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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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Science Circus
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Dr Graham Walker (ANU National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science) has taken his science shows to 41,000 children in Africa as part of an 11-week tour through five countries. Dr Walker and teammate Joe Duggan lugged magnets and other everyday items to be transformed into science experiments on their Science Circus tour of Mauritius, South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Malawi. The project, funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Questacon and ANU, has left a legacy by training local teachers and staff from local science centres. See
https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/science-circus-helps-inspire-and-enable-africaGraham Walker conceived, sourced funding for and implemented the project and his efforts were recognised with a Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Public Policy and Outreach at the 2015 ANU Staff Excellence Awards. see
https://cpas.anu.edu.au/news-events/six-cpas-staff-members-recognised-vice-chancellors-award-public-policy-and-outreachCongratulations to Professor Sue Stocklmayer , Foundation Director of the Centre for the Public Awareness of Science, who was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the Australia Day Honours in 2016. Sue was brought up in Zambia and did her early work in science education in Zimbabwe. See
https://cpas.anu.edu.au/about-us/people/sue-stocklmayer
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Dr Linda Devereux
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Congratulations to Linda Devereux who completed her thesis in 2015, entitled, “Narrating a congo missionary childhood (1958 – 1964) : memory and meaning examined through a creative non-fiction text and exegesis.”
The study analyses the transnational childhood experience of the daughter of medical missionaries who worked for the Baptist Missionary Society (BMS) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between 1958 and 1964.
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HIV and older adults in South Africa
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ANU Demography seminar
Presented by
School of Demography and
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population HealthResearching health and well-being of older adults in a context of a severe HIV epidemic: A personal perspective
Presenter: Dr Makandwe Nyirenda
Date and time: Thursday 3 December 2015, 4:00pm – 5:00pm
Location: Bob Douglas Lecture Theatre, Building 62 (entrance on Eggleston Road)The population of older persons in South Africa is rapidly ageing. As a result of which, South Africa is in midst of a health transition from communicable to non-communicable diseases. Yet the health care system is not yet adequately prepared or well-equipped to handle emerging non-communicable diseases or the needs of older people. The health and well-being of older people is not well understood, owing to limited studies that explore direct and indirect effects of HIV on health of older people. In this presentation I describe research I have been involved in on the health and well-being of older adults, highlighting some research gaps and planned next steps with potential for collaborations.
Dr Makandwe Nyirenda is from the HIV Prevention Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council and will be visiting the Australian National University in December 2015 as the first recipient of the John C Caldwell African Research Visiting Fellowship.
Further information
Refreshments will be served following the seminar.
The seminar is free and open to the public.
E Anushka.Patel@anu.edu.au
T 02 6125 8346