Speaker of the Namibian National Assembly visited the Africa Research Institute

Prof. Peter Hitjitevi Katjavivi, Speaker of the Namibian National Assembly and the head of the sustentative body of Namibia University of Science and Technology together with his wife Jane Katjavivi and Cornelia Tjaondjo, Special Assistant to the Speaker visited Bánki Donát Faculty on 24th of September, 2021. The president came to a governmental invitation to Hungary, and also visited our Africa Research Institute at the Doctoral School of Safety and Security Sciences.

Researchers’ Night program series was going on during the day thus the Professor attended some programs of the Bánki Donát Faculty. He inspected the pneumobiles built by our students among other things and he also tried the air driven train.

‘Counter-Terrorism, Technology and Development in Africa’ International Virtual Conference

The Africa Research Institute of the Doctoral School of Safety and Security Sciences at the University of Óbuda and the Center for Military Studies at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa (US CEMIS) held an online scientific conference on 22 September 2021 entitled ‘Counter-Terrorism, Technology and Development in Africa’. In the four sections of the symposium, the speakers examined current issues in the fields of human security, socioeconomics, technological development and cybersecurity, and leadership and corporate governance in more than forty presentations. The all-day event was attended by more than 150 people from many countries around the world. Written versions of the presentations at the conference will be included in the next issues of the quarterly scientific journal of the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies, which is listed by the African Research Institute.

The event, organized as the first program of cooperation between the Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Security Engineering, University of Óbuda and the Center for Military Studies, University of Stellenbosch since April 2021, was planned to be the first in a series of annual events.

International volunteering and the development in Africa

How international volunteering can contribute to development in Africa? Can it? What are the advantages of it for either the local population or the volunteers themselves?

Zsolt Molnár presented a few considerations from his paper at our conference: 2021 International Virtual conference on “Counter-Terrorism, Technology and Development in Africa”.

Find out more from the full paper that will be published in the next edition of the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies (JCEEAS) coming up in November and available here: https://jceeas.bdi.uni-obuda.hu/index.php/jceeas/issue/archive

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Women and terrorism

The number of female perpetrators in terrorist groups has increased recently all over the world. Women play various roles: fighters, suicide bombers, recruiters, helpers etc. Women are also used increasingly for attacks as, due to cultural reasons, they tend to be checked less by security forces.

But why do women join terrorist groups? What programs are there to deradicalize them and how successful are they?

This what Dr. Mariann Kármán has just talked about at our conference: 2021 International Virtual conference on “Counter-Terrorism, Technology and Development in Africa”.

You can read more on female violencers in the next edition of the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies (JCEEAS) coming up in November and available here:

https://jceeas.bdi.uni-obuda.hu/index.php/jceeas/issue/archive

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CTD 2021 Conference invitation

The Centre for Military Studies (CEMIS) from Stellenbosch University (South Africa) and the Africa Research Institute of the Óbuda University (Hungary) kindly invites you to the 2021 International Virtual conference on “Counter-Terrorism, Technology and Development in Africa” on 22 September 2021.

  • Panel 1: Human security perspective
  • Panel 2: Socio-Economic development
  • Panel 3: Technology and cyber-security
  • Panel 4: Leadership and corporate governance

For the detailed programme and the registration, please follow the website.

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The first double issue of the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies (2021/1-2) is available!

On August 3, the first double issue of the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies (JCEEAS) finally arrived! The latest issue of the electronic version of the journal that is published four times a year with dozens of scientific articles and book reviews.

The 2021/1-2 issue is available here: Vol. 1 No. 1-2 (2021) | Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies (uni-obuda.hu)

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Cooperation Agreement between Óbuda University and the Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

On April 6, 2021 the Bánki Donát Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering of Óbuda University and Stellenbosch University of South Africa (SU) signed a cooperation agreement.

The agreement between the Africa Research Institute operating under the auscipes of the OE BGK Doctoral School of Security Studies and the Center for Military Studies (CEMIS) of the SU includes the initiation of joint research and seminars as the main directions. Furthermore, the parties are committed to organise international conferences, and conduct publication activites in the field of security and defense, as well as civil-military relations.

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Participation of the Africa Research Institute at the ICCECIP 2019 conference

ICCECIP 2019, the ‘International Conference on Central European Critical Infrastructure Protection‘, was held at the Donát Bánki Faculty of Mechanical and Safety Engineering of the University of Óbuda as part of the Hungarian Science Festival on 18-19th of November 2019. Our colleagues and researchers from the African Research Institute also attended.

For more information about the ICCECIP annual conference: http://regi.bgk.uni-obuda.hu/iccecip/2019/conference-program