BISA 2026 Conference

Africa: Security and Accountability

TH04

4 Jun 2026, 10:45

1h 30m

Panel Africa and International Studies Working Group

Description

The panel explores the digital periphery, the future of international studies in Nigeria, ethnic politics and child soldiers, modernisation and the military and coups in Africa.

Subcontributions

• Global Z: Generation Z in Nigeria, International Studies Pedagogy, and the Future of the Discipline
• Reaffirming the Relevance of International Studies in a Rapidly Changing World: An African Perspective
• Governing the Digital Periphery: Infrastructural Securitisation and Platform Accountability in Fragile States
• Modernisation and Military Centrality at Interplay: Analysis of Coups in Africa, 2020-2025
• Social Infrastructure and Ethnic Politics – An Interconnected Risk Concerning Child Soldiers’ Self-Reintegration in Nigeria’s Niger Delta Region