Kristina Pikovskaia

Education in Zimbabwe has lost its value: study asks young people how they feel about that Zimbabwe’s graduates feel let down because the modernist promises of education have failed them.

New piece out in The Conversation:
theconversation.com/education-in...

Come to my talk on 15 January at the Centre for African Studies, @uoe-sps.bsky.social
In-person only, register at www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/we-are-sta...

[NEWS]: Website is live. planetaryai.net

Planetary AI is a collaborative project mapping the #value chains of #AI from the Majority World perspective
1st phase examines the value chains of #data #work The 2nd phase will study materiality and environmental cost of AI.

International Development Planning Review written in a bright green font, the first letter of each word is in a bold font to highlight IDPR. Text underneath reads 'development related practices, planning and policy in the global South'. Journal cover for IDPR sits to the right with a rich blue graphic of a web of interconnected lines behind. Banner in the top right corner 'new open access issue'. Open Access orange open padlock logo. LUP 125th anniversary logo featuring an illustration of the Georgian townhouse that houses the press.

Inside IDPR's latest #OpenAccess issue: How economic crises in Harare are reshaping education’s role in social mobility, and how rural youth in Addis Ababa navigate gendered aspirations shaped by migration and urban life 🔗 bit.ly/IDPR-Vol-46-4
#UrbanPlanning @kpikovskaia.bsky.social

Journal of Southern African Studies, of which I'm one of the editors, now has an account here. Please follow if you're interested. JSAS maintains its presence on other platforms too.
@jsas-journal.bsky.social

Very grateful to be at The Burn again on a writing retreat and enjoy this wonderful space while working on my new article

I mad a starter pack for African Studies. Let me know who else should be in here!

🌟 FREE E-BOOK 🌟
The Routledge Handbook of Smuggling edited by Max Gallien and Florian Weigand is available here: www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...
30 chapter covering themes, such as borders, mobility, state politics, and trades in agricultural produce, cigarettes, weapons, and wildlife
#aiern

❗ CALL FOR PAPERS ❗
Kathy Dodworth (UofEdinburgh) and Tanja Hendriks (UofLeuven) are convening a panel on #unpaidwork at the APAD conference in Liege 22-24 May 2024. Deadline for paper proposals is 15 November. Apply here: apad-association.org/conf-panel/u...
#aiern

❗ FUNDING CALL ❗
For researchers based in Africa:
Please reach out if you'd like to organise a writing workshop for early career researchers: email.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/6P7Q-VH8G-6A...
#aiern

The website is coming soon, too, once I win the battle against the html. Get in touch with any ideas and suggestions and stay tuned for the updates!

Please follow @aiernetwork on the original app, linkedin.com/groups/12896... on LinkedIn, and the AIERN feed here (message me to be added)

We will also organise academic seminars as well as public panel discussions to stimulate research, provide feedback, and increase awareness about the informal sector in Africa.

I am delighted to announce the launch of AIERN - African Informal Economies Research Network - a global community of academic and policy researchers of the informal sector in Africa. We will publish news, calls, article and book summaries, blogs, and resources.

That's an interesting way to put it 😂

Anyone working on African Politics (broadly conceptualised) very welcome to join, post etc on Afrpolsky

Please post your recent publications, events, hot takes, or suggestions!

Just ask me to add you and like the feed.
bsky.app/profile/did:...

Thank you!

@profmusgrave.bsky.social could you please add me to polisky feed?

Seeing #LovePostdocs and postdoc appreciation week trending and just want to thank my senior colleagues and mentors who make every week the postdoc appreciation week for me ❤️

well this place is way less populated than I expected...