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Line 1: {{~~short~~Short description\|~~research~~Research institute in Uppsala, Sweden}} {{Infobox organization \| name = Nordic Africa Institute \| native_name = \| former_name = \| image = ~~Uppsala1~~Nordiska Afrikainstitutet (The Nordic Africa Institute).~~JPG~~jpg \| image_border = \| size = <!-- default 200px --> Line 36: \| general = <!-- Secretary General --> \| leader_title = \| leader_name = ~~Iina~~Therése ~~Soiri~~Sjömander Magnusson \| leader_title2 = \| leader_name2 = Line 56: \| footnotes = }} '''Nordic Africa Institute (NAI)''' ({{lang-sv\|Nordiska Afrikainstitutet}}) serves as a research, documentation and information centre on modern Africa for the [[Nordic countries]]. The Institute ~~also~~conducts ~~encourages~~independent, policyrelevant research, provides analysis and ~~studies~~informs ondecisionmaking, with the aim of advancing research-based knowledge of contemporary Africa.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://nai.uu.se/about-us.html \|title=The ~~institute~~Nordic ~~was~~Africa ~~founded~~Institute inwebsite ~~1962.~~(About us)}}</ref> The Nordic Africa Institute was founded in 1962 and is financed jointly by Sweden, Finland and Iceland. Denmark and Norway were also members of the original group of founding and funding partner countries, but they backed out in 2013 and 2015, respectively. Administratively, the institute functions as a [[Government agencies in Sweden\|Swedish government agency]] that answers to the [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)\|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]]. It is located in [[Uppsala]]. The institute is financed jointly by the Nordic countries. Administratively, it functions as a [[Government agencies in Sweden\|Swedish government agency]] that answers to the [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)\|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]]. It is located in [[Uppsala]]. The Nordic Africa Institute is part of [[AEGIS (African Studies)\|AEGIS]], a network of African Studies Centres in Europe, and organized its 4th international conference (ECAS) in 2011. The institute is headed by a Director, and a Programme and Research Council has the task of monitoring and advising the Director.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://nai.uu.se/about/council_1/ \|title=Nordic Africa Institute: The Programme and Research Council }}</ref>. On 18 July 2019, the Swedish government appointed [[Therése Sjömander Magnusson]] as new Director of NAI, a position which she will take up on 1 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2019/07/ny-direktor-for-nordiska-afrikainstitutet/ \|title=Pressmeddelande från Utrikesdepartementet, 18 juli 2019: Ny direktör för Nordiska Afrikainstitutet }}</ref>▼ ▲The institute is financed jointly by the Nordic countries. Administratively, it functions as a [[Government agencies in Sweden\|Swedish government agency]] that answers to the [[Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Sweden)\|Ministry for Foreign Affairs]]. It is located in [[Uppsala]]. The Nordic Africa Institute is part of [[AEGIS (African Studies)\|AEGIS]], a network of African Studies Centres in Europe, and organized its 4th international conference (ECAS) in 2011. The institute is headed by a Director, and a Programme and Research Council has the task of monitoring and advising the Director.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://nai.uu.se/about/council_1/ \|title=Nordic Africa Institute: The Programme and Research Council }}</ref>. On 18 July 2019, the Swedish government appointed [[Therése Sjömander Magnusson]] as new Director of NAI, a position which she ~~will take~~took up on 1 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.regeringen.se/pressmeddelanden/2019/07/ny-direktor-for-nordiska-afrikainstitutet/ \|title=Pressmeddelande från Utrikesdepartementet, 18 juli 2019: Ny direktör för Nordiska Afrikainstitutet }}</ref> == Previous Directors of NAI ==<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://nai.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A561076&dswid=-40 \|title=Researching Africa: From individual efforts to structured programmes. The role of the Nordic Africa Institute (p. 8) }}</ref>▼ * [[Iina Soiri]] 2013-2019 == Previous Directors of NAI == ▲==The ~~Previous~~list ~~Directors~~is ofpartly ~~NAI~~based ==on a report to the Nordic Africa Institute's 50th Anniversary in 2012.<ref>{{cite ~~web~~book \|url=http://~~nai~~urn.~~diva-portal~~kb.~~org~~se/~~smash/record.jsf~~resolve?~~pid=diva2%3A561076&dswid~~urn=urn:nbn:se:nai:diva-401575 \|title=Researching Africa: From individual efforts to structured programmes. The role of the Nordic Africa Institute (p. 8) \|date=2012 \|publisher=Nordiska Afrikainstitutet }}</ref> * [[Iina Soiri]] 2013-2019<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.regeringen.se/49bb4c/contentassets/32500a6b95c04c20a46961b4c3fe1289/regeringskansliets-arsbok-2013 \|title=Regeringskansliets årsbok 2013 (p. 44) }}</ref> * [[Carin Norberg]] 2005-2013 * [[Lennart Wohlgemut]] 1993-2005 * [[Anders Hjort af Ornäs]] 1984-1993 * [[Carl Gösta Widstrand]] 1962-1984 ~~([[Michael Ståhl]], Acting Director 1981-1983)~~ == Nordic Africa Days ==▼ ''The Nordic Africa Days'' (NAD) is a biannual research conference arranged by the Nordic Africa Institute. The first NAD conference was held in 1999 in [[Uppsala]], Sweden, and after that, until and including 2012, the conference locations alternated between different cities in the Nordic regions, with Nordic universities as co-organisers. Since 2014, the NAD conference has taken place biannually in [[Uppsala]], Sweden, with NAI as the sole organiser.