Call for abstracts for the 9th International Interdisciplinary Conference, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on June 26 to 28, 2019 at Multimedia University of Kenya
First Call for Papers for the 9th International Interdisciplinary Conference, to be held in Nairobi, Kenya on June 26 to 28, 2019 at Multimedia University of Kenya
General conference theme: "Global Trends in Africa's Development"
Conference Venue: Multimedia University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya
Sponsors: Multimedia University of Kenya, Kenya Scholars and Studies Association (KESSA), Centre for Democracy, Research and Development (CEDRED) and Multimedia University of Kenya and African Interdisciplinary Studies Association (AISA)
Call for papers for 9th International Interdisciplinary Conference, Nairobi Kenya, June 26-28 2019
There are old and new trends influencing development in Africa, existing side by side. Some African governments have dismantled what they regarded as colonial blueprints and created their own. Other governments have created new partnerships with varying degree of success. From the 1990s, African countries have been dealing with global influences many of which are from the West and East. What are some of the indigenous approaches to development in Africa? What are some of the influences that have come from Europe, North America and Asia and to what extent have they succeeded? These are some of the issues that the conference will be seeking to answer.
Organized and hosted by Multimedia University of Kenya, African Interdisciplinary Studies Association (AISA) and the Centre for Democracy, Research and Development (CEDRED), this 9th International Interdisciplinary Conference will be held on June 26 to 28, 2019 at Nairobi, Kenya. The conference will bring together scholars from all over the world to make presentations on matters that touch on Africa. Submission of abstracts: Send abstracts of between 250 and 500 words, including full contact details (title, name, address, email-address, and telephone) as well as institutional affiliation by March 30, 2019 to Prof. Maurice N. Amutabi at mauriceamutabi@gmail.com or neddylinnet@gmail.com or Amutabi@yahoo.com or Amutabi@gmail.com or centrefordrd@gmail.com
The deadline for submission of full papers or PowerPoint presentation (one of them is adequate) is May 30, 2019. Most papers presented at the conference will be selected and published in edited volumes and journals – Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies (JAIS) and Journal of Popular Education in Africa (JOPEA) - affiliated to African Interdisciplinary Studies Association (AISA) and the Centre for Democracy, Research and Development (CEDRED), based in Nairobi, Kenya. Co- authorship of individual papers should not be more than 3 persons. Each person is allowed to submit a maximum of 2 papers while authors of Co-authored paper shall separately register for the conference before their presentation of paper(s). The official language of the conference is English. The conference will consist of ten colloquia organized along themes.
Important dates
Deadline for submission of abstracts – March 30, 2019
Deadline for submission of PowerPoint presentation or full papers May 30, 2019
Conference dates – June 26-28, 2019
Colloquium 1: Global Trends in Development in Africa
Sub Themes:
a. Global trends in development from the North in Africa
b. Western influences in development in Africa
c. Eastern influences in Africa: China, India, etc
d. African or Savannah "Silicon Valley's"
e. Indigenous knowledge (IK), Grassroots and Community Based Development Approaches
f. Women's Liberation, Youth Empowerment and Minority Development
g. The UN, World Bank, INGOs, NGOs and Community Based Organizations
h. Partnerships, Foreign Aid and Western Development models
i. New trends in Energy, Water, Pastoralism, Agriculture, Fishing, bee-keeping, Roads, Railways, Air transport, Health, taxi transport (Matatu, Daladala, etc), etc
j. Poverty Eradication, Poverty Alleviation, Poverty Reduction, Strategic Management, etc
k. UN and Social Development Goals
l. Social Protection and Corporate Social Responsibility
m. Faith-based Organizations and Development
n. Trade Unions, Political Parties, Interest Groups and Development
