Date: June 27, 2018
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 6:30pm
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Empire of the Digital Conference: Views from South Asia and East Africa, May 21-22 2018 @ IFRA & Alliance Française
Dates and Time and Venues: Monday 21st at 14:00-18:00 and Tuesday 22nd at 9:00-17:00 and as from 18:00-19:30 a science café at Alliance Française.
For more information and programme, visit this link.
Exhibition: Voting Matters. Citizenship & Technologies of African Elections, Oct. 12 – Nov. 8 2015 @ Nairobi National Museum
Exhibition Dates: October 12 – November 8, 2015
Venue: National Museum
Roundtable on: Technologies and Elections
An international conference on Voting materiality confronting academics, politicians, professionals of elections.
Date: October 14, 2015
Venue: National Museum
Time: 2-4 pm
Speakers:
Moses Bakari (CRECO/ELOG, Kenya)
Mohammed Bakari (UDSM, Tanzania)
James Mwirima (CEWARN, Uganda)
Tom Wolf (IPSOS – Kenya)/ IEBC representative (Kenya)
About
Contemporary elections involve ever-more modern technology. They are meant to protect what have become the fundamental principles of elections: the secrecy and singularity of the individual’s vote, the transparency of the ballot, the independence of the institutions supervising the elections.But these increasingly sophisticated elections come at a cost: when technology goes wrong, suspicions are quickly aroused.Have new technologies made elections more free and fair? Has this new apparatus transformed electoral behavior? The speakers on this panel, each one a specialist, will address these questions with regard to their own field of practice: from election polls, to electoral observation, to the organisation of elections.
Lecture/Book Launch: Can the African Neo-patrimonial State be Developmental? Sept. 21 2012 @ IFRA/BIEA Conference room
Date: September 21, 2012
Venue: IFRA/BIEA Conference room
Time: 1.30-3.30pm
Entry: Free [Reservation required: seminars@ifra-nairobi.net]
Lecture by Prof. Daniel Bach moderated by Dominique Connan
Download Lecture – Can the African neopatrimonial state be developmental – 21 Sept
Seminar: Domestic Tourism and National Cohesion in Kenya, Jul. 20 2012 @ IFRA/BIEA
Date: July 20, 2012
Venue: IFRA/BIEA conference room
Time: 10am – 1pm
To attend, kindly RSVP to seminars@ifra-nairobi.net
Chair: Prof. Bob Wishitemi, D.V.C. Moi University
Speakers: Prof. Jean Rieucau*, Université Lyon 2 (France) and Dr. Damiannah Kieti, Moi University
This are presentations by PhD candidates followed by English debate
* His presentation will be in French, supported by a powerpoint presentation in English, the debate will be in english
Abstract
Domestic tourism is a growing industry in Kenya (30% of the yearly touristic national takings) and constitutes already the main frequentation of some of the National Parks (53% of the visitors in Nakuru). For Kenyan authorities, domestic tourism seems to be useful as it may facilitate ethnical understanding and develop national pride and cohesion. In the process of selection of national monuments, the National Museums of Kenya have tried to promote the ethno-cultural diversity of the country. This new touristic development strategy of Kenyan institutions questions strongly the social sciences in relation to free time, leisure and touristic mobility of the Sub-Saharan populations.
For full information: http://us5.campaign-archive1.com/?u=15ef751e46901aabe24384368&id=c913d2015f
Seminar: Plots for Sale-The Dynamics of Land Transformation in Periurban Kenya, Mar. 21 2012 @ BIEA /IFRA
Date: March 21, 2012
Venue: BIEA Seminar Room – Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa
Time: 1.30 – 3.30pm
Entry: RSVP seminars@biea.ac.uk
Presenter: Dr. Patrick Mbataru, Department of Agribusiness Management and Trade, Kenyatta University
This will be followed by a debate on: The Gains and Challenges on Land Reforms in Kenya with Mr. Ibrahim Mwathane (Director of Land Development and Governance Institute)
This discussion will help open latitude for updating knowledge on key achievements and associated challenges to date to the reform.
Chair: Dr. Ambreena Manji, BIEA Director and Prof. Christian Thibon, IFRA Director
Synopsis
Land subdivision is one of the processes whose aim is to release land to the market. It allows development of infrastructure in an area. Formal processing of land subdivision also act as a deterrent to emerging informal land markets which lead to urban sprawls and blights. But the process is informed by many factors, resulting to either efficient or dysfunctional land markets.
