Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected]

@FranziscaZ

Political Scientist @ABIFreiburg; research on politics of forced migration in Africa; Head of research cluster "Patterns of (Forced) Migration"

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Joined November 2018

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Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected]@FranziscaZ · Sep 5

Excited for my new @ERC_Research funded research project PolMig on the political agency of refugees and other migrants in Malawi, Ghana, Liberia and Kenya - using participatory research methods + pursuing an Afrocentric perspective.

AABIFreiburg@AbiFreiburg · Sep 5

🥳Congratulations! Franzisca Zanker (@FranziscaZ) receives #ERC -Grant The European Research Council (@ERC_Research) funds “The Political Lives of Migrants: Perspectives from Africa”. The ABI receives 1.5 million euros over the next five years. 👉arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/new-er… #ERCStG

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ABIFreiburg@AbiFreiburg · Jan 27

For the ABI our global audience is an absolute priority. We are aware that freezing this account might cut off a line of communication. We aim to remain in contact with everyone through our alternative channels and welcome any feedback in this regard.

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ABIFreiburg@AbiFreiburg · Jan 27

📢NEWS: For many good reasons, we are now freezing our X account. ➡️Please join us on @Bluesky (shorturl.at/di4Cy) and @LinkedIn (shorturl.at/9aEZR) ➡️We also have an excellent #newsletter you can subscribe to (shorturl.at/fxUYo)! #eXit #bluesky #linkedin

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Ramona Seitz@SeitzRamona · Dec 20

In Dec 2022 I interviewed Mnyaka Sururu Mboro (pic) and @konradinkunze in the Dekoloniale room in Berlin’s Wilhelmstraße 92, which is about where in 1884/85 the Berlin Africa Conference took place. Now the decolonial initiatives lose that room. The lease will not be renewed. 1/2

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@harshawalia.bsky.social@HarshaWalia · Dec 10

Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, UK and Switzerland all announced suspension of asylum applications from Syria. Austria even considering "expulsion program." Migration policies are key pillar of racialized empire.

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Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected]@FranziscaZ · Dec 4

In this piece @BusaSays & I unpack the barriers to the potential of migration for development 👇

TThe Conversation Africa@TC_Africa · Dec 4

🌍 Remittances from migrants vastly outweigh development aid in Africa, making up over 20% of GDP in some countries. theconversation.com/african-migran… 💻 Franzisca Zanker, @AbiFreiburg and Amanda Bisong, @VUAmsterdam #BusinessAndEconomy

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Tim Krieger@TimKriegerFR · Dec 1

The #DFG Graduate School 2571 "Empires" @UniFreiburg is offering 6 Ph.D. and 1 Postdoc position starting in May 2025. Research focus in history, sociology, polsci, Near Eastern studies, Engl. lit.; however, econ and intern. law (with historical perspective) is possible, too.

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Severine Autesserre@SeverineAR · Nov 26

Great opportunity for African researchers! You’ll join a fantastic community of fellows (truly impressive) and benefit from mentorship from the @HFGuggenheim team. From personal experience, I can say they treat their fellows exceptionally well. Good luck! …-harryfrankguggenheim.pantheonsite.io/african-fellow…

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Felix Haass@felixhaass · Nov 8

Great postdoc opportunity with my terrific co-author Alex De Juan at Osnabrueck University, Germany. 3+3 years, fully funded. If you're working on political violence and/or authoritarian politics you should apply! Details: uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet/s…

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Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected]@FranziscaZ · Nov 7

Es ist viel los, und das hier droht unterzugehen. Die sogenannte Antisemitismus-#Resolution ist angenommen - mit den Stimmen der AfD, die begrüßte, dass die darin formulierten Maßnahmen ihrem Programm folgen. Die Kritik an der Resolution ist ungebrochen, sie ist breit, sie kommt…

PPetra De Sutter@pdsutter · Nov 7

Freedom of speech is at stake in Germany. Criticism of the Israeli government is not antisemitism.

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Emmanuel Akwasi Adu-Ampong@AduAmpong_EA · Nov 4

I am excited to be seeking for 3 PhD canditates to research the generative tensions of slavery and colonial heritage tourism on my @ERC_Research Starting Grant project. Please share widely wur.nl/en/vacancy/thr… #PhDvacancy #academicjobs #ERCStG2024 #GHSRNL #AOBRPT #NABRDE

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Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected]@FranziscaZ · Oct 30

cannot learn enough from @swatipash & @AgarwalAmya. I keep coming back to this conversation and their amazing work. Tune in & listen 🎙️to our new episode - hosted jointly by @vivigarciap & myself at @postcolh22 @AbiFreiburg

PPostcolonial Hierarchies in Peace and Conflict@postcolh22 · Oct 30

We have released the 3rd episode of our podcast series “Confronting Hierarchies – A Podcast on (De)Coloniality, Peace & Conflict”! For this episode, our hosts @vivigarciap and @fr_frodriguez invited @swatipash and @AgarwalAmya. Also on Spotify, Apple Podcast and Audible.

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Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected]@FranziscaZ · Oct 29

Excited about this new project on the ollas comunitarias and everyday resistance in Cali - congrats to @vivigarciap @renacerenflor @JanGrill8 - looking forward to learning from this co-production of knowledge with the mamás ollas🍲👏

DDeColoniality Now@DecolonialityN · Oct 26

(1) Project no. 1 is called "Caring life in and from the urban margins: Women, ollas comunitarias, and everyday resistance in Cali, Colombia".

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UnisResistBorders #WearAMask #BordersKillKnowledge@UnisNotBorders · Oct 27

In closing, what the last 48 hours has revealed is that migrant students are continued to be seen by largely white UK academia as being the problem, not the very racist, xenophobic, white supremacist, classist & deeply ableist UK university system that reproduces this violence.

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Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected]@FranziscaZ · Oct 21

Jetzt noch anmelden‼️ Morgen um 13 Uhr findet die virtuelle Diskussion zur Studie "Contested Mobility Norms in Africa" statt. U.a. mit @BusaSays, @nyamoriv , @_MbokaziSabelo, @FranziscaZ, @MaS1banda & @UmmuKassim. Organisiert von @hbsHornOfAfrica. ➡️zoom.us/webinar/regist…

HHeinrich-Böll-Foundation Horn of Africa@hbsHornOfAfrica · Oct 9

Meet our expert panel as they explore engaging discussions on the report “Contested Mobility Norms in Africa.” Register here on Zoom: zoom.us/webinar/regist… Don’t miss this insightful event!

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Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected]@FranziscaZ · Oct 21

Pleased to see these guidelines are now fully published & available open access: an important resource for forced migration researchers on how to make sure their research is carried out in an ethically responsible manner in all stages @UlrikeKrause @PolitKonflikt @Fluchtforschung

NNWFF (@fluchtforschung.bsky.social)@Fluchtforschung · Oct 21

The Ethics Guidelines of @Fluchtforschung are out! They provide a practical framework for conducting forced migration research ethically responsible. The Guidelines are #OpenAccess in both German & English: 🔗fluchtforschung.net/ethikleitlinie… 🔗fluchtforschung.net/ethics-guideli…

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Tineke Strik@Tineke_Strik · Oct 18

Italian court dismisses the Italy/Albania deal in the first week, ordering the forced transfer back to Italy with the 12 asylum seekers concerned. €1 billion euros for a failed deal. Which lesson do you draw now from this deal @vonderleyen? ansa.it/english/news/2…

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