Meet the Network
The scientific network Re-centering African Subjects and Subjectivities, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), led by Mariel Reiss, officially started its work in January 2024. The network is hosted at the University of Marburg and brings together 14 internationally renowned scholars from different disciplines, united in shaping a new research agenda on African regionalism over the next three years. The membership includes scholars located at African, European, and North American Universities with diverse interdisciplinary experience in studying African regionalism. Stemming from political science, international relations, sociology, and anthropology, and with each member having several months to years of extensive field research or personal lived experience, we are able to leverage diverse expertise on African realities. These include, but are not limited to, the broad themes of gender; conflict and security; political economy, institutions, and governance; post- and decolonial theory; and civil society and non-state actors.
Within the network, a coordinating team, comprising Lynda Iroulo, Maria Ketzmerick, Miriam Mukalazi, Densua Mumford, Mariel Reiss, and Antonia Witt, orchestrates the collaborative endeavors and outreach initiatives.