The land market in Nairobi is distorted. The accelerated subdivision of hitherto prime agricultural land in a time of key debate on land and in the wake of a new constitution calling for land reforms calls us to interrogate the dynamics of land mutation around the country.
Seminar: Slum Upgrading Projects in Nairobi, Apr. 6-7 2011 @ Alliance
The French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA-Nairobi) is conducting a seminar on Slum Upgrading Projects in Nairobi focusing on the challenges in programme implementation.
Dates: April 6-7, 2011
Venue: Alliance Française
Time: 8:30am – 5:30pm
Entrance is by prior registration: publications@ifra-nairobi.net
New slum estimates show that currently almost a billion urban dwellers in the world are living in slum conditions. The French Institut for Research in Africa, which has been involved in research projects on informal settlements in East African cities for many years now, presents this conference that brings together key stakeholders involved in slum upgrading projects as well as representatives of associations in Kambi Moto and Korogocho where slum upgrading projects have been carried out. Research papers as well as practical examples, putting forward theoretical frameworks and methodological tools will be shared with the participants.
Programme summary:
* The conference will be opened by His Excellency the Ambassador of France Etienne de Poncins
* What does Slum Upgrading mean?
* KENSUP and KISIP: Overview, comparisons and discussions
* Huruma upgrading project (Kambi Moto, Mahira and Githaturu) the bottom-up approach
* Debate on the issue of the securisation of land tenure in slum upgrading project
* Research findings on informal settlements in Nairobi
* Korogocho upgrading project, the socio-economic profile approach
* The infrastructure approach: the Bio-centres in Mukuru, Korogocho and Kibera
* Lessons and Recommendations
More information on IFRA-Nairobi
Seminar: Critical Studies of Childhood and Childcare, Mar 25 2011 @ BIEA/IFRA
SEMINAR: ‘Critical Studies of Childhood and Childcare’
Friday 25th of March 2011 – 9am to 12am at BIEA-IFRA conference room
Programme:
“Vulnerable children, violent youth in Eastern Africa”
Prof. Mildred Ndeda, Kenyatta University will present the ongoing IFRA research program (ANR).
“Conflicting realities: Kenyan childhood ethos and the CRC* ethic”
Dr Yvan Droz, the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva), IFRA associated researcher.
*Convention on the Rights of Children
“Intimacy and inequality: investigating local childcare chains in Nairobi”
Dr. Ambreena Manji, Director of the British Institute in Eastern Africa.
The work will result in a paper to be co-authored by Margarita Dimova (Former Graduate Attachee, BIEA), Carrie Hough (Graduate Attachee, BIEA), Kerry Kyaa (BIEA Research Fellow) and Dr. Ambreena Manji.
Direction: BIEA/IFRA office, laikipia road, off migori road, next to Kasuku centre, Kileleshwa.
More information: www.ifra-nairobi.net
Workshop: New Trends in Kenyan Politics? Feb. 8 2011 @ IFRA/BIEA
On the occasion of the venue of Hervé Maupeu and Daniel Bourmaud, French researchers, IFRA and its partners (BIEA, Goethe Institute and NMK) are organising a workshop on the new trends in Kenyan politics. Political decisions that might be described as rather impressive have shaped Kenya’s political landscape during the last months: new constitution; intensified prosecution of key suspects of the 2007-08 post-election violence crisis, such as several political leaders; fearless activities in the fight against corruption carried out by the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) under its new director Patrice Lumumba to highlight some. Furthermore, the proximity of upcoming 2012 presidential and parliamentary elections has allowed speculations around new alignments amongst political leaders and formations. In the context of these important political evolutions, academic discussions about according subjects might come at a good time. Five themes could be highlighted:
• The respect of constitutional changes
• The role of religions and the ethics of the religious discourse in politics
• The unofficial electoral campaign and the problem of the renewal of the elite
• The struggle against corruption
• The international pressure on Kenyan politics
Contemporary politics shall be discussed and interpreted in the light of Kenya’s past political evolution, confronting the different perspectives and approaches of historians, political scientists and professional representatives of the civil society. By entering a transition period including elements such as the establishment of a coalition government, a forged anti-corruption discourse and the necessity to imagine a post-Kibaki political era among others, Kenya has a historic opportunity to be at the dawn of either a long-claimed renewal or might see itself confronted to a simple reproduction of its political scene. The future of Kenyan politics is at stake and needs to be assessed in depth to fully understand the trends that are already shaping the next elections.
Date: February 8, 2011
Venue: IFRA/BIEA conference room
Time: 1000-1600hrs
REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Please send an email at publications@ifra-nairobi.net
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