o. Indigenous African Philanthropy, Good Aid and Bad Aid in Africa
p. Migration and Movement
q. Identity, hybridity, blackness and whiteness
r. Sexuality, 'queer' culture and 'otherness'
s. Pop culture, multiculturalism and minorities
t. Voice, agency and silences in global and African development
u. Linguistics
v. Language question
w. Literature
x. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 2: Environmental, Business and Resources
Sub-Themes:
a. Global Environmental Movements, Climate Change and Africa
b. Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASALs)/Rangelands and E-waste Management
c. Global Finance, Trade, Commerce, e-Commerce and e-Baking
c. Patents, Trademarks, Factories, Industries and Manufacturing
d. New Trends in Outsourcing and Africa's 'Silicon Valleys' and 'Industrial Parks'
e. Globalism, globalization, European Union, NAFTA, ECOWAS, EAC and IGAD
f. Devolution, Decentralization and Resource Mobilization
g. Planning and Management of Strategic Natural Resources
h. Business Management, Human Resource and Entrepreneurship
i. The Cooperative Movement, Women Groups and Savings Societies
j. Media, Transport and Communication
k. Regional Blocs, Integration and Regional Trade
l. International Trade and Global Business Management
m. Tourism, Eco-Tourism, Health-Tourism and Development
n. Transparency and Accountability, Corruption and Ethics in Development
o. Sports, Cable TV, English Premier League, American NBA, Cricket, Rugby and Other Sports
p. Games, Gambling, Betting and Pyramid Schemes in Development
q. Forensic auditing and accounting
r. Global Finance and Development
s. Cooperative Saving Societies, Micro and village banking and bank agents
t. Money transfer, Western Union, Mpesa and other mobile banking services
u. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome.
Colloquium 3: Education and Development
Sub-Themes:
a. Global Trends in Education, Basic, Elementary and Secondary Education
b. Lifelong learning, Open and Distance Learning (ODL), online learning, e-resources
c. Global Trends and Curriculum Development and New Pedagogies in Higher Education
d. Global Networks, Higher Education, Linkages, Research, Partnerships and Publishing
e. Globalization, Industry, Linkages, Exchange Programmes and Collaborations
f. Globalization and Special Education
g. Education, ICT, teleconferencing, webinars, networking and e-Learning
h. Women, Minorities and Gender mainstreaming in Education
i. Globalization and Lifelong Learning, Adult Education and Cooperative Education
j. Science, Industry, Technology and UNESCO projects in Education
k. Globalization, Private Education and Venture Capital
l. Global Trends, Technical and Vocational Education
m. Africa Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)
o. Research Production, Graduate Training and Repositories and anti-Plagiarism
p. University Ranking and Funding in Higher Education
q. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 4: Courts, Constitutions and Human Rights
Sub-Themes:
a. Global Trends, International Court System, Independence of Courts in Africa
b. Human Rights
c. Global Trends and Indigenous, Local, National and Global Legal Systems
d. Conflict Transformation and Peace Building Issues
e. Dictatorships, Democracies and Constitutional reforms
f. The role of women and minorities in legal issues
g. Court reporting and Courts in Social Media
h. Alternative Justice Systems in Africa – Councils of Elders
i. Environmental Law and Conservation
j. Role of Regional Blocs and UN in Arbitration in Conflicts
k. Women, Youth and Courts
l. Civic and Citizen Education
m. Land, Special Courts and Small Claims Courts
n. Human Trafficking and Global Recruitment Firms
o. IDPs, Refugees, Illegal and Forced Migration
p. Protocols, Agreements, Treaties and Accords
q. Truth Commissions and Restoration of Justice
r. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 5: Engineering, Science and Technology
Sub-Themes:
a. Global trends in Highways, Roads, Bridges and Applied Technology
b. Technical Training, Science, Technology and Development
c. Global Trends in Agriculture, livestock and fisheries
d. Global Trends in Engineering and Natural Resource Management
e. Patents, Trademarks, Technology and Innovation
