Research Projects by ZIAF Members

Projects in this field examine interactions between Africa and other regions of the world. They focus on systematically exploring, conceptualizing, and theoretically situating transregional interstitial spaces.

This area focuses on the deep history of human cultures and societies, including settlement, the economy, and the development of political structures, as well as prehistoric art in its social, cultural, and ecological context.

This area focuses on both linguistic analysis and sociolinguistics and their relationship to issues of language and cultural change, as well as on the role of the media, and on changes in communication practices in the context of migration.

Research in biology and geosciences focuses on the socio-ecological dynamics in key ecosystems, on plant and fungal resources and their sustainable use.