Welcome to the website of APAD, the Euro-African Association for the Anthropology of Social Change and Development. APAD is a network promoting dialogue between African and European researchers in the social sciences as well as with developments agents. Initially devoted to the empirical studies of interactions brought about by development, APAD’s approach has evolved towards research regarding social change on the African continent in its broadest sense.

APAD Bulletin

The most recent APAD Bulletin is No 33 "New Religious Elites in the Development Arena/Les élites religieuses dans l'arène du développement". Mayke Kaag and Maud Saint-Lary  (eds.). For more information about the bulletin go to Bulletin . 

APAD @ ECAS

During the European Conference on African Studies - ECAS 4 - in Uppsala, 15-18 June 2011, APAD hosted a meeting for members, and other interested in the organization. This is part of APAD's effort to promote a dialogue between African and European researchers in the social sciences, as well as with development agents. The meeting, which was chaired by APAD President Prof. Sten Hagberg, had some 30 participants.

Prof. Thomas Bierschenk goes sixty

The ECAS 4 in Uppsala also provided the opportunity to celebrate former APAD President Prof. Thomas Bierschenk, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz on his 60^th birthday on 18 June 2011. Friends and colleagues organized a surprise party for Thomas. The book Auf dem Boden der Tatsachen: Festschrift für Thomas Bierschenk, (eds) Nikolaus Schareika, Eva Spies and Pierre‐Yves Le Meur, and with contributions by many people was presented to Thomas. The book is published at RÜDIGER KÖPPE (http://www.ifeas.uni-mainz.de/infopdf/MBA28_Inhalt.pdf ).

APAD conference 2010

APAD's biennial international conference was held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso 20-23 january 2010. For more information about the conference proceedings in french and in english click here . The abstract book is available here .