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ANU Africa Network
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This website was established in 2013 by David Lucas, and renovated and relaunched in 2020 as part of a project to increase awareness of Africa and African studies in the ANU and the ACT, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Another outcome of that project was a major research report, published in August 2021, African Studies at the Australian National University and in the Australian Capital Territory, analyzing the past, present and future of the study of Africa at the Australian National University and the wider Australian University sector.
The major innovation on this updated website is the creation of the ACT Africa Expert Directory which lists experts on Africa from institutions around the ACT, primarily the ANU. We will continue to curate this list, offering a key resource for media, government and non-government organizations seeking expert facts and opinions on Africa. Individuals can request to be added to the list by contacting the website managers.
Another notable addition is the expanded directory of PhD theses on Africa produced in the territory’s universities, a solid measure of the vitality of the study of Africa in the city of Canberra.
Reviewing these directories, it is revealing to note that the vast majority of research on Africa is produced by disciplinary experts (environmental scientists, economists, demographers, etc.) rather than area studies experts. This means that the study of Africa is woven into the fabric of the research culture of the ANU and the ACT’s other universities in ways that are not necessarily apparent.
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Exciting, challenging, frightening times: global health, development and the stuff of innovation
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Speaker: Dr Mark Dybul, Executive Director, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Time & Date: Monday 29 February 2016, 5.30pm
Venue: Molonglo Theatre, Level 2, JG Crawford Building 132, Lennox Crossing, ANU
Event-url: https://crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/6893/2016-harold-mitchell…
Dr Dybul has worked on HIV and public health for more than 25 years as a clinician, scientist, teacher and administrator. After graduating from Georgetown Medical School in Washington DC, Dybul joined the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, where he conducted basic and clinical studies on HIV virology, immunology and treatment optimisation, including the first randomised, controlled trial with combination antiretroviral therapy in Africa.
Dybul became a founder of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, and was appointed as its leader in 2006, He served until early 2009.
Before coming to the Global Fund, Dybul was co-director of the Global Health Law Program at the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University.
The Harold Mitchell Development Policy Annual Lecture Series, of which this is the fourth, has been created to provide a forum at which the most pressing development issues can be addressed by the best minds and most influential practitioners of our time.
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AFRICAN FOOD AT ANU: Saturday 20th February
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The ANU African Student Association (ANUASA) has posted this on Facebook
“PARSA Big Day is happening tomorrow at 10AM, Saturday 20 February at Fellows Meadow (directly opposite Chifley Library).
ANUASA will be taking part in the Big Day by cooking and serving African dishes at our own stall. So please come along and support us. There is plenty of good food and fun to be had! ”
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LAW at ANU; RUGBY RESEARCH AT UC
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“Law and governance in sub-Saharan Africa’ – Masters Course offered at ANU is open for enrolments
The course is offered intensively over 4 days in Canberra in Spring (September). Through online portals we distribute readings etc. Note that people can enrol in this course without needing to be enrolled in a Masters programme. They receive certification from the ANU (and credit towards any eventual Masters in the law, governance and development area). This link explains the course overview and details – https://programsandcourses.anu.edu.au/2016/course/LAWS8071.
Contact: Associate Professor Jolyon Ford jo.ford@anu.edu.au for further details – https://law.anu.edu.au/staff/jolyon-ford ”
From the University of Canberra Rugby and Football Research Webpage
https://www.canberra.edu.au/research/institutes/ucrise/research/high-performance-sport/rugby-research“The Rugby and Football Research Centre undertakes research projects which examine best practice in rugby and football codes. The Centre aims to better understand areas such as performance analysis, talent identification, coaching, fatigue, training load monitoring, injury management and strength and conditioning.”
” Academic collaborations include the universities of Cape Town and Pretoria in South Africa, and the University of Saarland in Germany.”