With/About Africa: Research and Teaching at the University of Würzburg
For years, the Julius-Maximilians-Universität of Würzburg has been a centre for intensive, internationally acclaimed research on Africa and with African partners. These pages present current cooperation projects with African partners. The disciplines represented are wide-ranging: from biology and chemistry to geography, medicine and the cultural, literary, and social sciences. On the following pages, you will gain an insight into the spectrum of Africa-related research and teaching at the University of Würzburg.
BIOLOGY
UPSCALE: Climate-friendly Agriculture with Maximum Yield in East Africa
Prof. Dr. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter and Dr. Michael Thiel
The Comoé National Park Research Station
Prof. Dr. K. Eduard Linsenmair and Dr. Erik T. Frank
African Ants – Paramedics in the Animal Kingdom
Dr. Erik T. Frank and Prof. Dr. K. Eduard Linsenmair
Researching the Fascinating Biology of the Sleeping Sickness Pathogen in Würzburg
Prof. Dr. Markus Engstler
Global Change on Kilimanjaro Endangers Biodiversity and Functions
Dr. Marcell Peters and Prof. Dr. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter
CHEMISTRY
Natural Products: Hope in the Fight Against Neglected Tropical Diseases and Cancer
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Gerhard Bringmann
ECONOMICS
Drug Supply in Sub-Saharan Africa
Prof. Dr. Ronald Bogaschewsky, Felix Blank, Benjamin Siller
Relief Supplies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Benjamin Siller, Felix Blank, Prof. Dr. Ronald Bogaschewsky
EGYPTOLOGY
Discoveries from Egyptian Temples: On Tradition, Economy, and Identity Formation in a Multicultural Context
Prof. Dr. Martin Andreas Stadler
GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
Tropical Deforestation and Land Use Accelerate Climate Change in Tropical Africa
Prof. Dr. Heiko Paeth
Sustainable Management of Hydropower Generation in West Africa
Dr. Michael Thiel and Dr. Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt
UPSCALE: Climate-friendly Agriculture with Maximum Yield in East Africa
Prof. Dr. Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter and Dr. Michael Thiel
Mapping in West Africa from Space
Dr. Michael Thiel
Remote Sensing Training in West Africa
Dr. Michael Thiel
North and West Africa. The last 200 years. Regeneration and desertification
Sani Ibrahim and Dr. rer. nat Prof. h.c. (Cluj) Erhard Schulz
Waste: Africa's Neglected Gold
Patience N. Ache
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Africa and India: Deepening a Millenia-Old Relationship
Dr. Philipp Gieg
Africa in International Relations: From Marginalization to Rising Influence?
Dr. Philipp Gieg and Timo Lowinger
LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
GreenMuseumHub: Sustainable Futures for Museums and Heritage Sites
Prof. Dr. Guido Fackler, Elisabeth Greifenstein
Black Voices in a White World of Music
Prof. Dr. Nepomuk Riva
Narratives of Musical Creativity in Post-Apartheid Cape Town
Prof. Dr. Juniper Hill
Be/longing: Contemporary Afro-Diasporic Women Writing
Jennifer Leetsch
German Involvement in the Transatlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism in Africa
PD Dr. Heike Raphael-Hernandez
The Literary Representation of Patrice Lumumba
Dr. Julien Bobineau
Black Studies on Instagram: Communicating Science
PD Dr. Heike Raphael-Hernandez
MEDICINE
Else Kröner Center for Advanced Medical & Medical Humanitarian Studies
Würzburg – Mwanza, Tanzania
SOPHEA: Healthy Planet – Healthy People
Dr. Eva-Maria Schwienhorst-Stich
PEDAGOGY
InterAAECT – International Dialogue on Academic Adult Education
Prof.‘in Dr. Regina Egetenmeyer
STUDYING AND TEACHING
The BEBUC Excellence Scholarship Program in Congo
Education for the DR Congo
