NAI Associates

The Nordic Africa Institute launched an Associates Programme in 2009, in order to link leading researchers and Africa experts to the Institute. The long-term goal is to broaden the knowledge and experience base of the Institute as well as its network. The “NAI Associates” have been contracted with the Institute for three years. NAI Associates will be recruited both from the Nordic region and from Africa.

“The objective of the Associates Programme is to connect individuals with deep experience and interest in our activities to the Institute,” says NAI Director Carin Norberg, who initiated the programme.

NAI Associates must have an independent position in their native countries and in their professional or academic community. They should add to the strengthening of NAI as a center of research and documentation on Africa in the Nordic Region. The immediate goal now is to widen the circle of NAI Associates in the Nordic region.

The NAI Associates are:

• Göran Hydén, professor emeritus of political science at University of Florida in Gainsville, Fl - CV (pdf).
  
• Bo Göransson, former director-general of Sida och former Swedish ambassador in Kenya - short CV (pdf).
• Bertil Odén, Writer, lecturer  and consultant, with focus on Africa and development cooperation - short CV (pdf)
  
• Eva Evers Rosander, Associate Professor in Social Anthropology - short CV (pdf)
• Dag Ehrenpreis, former Chief Economist at Sida - CV (pdf).
  
• Jimi Adesina, professor of sociology at Rhodes University in South Africa - CV (pdf).