratório inspirado na metodologia de J.Cheek, S.Briggs, S.Smith e L.Tropp
Abstract:
The investigation of A Identidade Nacional na Guiné-Bissau – Um ensaio exploratório inspirado na metodologia de J.Cheek, S.Briggs, S.Smith e L.Tropp is defined as exploratory and aims to evaluate whether the methodology of inquiry and analysis of identity. created by J. Cheek, S. Briggs, S. Smith and L. Tropp, can be adapted to a fragile state like Guinea-Bissau. This methodology consists in the assessment of the importance attributed by the respondents of 70 sentences from which the characteristics of individual and social identity (family and collective) are extracted. The sentences were sent by digital means to 102 Guineans known in person or only by Facebook with request for response and dissemination and obtained 183 responses. These answers, calculated according to the methodology adopted, allowed to define some identity characteristics of the respondents. We tried to interpret these results using other surveys made since 2014 in Guinea-Bissau with different themes. It is concluded by realizing that this is a method that can contribute to the knowledge of the national identity of Guineans, but insufficient. This conclusion remains to be demonstrated if it is carried out with a statistically significant sample.
Quotation:
Sangreman, C., Magalhães, J., Faria, R. (2023). “A Identidade Nacional na Guiné-Bissau – Um ensaio exploratório inspirado na metodologia de J.Cheek, S.Briggs, S.Smith e L.Tropp“. Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão – CEsA/CSG – Documentos de Trabalho nº 188/2023
Desafios para Moçambique, 2022
Abstract:
This issue of Desafios para Moçambique (2022) comes as the country faces enormous challenges – the war in Cabo Delgado, with some signs of expansion into other provinces; the Rovuma basin gas extraction and liquefaction projects, which realise some 24 Challenges for Mozambique 2022 Introduction of the greatest challenges in Mozambique’s economic history; the lingering effects of the global crisis, the bursting and implosion of the economic bubble, of which the sovereign debt crisis was a manifestation, and the social and economic after-effects of the covid-19 pandemic. These challenges and crises stimulated research and resulted in lessons, some of which are developed in this issue. Recently ended in Maputo, the trial of some of the state agents and private agents involved in the illicit international financial transactions that resulted in the odious debts. What was already clear before – that these illicit transactions are a reflection of more general dynamics of expropriation, privatisation and financialisation of the state for private accumulation of capital, even if this is done at heavy social costs – has, if possible, become clearer. The hypothesis that the legal process, which we had the opportunity to follow for about a year and a half, only touched on the recipients of commissions for corruption and influence peddling, the executors of the great default against the public purse, was confirmed.
Quotation:
Castel-Branco, C.N., Ali, R., Chichava, S., Forquilha, S., Muianga, C. (2022) Desafios para Moçambique, 2022. IESE. Maputo, Moçambique. ISBN: 978-989-8464-58-3
Last session of 2022/2023 CEsA Thinks will be held on February 8th on the effects of climate change on the food retail industry in Nigeria
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, of the University of Lisbon (ULisboa), invite you to the last session of 2022/2023 CEsA Thinks – Seminars: “Effects of Climate Change on Businesses in Retail Food Industry and Responses in Nigeria” (presenter: Prof. Auta Elisha Menson, Kaduna State Universiry, Nigeria). The discussion will be led by Vincent Agulonye (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa).
The session is open to the public and will take place on February 8, 2023, at 6 pm (Lisbon time), at ISEG (Room 104, Francesinhas 2), in Lisbon, and online via Zoom (access here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87919779125?pwd=cmtENi9lVWxRNjBCdHhXaDdCZ0lHUT09 Password: cesathinks).
About the presenter
Dr Auta Elisha Menson is a Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics, Faculty od Social Sciences, Kaduna State University, Nigeria, and a researcher with Centre for Entrepreneurship and Development in the same institution. He holds a PhD in Economics with research interest in development and public policy. He has done extensive research on public policy and governance in Nigeria and Sub-Saharan Africa.
