- Date
- Monday 22 Feb 2021, 09:45 - 12:45
- Type
- Conference
- Spoken Language
- English
- Location
This is an online Zoom event
International knowledge migration receives a lot of policy attention especially on the perceived implications for European economies and societies as well as the countries of origin. Framed within the debates about 'brain drain'/ 'brain gain' /'brain circulation' and conceptualized through the lens of economics of labour migration.
Co-organized by the International Institute of Social Studies and the Dutch organization for international education (Nuffic), this panel considers labour market needs and the impact of knowledge migration in Europe and in the countries of origin.
In the case of Africa, many trained knowledge workers join the African intellectual diaspora abroad in large numbers. Policy responses in recent times include efforts by European funding agencies to support African knowledge development. However, questions that remain challenging include:
- What is the evidence of costs and benefits of international knowledge migration and what are the effects of policies aimed at knowledge migration from Africa?
- What roles do the African diaspora intellectuals play in nurturing, or challenging Africa's knowledge sector?
- And what about the roles of diaspora intellectuals in decolonizing the academy, both in Europe and in Africa?
Speakers
Antony Ongayo (International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University)
Samira Zafar (Nuffic)
Marieke van Winden (conference organizer) (African Studies Centre Leiden)
Mirjam Van Reisen (Leiden University, Tilburg University)
Akinyinka Akinyoade (Leiden University)
Oliver Bakewell (University of Manchester)
Leander Kandilige (University of Ghana)
Full details and registration
The panel will be held on Zoom and you need to register to participate.
All details about the conference and how to register are on the Africa Knows! website.
Africa Knows! conference
This panel is part of the international Africa Knows! online conference running from 2 December 2020-28 February 2021.
The final activity in 2020 of the Leiden African Studies Assembly, it is organized with many partners from Africa and Europe and addresses the following key issues:
- There are great changes in the African knowledge landscape: is Africa preparing itself for leapfrogging to innovations?
- What will the nascent multi-polar world of the 21st century mean for Africa’s role in knowledge and innovation?
- After 60 years of independence, how do we finally decolonize the minds and change attitudes towards real co-creation?