Addis Yallew

[Teaching in Higher Education (TiHE) @TeachinginHE]

🚨 SPECIAL ISSUE: CALL FOR PAPERS! 🚨

Seeking abstracts for a special issue on relational pedagogies in an age of #GenAI

See full details via the link below. Abstract deadline: 20th April 2026.

https://t.co/sA6oeWchom

[isaac Samuel @rhaplord]

one of the fathers of modern african philosophy

he will be missed

[Crémieux @cremieuxrecueil]

Major academic publishers have profit margins like the some of the most profitable major tech companies.

[The Lens @TheLensOrg]

The Lens - Release 9.5 - https://t.co/CtRNrAvaTt

[Association of African Universities @AAU_67]

How is #AI used in Africa higher education?
Directorate of Research and Programmes #DRAP & #AAUERO want to hear from you!
Share your knowledge on AI education, design & usage in African universities by filling out this survey.

🔗 Take the survey here: https://t.co/KI12HpZHhc

[Linguistic Discovery @lingdiscovery]

How do you define “language”?

Linguist Charles F. Hockett posited 16 design features of language, one of which was the ability to use language to lie! But what if your language didn’t allow you to lie? What would language be like?

[nature @Nature]

There are many large language models to choose from; some excel at coding, whereas others are better for synthesizing information

https://t.co/BPqTuwijjv

[@FDChairsNet @fdchairsnet]

The Research Chair on Forced Displacement at Addis Ababa University has released a call for abstracts for an upcoming conference on April 24-26 titled Global South Perspectives on Forced Displacement: Navigating Policy, Practice and Research Linkages.

[email protected]

[CREST, Stellenbosch University @CREST_SU]

📚 Exciting news! Doctoral Education in Context: Perspectives from Africa (@African_Minds 2024) is out now!
Dive into insights from 23 supervisors across 16 African countries.

Reimagine doctoral education with us!

https://t.co/Jms9C43AJ7

[Multilingual Matters @Multi_Ling_Mat]

"The editors and contributors have done a great service to the academic community by detailing their experiences of researching multilingually. There are many lessons for us all. The impact of these lessons will be felt for a very long time to come." https://t.co/3ASyKjZWkz

[Max Planck Society @maxplanckpress]

More than 40 percent of #postdocs leave academia. Those who landed a coveted faculty position were more likely to have had a highly cited paper, changed their research topic between their #PhD and postdoc, or moved abroad after receiving their doctorate. https://t.co/SkU2JVisuu @PNASNews -> https://t.co/GZKmXombKN #ScienceCareer

[Journal of Comparative & Intl Higher Ed @JCIHE19]

⏰ Reminder! ⏰
We invite emergent researchers and #PhD students to submit their #thesis or #dissertation work-in-progress or original #research to our 2025 Emerging Scholars Special Issue! Deadline is 16 Dec for a June 2025 publication date.

[CODESRIA @CODESRIA]

🌍✍️ Call for Papers ✍️
"Academic Freedom in Africa: Revisiting the Kampala Declaration"
📍 @UdsmOfficial, Tanzania
📅 April 29 – May 2, 2025
📝 Submit your papers by January 10, 2025, and contribute to this critical dialogue!
👉https://t.co/DMbMtof22B

[suresh canagarajah @sureshcanax]

Using my Pugh Professorship endowment to start an annual mentoring institute for novice and minoritized scholars. Hopefully, this will help represent more diverse voices in academic publishing and lead to democratizing scholarly conversations. Please circulate widely.

[Future Africa Platform @FutureAfricaUP]

Future Africa @UPTuks invites early-career researchers across Africa to apply for the FAR-LeaF II Fellowship. This 2 year programme builds skills in transformative research to tackle Africa’s sustainability challenges. Applications open 11 Nov. Read more: https://t.co/i4ZBhJmm8J

[ISS @issafrica]

We’re looking for a Senior Researcher & Lead Editor for our Peace & Security Council Report.

Apply today https://t.co/P86dK5yBxb

[Jason Mosley (@jasonmosley.bsky.social) @africaupdate]

Come work in Oxford!
Professorship of African Studies
Seeking scholars whose methodological approach & disciplinary orientation augments existing strengths of the African Studies Centre, as well as expanding existing geographic & regional specialisms.
https://t.co/kryx94jxL2

[Alexander W. Wiseman @ComparativeEduc]

🚨 **We're hiring!** #TexasTech's @CIRCLE_TTU is looking for a #Postdoc #Research Associate to support the HOWL project on #rural #postsecondary pathways! 📊 Lead data analysis, manage projects, and contribute to grant development. #HigherEd #RuralEducation #EdResearch

[FEMNET @FemnetProg]

Are you ready to level up your climate advocacy game?📢 FEMNET's 3rd African Feminist Academy for #ClimateJustice is open for applications until October 7th, 2024. 📚 Unpack matters climate change from a feminist perspective🔎.
➡️https://t.co/uyETyHjyBR
#AfricanFeministStories

[AfLIA @AfLIACon]

Exciting Opportunity!!
SPARC Africa, a section of AfLIA, is offering sponsorships for African delegates to attend the 2nd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access in Cape Town, South Africa from December 8-14, 2024!

Details: https://t.co/yRrywip2pm

#SPARCAfrica @GlobalDiamondOA