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ascleiden.nl/news/report-nordic-africa-days-2014-african-studies-opening \|title=African Studies Center Leiden (ASCL), University of Leiden: Report on the Nordic Africa Days 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.unt.se/asikt/debatt/afrika-lar-av-norden-3377681.aspx \|title=Upsala Nya Tidning (UNT): Afrika lär av Norden? }}</ref> The Nordic Africa Days gathers researchers and writers from all over the world working on Africa-related knowledge production. It comprises panel discussions, workshops, poster exhibitions, seminars, and a whole range of other events. The conference also provides a venue for dialogue between Africa specialists within academic and policy arenas.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.siani.se/sv/event/nordic-africa-days-2018-2/ \|title=Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI): Nordic Africa Days 2018 }}</ref> In 2016, the Nordic Africa Days gathered 239 participants from 36 countries.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://nai.uu.se/nad-2016/programme/ \|title=Nordic Africa Institute (NAI): Programme for the Nordic Africa Days 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.codesria.org/spip.php?article2543&lang=fr \|title=Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA): Nordic Africa Days 2018 }}</ref> ~~=== Previous NAD conferences and their themes ===~~ * '''2018''': "African mobilities – reshaping narratives and practices of circulation and exchange", Uppsala, Sweden, 19-21 September 2018.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://nai.uu.se/nad-2018/ \|title=Nordic Africa Institute: The Nordic Africa Days 2018 }}</ref> * '''2016''': "Gender and change: global challenges for Africa", Uppsala, Sweden, 23-24 September 2016.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://nai.uu.se/nad-2016/ \|title=Nordic Africa Institute: The Nordic Africa Days 2016 }}</ref> * '''2014''': "Governance in African states", Uppsala, Sweden, 26-27 September 2014<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://nai.uu.se/events/nad-2014/ \|title=Nordic Africa Institute: The Nordic Africa Days 2014 }}</ref> * '''2012''': "Africa unplugged", Reykjavík, Iceland, 18-19 October 2012<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://conference.hi.is/nad2012/ \|title=University of Iceland: The Nordic Africa Days 2012 }}</ref> * '''2010''': "Time Space Africa: Reconnecting the Continent", Åbo, Finland, 30 September - 1 October 2010<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://web.abo.fi/fak/hf/hist/nad2010/index.html \|title=University of Turku: The Nordic Africa Days 2010 }}</ref> * '''2009''': "Africa in Search of Alternatives", Trondheim, Norway, 1-3 October 2009<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/pressreleases/henning-mankell-i-trondheim-till-nordiska-afrikadagarna-322512 \|title=NTNU och Nordiska Afrikainstitutet: Pressmeddelande, 24 september 2009 }}</ref> * '''2008''': "From ’Brand Aid’ to ’Youth and Hope’", Copenhagen, Denmark, 9-10 October 2008<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://teol.ku.dk/cas/about/past_events/nad2008/ \|title=University of Copenhagen: The Nordic Africa Days 2008 }}</ref> * '''2007''': "Mobility, Citizenship and Belonging in Africa", Uppsala, Sweden, 5-7 October 2007<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nordicom.gu.se/sv/medieforskning/events/nordic-africa-days \|title=Nordicom: The Nordic Africa Days 2007 }}</ref> == See also == Line 93 ⟶ 81: * {{official website\|http://www.nai.uu.se/}} * [http://www.aegis-eu.org/ AEGIS, network of African studies centres in Europe] * {{citation \|title= Nordic Africa Institute \| date=4 April 2024 \|url= http://www.isn.ethz.ch/Digital-Library/Organizations/Detail/?ots591=0c54e3b3-1e9c-be1e-2c24-a6a8c7060233&lng=en&id=91376 \|via=[[International Relations and Security Network]] }} (publications fulltext) {{Authority control}} [[Category:~~Foreign~~1962 ~~relations~~establishments ofin Sweden]]▼ [[Category:Government agencies of Sweden]]▼ ~~[[Category:Uppsala]]~~ ▲[[Category:Foreign relations of Sweden]] [[Category:African studies]] [[Category:Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies]] [[Category:Ethnic studies organizations]] ▲[[Category:~~Government~~Foreign ~~agencies~~relations of Sweden]] [[Category:Nordic organizations]]▼ [[Category:Organizations established in 1962]] [[Category:~~1962 establishments in Sweden~~Uppsala]] ▲[[Category:Nordic organizations]] [[is:Norræna Afríkustofnunin]] ~~{{Sweden-stub}}~~ [[af:Nordiese Afrikainstituut]] ~~{{gov-stub}}~~ [[ar:المعهد_الأفريقي_لدول_الشمال]] ~~{{Africa-org-stub}}~~ [[pcm:Nordic Africa Institute]] ~~{{africa-studies-stub}}~~ [[es:Instituto Nórdico Africano]] ▲== [[ff:Nordic Africa ~~Days ==~~Institute]] [[wo:Nordic Africa Institute]]