About the discussant
Vincent Agulonye is a CEsA researcher (CSG/ISEG/ULisboa). He holds a PhD in Development Studies from ISEG, University of Lisbon. At the moment, he is involved in studying development trends in Nigeria’s private sector (especially in the manufacturing industry) in Anambra.
CEsA Thinks 2023
The presentations aim to promote peer discussions on current research conducted by researchers in the field of Development, with the aim of generating contributions and criticism of the works presented. Organized by the CEsA researchers Vincent Agulonye and Daniel Adayi, the CEsA Thinks 2022 presentations are in English.
Next CEsA Thinks’ session: “Effects of Climate Change on Businesses in Retail Food Industry and Responses in Nigeria”
February 8, 2023
From 6pm to 7:30pm (Lisbon time)
Face-to-face in Room 104 (Francesinhas 2, ISEG, Lisbon), with online broadcast via Zoom (access here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87919779125?pwd=cmtENi9lVWxRNjBCdHhXaDdCZ0lHUT09 Password: cesathinks).
See the full program in the poster.
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
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CEsA Thinks will return on January 18 with a discussion on water and food security in West Africa
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) and ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management, of the University of Lisbon (ULisboa), invite you to the next session of the CEsA Thinks 2023 – Seminars: “The Nexus Between Water & Food Security in West Africa: An exploration of the status quo and the emerging challenges”. In this presentation, Daniel Adayi (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) will look at the water and food securities in the basins of the Rivers Senegal, Niger and Volta in the West African sub-region. The discussion will be led by Vincent Agulonye (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa).
The session is open to the public and will take place on January 18, 2023, at 6 pm (Lisbon time), at ISEG (Room 104, Francesinhas 2), in Lisbon, and online via Zoom (access here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87919779125?pwd=cmtENi9lVWxRNjBCdHhXaDdCZ0lHUT09 Password: cesathinks).
About the speaker
Daniel Adayi is a Catholic missionary priest and a CEsA researcher (CSG/ISEG/ULisboa). He obtained his doctorate in Development Studies from ISEG, University of Lisbon, in 2019 for research on the political economy of River Basin Development Authorities in Nigeria. His current research focuses on the interplay of institutions in food and water resources management in emerging economies. With an academic background in Philosophy, Environmental Engineering Chemistry and Sacred Sciences, Adayi employs interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary methodological tools for his analyses. He lives in London and is the Parish Priest of Saints Michael and Matin Church, Hounslow, in the West of London.
About the discussant
Vincent Angulonye is a CEsA researcher (CSG/ISEG/ULisboa). He holds a PhD in Development Studies from ISEG, University of Lisbon. At the moment, he is involved in studying development trends in Nigeria’s private sector (especially in the manufacturing industry) in Anambra.
CEsA Thinks 2023
The presentations aim to promote peer discussions on current research conducted by researchers in the field of Development, with the aim of generating contributions and criticism of the works presented. Organized by the CEsA researchers Vincent Agulonye and Daniel Adayi, the CEsA Thinks 2022 presentations are in English.
Next CEsA Thinks’ session: “The Nexus Between Water & Food Security in West Africa: An exploration of the status quo and the emerging challenges”
January 18, 2023
From 6pm to 7:30pm (Lisbon time)
Face-to-face in Room 104 (Francesinhas 2, ISEG, Lisbon), with online broadcast via Zoom (access here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87919779125?pwd=cmtENi9lVWxRNjBCdHhXaDdCZ0lHUT09 Password: cesathinks).
See the full program in the poster.
Author: CEsA Communication (comunicacao@cesa.iseg.ulisboa.pt)
Image: CEsA/Reproduction
CEsA wishes you Happy Holidays and a Joyful 2023!
The Centre for African and Development Studies (CEsA/CSG/ISEG/ULisboa) wishes you Happy Holidays and a Joyful 2023! Click on the image above to download our postcard!
