Projects
SNSF Projects
The spectacle of the revolution. History of the commemorations of the Russian Revolution of October 1917
2014 - 2017 (36 mois)
Applicant : Gianni Haver
Other partners : Jean-François Fayet, Valérie Gorin, Emilia Koustova
The Developmental State Strikes Back? The Rise of New global Powers and African States "Developent Strategies".
2016 - 2020 (36 mois)
Applicant : Antoine Kernen, Didier Péclard (UNIGE), Francis Akindès (Univ. Alassane Ouattara), Pierre Fabien Nkot (Univ. Yaoundé I)
Other partners : Guive Khan,
Swiss Programme for Research on Global Issues for Development
Over the past 20 years, the landscape of development in Africa has gone through three parallel processes of change. (1) Since the end of the Washington consensus, new paradigms in the field of international development are emerging, whereby the state is given a more important role as driver of development (2) Considered "hopeless" at the beginning of the 2000s, African economies have gone through a period of unprecedented growth. The recent decline of commodity prices will have an impact, but growth prospects remain high. (3) This change in context is all the more important as it coincided with the rise of new global powers (the BRICS and China in particular). Their rise has had two related consequences for African states. First, the arrival of new donors provides alternative sources of funding. Second, emerging 'Southern' global powers are also important and attractive as alternative models of development.
So far, research has concentrated on the international dimension of the debate, we argue in contrast that in this new context it is essential to take into account the agency of African states and development planners in the debate. However, the return of the state as an engine of development in both policy discourse and development practice on the ground also needs to be looked at critically. This is what this project sets out to do. In a context where the developmental state seems to be "striking back", we propose to ask whether and to what extent the development strategies of African states will lead to the simple reproduction of long-established relations of power and the deepening of social inequalities, or whether they are part of a socially transformative agenda - or both.
European Programs
Gendring the Academy and Research:combating Career Instability and Asymmetries
2014 - 2017 (36 mois)
Applicant : Le Feuvre Nicky
Other partners : Sabine Kradolfer, Farinaz Fassa, Gaële Goastellec, Maria De Rio Carral, Michaël Posse
The GARCIA Project is concerned with the implementation of actions in European Universities and research centres to promote a gender culture and combat gender stereotypes and discriminations. The project runs from February 2014 to January 2017.
By taking into account the involved organisations, but also their broader national context, this project aims to develop and maintain research potential and skills of both, women and men researchers, in order to sustain the quality of their working conditions.
Particular attention is given to the early stages of academic and scientific career. The project focuses on both, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) disciplines to assure that the aim of transforming academia and research towards a more gender equal environment can be extended to all levels of the institution by putting into practice the best systemic organisational approaches.
Macro, meso and micro level analyses will be followed by the implementation of action plans, which are mainly directed to: gender regimes; awareness raising on gendered practices; gender equality in management and decision making; the phenomenon of Leaky Pipeline; the implicit gendered subtexts in evaluating excellence.