f. Manufacturing, Industry and University Collaboration
g. Research and Development (R&D)
h. Industrial Parks and Innovation Villages
i. Innovation, Science, Technology and Environment
j. ICT, Science and Technology
k. Science, Technology and Gender
m. Science, Children and Youth
n. Health Tourism, Medicine, HIV and AIDS
o. Transport (Roads, railways, ports nd harbours) and Development
p. Informal (Jua kali) sector and non formal sector
q. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 6: The Third Sector, Religious Organizations and non State Agencies in Development
Sub-Themes:
a. Global Trends in Third Sector Development
b. Globalization, Islam, Christianity and Development
c. Global Radical Groups, Radical Religious Groups
d. Global Trends in Media and the Church
e. Global Trends in Ethics and Development
f. Globalization and Faith-Based NGOs
g. Philanthropy and Development
h. Religious Institutions and Development
i. Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Al Shabaab and global peace and security
j. NGOs and Grassroots Development
k. Income generating groups
l. State corporations
m. TV and Global Mega Evangelists
n. Religion and Environment
o. Religion, Gender and Women
p. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 7: Security, Peace and Conflict
Sub-Themes:
a. Global Security Architecture and Africa
b. Al Qaeda, Boko Haram, Al Shabaab and global peace and security
c. Conflict, Rebel activities, War and Violence
d. The UN, African Union, Gender and Human Rights
e. Peace and Security in the Great Lakes Region
f. Conflict Management
g. War and Refugees
h. Ethical Issues in Development
i. Democracy, Leadership and Governance
j. Dictatorship, term limits and Corruption
k. Regional Bodies and peace
l. Displacement, Refugees and International Affairs
m. Failed and near-failed states in Africa
n. Waters wars and conflicts in the world
o. Small arms and light weapons
p. Special Forces and Commando Units
q. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 8: Library, Information and Communication Technology and Media
Sub-Themes:
a) Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
b) The nature and state of ICT in the world and Africa
c) Mobile Libraries, Dissemination and publishing
d) Library Resources and Development
e) E-Library/Virtual library
f) E- books/E-Journals
g) Internet Research and online publishing
h) Communication and Journalism
i) Language, FM Radio and TV stations and Development
j. Gender and ICT in Africa
k. ICT and environment in Africa
l. Business innovations in ICT – m-pesa, m-kopa, m-shwari, etc
m. Oral literature and oral narratives and texts
n. Global Media and Africa
o. CNN, BBC, Al Jazeera and Reporting Africa
p. Media ownership in Africa
q. Training in journalism in Africa
r. FM Radio Stations
s. Media Freedom
t. Social Media and Fake News
u. Gender and Media
v. Media censorship
w. Women in Media
x. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 9: Global Trends in Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research
Sub-Themes:
a. Challenges of invention of states and ethnic groups in Africa
b. Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Development in Africa
c. Gender, Women and Development in Africa
d. Corporate Social Responsibility
e. Aid and Sectoral Development
f. New Paradigms of Development
g. Minority Groups and Tensions
h. Interdisciplinary Research and Development
i. Public Policy and Ecology
j. Entrepreneurship and Development
k. Minorities and Development
l. Integrated Rural Urban Development
m. Funding Interdisciplinary Research and Development
n. Social, Economic and Political Research
o. Research Regimes
p. Opinion polls, surveys and mapping in Africa
q. Research permits
r. Patents and trade marks
s. University-Industry partnerships
t. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 10: Health, Medicine and Development
Sub-Themes:
a. Health Science innovations and inventions in the world
b. Medical tourism
c. Epidemiology and pandemics
d. Ebola
e. HIV and AIDS
f. Lifestyle diseases
g. Malnutrition
h. Health of mothers
i. Gynecology
j. Obstetrics
k. Medical insurance schemes
l. Resistance in diseases
m. Pharmacy and pharmaceuticals
n. Plastic surgery and cosmetics
o. Nursing challenges
p. Expatriate doctors
q. Psychiatry
