Africa's Contribution to Debates on Democracy and Governance
Hosted by the University of Notre Dame London
Tired of asking what's wrong with African governance? We’re asking what's working…Come be a part of what happens when scholars, policymakers, and artists are in the same room discussing Africa’s contributions to democratic thought.
Join an engaging discussion of African Governance Innovations, an edited volume that brings together leading scholars, policymakers, artists, and practitioners based in 7 different African countries and the United States to explore innovative approaches to governance, democratic accountability, public service delivery, citizen participation, and institutional reform.
Hosted by volume editors Jaimie Bleck, Bernard Forjwuor, Lamin Keita, and Erin McDonnell, the event will feature cutting-edge research and practitioners' perspectives on governance innovation across Africa. The interactive discussion will examine challenges and opportunities for strengthening democratic institutions, enhancing accountability, and improving public service delivery. The event will be followed by a reception with food and refreshments.
Co-sponsors: Notre Dame Democracy Initiative & Franco Family Institute
Jaimie Bleck
Jaimie Bleck is the Bernard L. and Bertha F. Cohen Chair and professor of international relations at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Prior to this, she served as an associate professor of political science and the senior research advisor for the Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity at the Kellogg Institute...
Bernard Forjwuor
Kellogg Faculty Fellow Bernard Forjwuor is assistant professor of Africana studies and a concurrent faculty member with the Department of Political Science. He is a black political theorist and philosopher with research interests in black political thought, African political thought/philosophy, critical theory, critical theories of race and colonialism, postcolonial theory, decolonial theories, and contemporary political theory...
Lamin Keita
Lamin Keita is a Democracy Postdoctoral Researcher at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is working to investigate issues of the rapid decline of democracy in the interdisciplinary African Governance Innovation Collaborative, sponsored by the College of Arts and Letters...