African Politics
African Politics
The School in African Politics aims to:
- Offer unique multidisciplinary knowledge of the African continent, focusing on relevant and timely political themes;
- Provide training in research strategies and methods for the analysis of political phenomena in Africa;
- To offer personalized comments to help participants develop research skills and different types of projects (e.g. for research or intervention).
Target Audience
This course is aimed at Postgraduate students from a wide range of social sciences and humanities, specially those developing a Master’s or Doctoral thesis on African politics, an professionals and practitioners from across different sectors working on or interested in African politics.
Tuition Fee
| General Public | € 200 |
|
ICS Community | ULisboa, Iscte and FCSH-NOVA students | Students from Universities in Africa |
€ 100 |
These prices do not include the application (€ 10) and enrolment (€ 25) fees as well as the fee for a certificate in Portuguese (€ 10).
Alexandra Magnólia Dias (FCSH-NOVA)
Ana Lúcia Sá (Iscte-IUL)
Cláudia Generoso de Almeida (IPRI-NOVA)
Edalina Sanches (ICS-ULisboa)
Leonor Toscano (Universidade de Oslo)
Ruy Blanes (Iscte-IUL)
Vasco Martins (CES-UC)
Module 1. Research strategies and methods
Researching African Politics: Emergent themes and methodological pluralism
Methodological strategies for doing research in post-conflict societies
Module 2. Identifying research topics
Electoral violence in Africa: actors, causes and dynamics of citizen participation
Women and Peacebuilding
Multidimensional Political Representation in Africa
Opposition politics in Africa
Political memory in Africa
Mapping social activisms in Post-Arab Spring Africa. Reflections from the case of Angola
Module 3. Research laboratory
Tutorial & participants’ presentations
Roundtable: How to get published
Applications
Applications: until 23 June 2026
Applications will be submitted through the ICS FenixEdu platform: https://fenix.ics.ulisboa.pt
To create a registration, please access https://fenix.ics.ulisboa.pt/accountCreation
In case you already have a registration, you can recover the access at https://fenix.ics.ulisboa.pt/passwordResetRequest
In case you already have a student number at ICS, you should use your Campus/Edu account credentials by selecting the “Login ULisboa” option at https://fenix.ics.ulisboa.pt
You may recover your access to Campus/Edu account at https://utilizador.ulisboa.pt
The application fee is € 10.00.
Applications must be submitted with the following documents:
- Curriculum Vitae;
- Brief summary of research interest (maximum 300 words).
Requirements
Hold a bachelor's or master's degree, or attendance in a postgraduate course in social sciences and humanities.
Admission
The School operates with a minimum of 8 participants and a maximum of 25 participants.
