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Join us Tuesday for a great talk on counterinsurgency in Somalia!

Save the date! On Tuesday 24 Feb at 2pm UK time, Dr Daisy Muibu will present her research on counterinsurgency in Somalia at our virtual research workshop. Register here: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/k16YaHVH1U

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Join us Tuesday January 27th for our first virtual research workshop! Professor Kristian Gleditsch will discuss multilingualism and armed conflict in African countries. Register here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

If you’re also interested in the politics of multilingualism, and how it relates to conflict and conflict resolution, in Africa and elsewhere, join us for the research workshop series we are starting! See below on how to join.

📣We're launching the MCCRA research workshop series! 🎓The inaugural talk, 27 January at 2pm UK time, will be by Prof. Kristian Gleditsch. ✏️Sign up below to get invited to our monthly online research talks on armed conflict and/or language in African countries. forms.office.com/e/k16YaHVH1U

❗This week the MCCRAfrica project team is in #Kampala -planning the next stages of our research. Today, we kicked off with a planning session for our upcoming field trip in the #DRC led by Dr. Alain Bernard Nseka and Dr. Delphin Kayembe. More updates to follow, as the workshop unfolds…stay tuned!

MCCRA team members Angiachi Demetris, Hannah Gibson, and Fiona Tumusiime present research on language and conflict at Makerere University, Uganda. Most of the team will be in Kampala soon - stay tuned! @uniessexgov.bsky.social @africasigessex.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social

Great research workshop yesterday with our @mccra-essex.bsky.social team discussing our paper drafts on multilingualism, conflict and conflict resolution in Africa, as well as our fieldwork plans. Lots more to come. @uniessexgov.bsky.social @odi.global

🎓 As Essex marks 60 years with 60 stories, read about the first—and only—Regius Professorship in Political Science, awarded to @EssexGov. One of the highest honours in UK academia!👇 60stories.essex.ac.uk/regius-profe... #PoliSky #AcademicSky #EssexGov #WeAreEssex #PoliticalScience

Our outstanding team members Dr Carmen Leon Himmelstine and Dr Hauwa Mohammed Sani are conducting many interviews in Abuja, Nigeria, investigating links between language and armed conflict. The ESRC project, based at @universityofessex.bsky.social @uniessexgov.bsky.social & LangLing, marches on!

Omomayowa O. Abati presents research this week at the Political Studies Association annual meeting in Birmingham. We find that areas of Africa with more multilingualism generally have less armed conflict. He’ll also present some of his fieldwork research.

It's great to get (most of) the MCCRA group together, even virtually! It often has to be virtual because we're in at least seven countries. We discussed Cameroon, Nigeria, digital ethnographies, outreach, and more - all related to understanding multilingualism and conflict. More to come...

It's great to get (most of) the MCCRA group together, even virtually! It often has to be virtual because we're in at least seven countries. We discussed Cameroon, Nigeria, digital ethnographies, outreach, and more - all related to understanding multilingualism and conflict. More to come...

Fieldwork continues! After tons of interviews in Cameroon, our team from the University of Essex Departments of Government and Language and Linguistics is now in Abuja, Nigeria, discussing links between armed conflict, language, and multilingualism for our ESRC project. Stay tuned!

Check out our new university webpage for more information about our research group! www.essex.ac.uk/research-pro...

Big congratulations to MCCRA team member Dr Hauwa Mohammed Sani (Ahmadu Bello University) for winning an Outstanding Performance Achievement Award from her university! Congratulation, Hauwa!

Fieldwork is under way! MCCRA team members from Essex and @odi.global are currently in Cameroon, interviewing a variety of residents to get their perspectives on language and armed conflict. It's a really important case. Our ESRC project continues. Follow us to see what we learn along the way!

The @mccra-essex.bsky.social team has kicked off data collection and fieldwork in Cameroon this week to explore the link between practised multilingualism, conflict and conflict resolution. Here are Angiachi and Mayowa during a meeting. Interesting months ahead.

The MCCRA team had a great meeting today, planning research and impact for the coming months. Fieldwork, data analysis, stakeholder meetings, and more. Mapping the connections between language, conflict, and conflict resolution. ⚠️🗣️🕊️ We'll let you know what we find. Keep watching this space!