The staff of the MA African Studies are involved in a number of larger, externally funded research projects:
Current research projects
- CongUbangi (ERC, 2024-2027) – The Congo-Ubangi watershed: An interdisciplinary approach to the genesis of a linguistic accretion zone in Central Africa
- OL4D (VLIR-UOS, 2022-2027) and Young People Coping with Crisis: Oral Narratives and Crisis Management in Kenya and Ethiopia
- CongoConnect (2014-2019) – Objects and power institutions in north-east Congo (1800-1960)
Research cooperation projects
Past research projects
- BantuFirst (ERC, 2018-2022) – The first Bantu speakers South of the rainforest: A cross-disciplinary approach to human migration, language spread, climate change and early farming in Late Holocene Central Africa
- KongoKing (ERC, 2012- 2016) – An interdisciplinary approach to the origins of the Kongo kingdom
- Kwilu Bantu (Volkswagen Foundation, 2012 – 2015) – Documentation of cultural heritage in three endangered Bantu languages of the Kwilu (DR Congo): Ngong, Nsong and Nsambaan
PhD research projects
For ongoing research projects by PhD students, see researchers.