r. Internal medicine
s. Aging, obesity and diet
t. Malaria and other tropical diseases
u. Medical schools
w. Eradiation of polio
x. Alternative medicine
y. Dietetics and nutrition
z. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 11: Engineering and Technology
Sub-Themes:
a. Mechanical engineering
b. Electronic engineering
c. Electrical engineering
d. Civil and structural engineering
e. Applied technology
f. Chemical engineering
g. Wind, solar and hydro power
h. Factories and industries
i. Technical training
j. Professional engineering exams
k. Studying engineering
l. Engineering training
m. Innovations, discoveries and innovations
n. Young engineers
o. Power generation
p. Aviation
q. Manufacturing
r. Textile engineering and production
s. Food processing and nutrition
p. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 12: Agriculture, Livestock Development, Fisheries and Irrigation
Sub-Themes:
a. Research in agriculture
b. Crop husbandry
c. Cash crops
d. Tea, coffee, maize, bananas, wheat, rice, beans and vegetables
e. Pyrethrum, sisal,
f. Agricultural engineering
g. Farm management
h. Training in agriculture
i. Strategic crops
j. Male crops and female crops
k. Strategic food reserves
l. Crop rotation
m. Seed production
n. Rare crops
o. Cooperative societies
p. Irrigation agriculture
r. Training in agriculture
s. declining interest in agriculture
t. Pesticides and the challenges of farming
u. Extreme weather and agriculture
v. Strategic crops
w. Male crops and female crops
x. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 13: Forestry and Wildlife Management
Sub-Themes:
a. Global water towers
b. Carbon sinks
c. Management of equatorial and tropical forests
d. Challenges of forest management
e. Training in forest and wildlife management
h. Endangered species
j. Animal orphanages
k. Rare animal species
l. Indigenous forests
m. Rare tree species
n. Rare animal species
o. Human/wildlife conflict
p. Biodiversity in Africa
q. Resources from Tropical and equatorial forests
r. Endangered species
s. Marine parks in Africa
t. Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 14: Water, Mining and Petroleum
Sub-Themes:
- Global trends in water use
- Water quality and management
- National Water master plans
- Fresh water use in the world
- Water processing and retailing
- Irrigation
- Water transport
- Mining
- Strategic minerals
- Petroleum production in Africa
- The curse of oil in Africa
- Conflicts over oil production
- Oil contracting in Africa
- Abstracts on any other relevant topic are welcome
Colloquium 15: Roundtables, independent panels and association meetings
Sub-Themes:
a. Open for any panels or roundtables or association meetings
b. Any relevant topic
Registration Fees:
1. Staff from East African Universities and Organizations US$ 60 (KES 6,000)
2. Students with University ID and letter of admission US$ 50 (KES 5,000)
2. Rest of Africa US$ 150 (Students US$130)
3. Rest of the World – Europe, North America, Asia, etc US$ 200 (students US$180)
4. Exhibition and advertising stand - US$ 200
Registration fee payments to: Center for Democracy, Research and Development (CEDRED), Nairobi, Kenya
ALL GENERAL ENQUIRIES TO BE ADDRESSED TO:
Prof. Maurice N. Amutabi, Convener and Chair
Centre for Democracy, Research and Development (CEDRED), Nairobi, Kenya
P.O. Box 13447-00400,
Nairobi, Kenya
E-mail: africanstudiesassociaiton@gmail.com or mauriceamutabi@gmail.com or neddylinnet@gmail.com or Amutabi@yahoo.com or Amutabi@gmail.com or centrefordrd@gmail.com
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Prof. Maurice N. Amutabi, PhD
Vice Chancellor,
Lukenya University
P.O Box 619 - 00204
Athi River, Kenya
E-mail: Amutabi@yahoo.com or amutabi@gmail.comTel: +254-(0)700-744545
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http://www.amazon.com/NGO-Factor-Africa-Arrested-Development/dp/0415979951
2. Regime Change and Succession Politics in Africa
http://www.amazon.com/Regime-Change-Succession-Politics-Africa/dp/0415534089
3. Lifelong Learning in Africa
http://www.amazon.com/Studies-Lifelong-Learning-Africa-Technological/dp/0773447571
6. Prof. Maurice Amutabi's Blog
http://kenyasocialscienceforum.wordpress.com/author/kenyasocialscienceforum/
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