Episode 6 : CIVIS Meets PolyCIVIS: A New Chapter in Euro-African Academic and Policy Synergy

39min | 10/01/2026

Description

In the second PolyCIVIS podcast series, we engage with experts from Europe and Africa across diverse disciplines to explore the complexities of the polycrisis and its effects on research, policy, and education.
CIVIS Meets PolyCIVIS: A New Chapter in Euro-African Academic and Policy Synergy

Group discussion with: Anne Weyembergh (Full Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Vice-Rector for External Relations and Cooperation), Christian Möllmann (CIVIS Global Partnerships Officer), and Emílio Tostão (Associate Professor and Scientific Director of Research, Extension and Innovation at Eduardo Mondlane University)
Moderator: Faith Mabera, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)

These podcasts were recorded at the Media Studios of UCAD and were edited at the Laboratory of Audiovisual Media, Department of Communication and Media Studies, NKUA
Concept and Interviews: PolyCIVIS Communication and Dissemination WP (NKUA and USF)
Audio Editing: Silas Michalakas (NKUA)
Studio Technician and Recording: Samba Ndiaye (UCAD)
General Production: PolyCIVIS Communication and Dissemination WP
Special Thanks to: Maria Isabel Soldevila Brea and Jeanne Sadzot from the CIVIS Communication Unit

CIVIS is a European University alliance, bringing together 17 leading higher education in Europe and Africa. Discover CIVIS and join us as we learn and develop transformative projects for academia and society.

This podcast is co-funded by the European Union.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About CIVIS Waves

CIVIS Waves is the spot where stories, conversations and debates from our European University alliance meet.

Here’s our promise: each podcast series will bring diverse voices (and even languages), science-based knowledge and the experiences of committed academics, researchers, students and professional staff working to transform higher education.

What is CIVIS, you may wonder. CIVIS is Europe's Civic University Alliance, a pioneering endeavour under the European Universities initiative of the European Commission. It unites 11 leading, research-intensive higher education institutions across Europe and 6 associate member universities in Africa, forming a dynamic academic community of over 470,000 students and 58,000 staff in Europe alone.

Join us as we share what we are learning while working across 17 universities, countries and cultures and become a “civizen” too!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About CIVIS Waves

CIVIS Waves is the spot where stories, conversations and debates from our European University alliance meet.

Here’s our promise: each podcast series will bring diverse voices (and even languages), science-based knowledge and the experiences of committed academics, researchers, students and professional staff working to transform higher education.

What is CIVIS, you may wonder. CIVIS is Europe's Civic University Alliance, a pioneering endeavour under the European Universities initiative of the European Commission. It unites 11 leading, research-intensive higher education institutions across Europe and 6 associate member universities in Africa, forming a dynamic academic community of over 470,000 students and 58,000 staff in Europe alone.

Join us as we share what we are learning while working across 17 universities, countries and cultures and become a “civizen” too!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Description

In the second PolyCIVIS podcast series, we engage with experts from Europe and Africa across diverse disciplines to explore the complexities of the polycrisis and its effects on research, policy, and education.
CIVIS Meets PolyCIVIS: A New Chapter in Euro-African Academic and Policy Synergy

Group discussion with: Anne Weyembergh (Full Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Vice-Rector for External Relations and Cooperation), Christian Möllmann (CIVIS Global Partnerships Officer), and Emílio Tostão (Associate Professor and Scientific Director of Research, Extension and Innovation at Eduardo Mondlane University)
Moderator: Faith Mabera, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg)

These podcasts were recorded at the Media Studios of UCAD and were edited at the Laboratory of Audiovisual Media, Department of Communication and Media Studies, NKUA
Concept and Interviews: PolyCIVIS Communication and Dissemination WP (NKUA and USF)
Audio Editing: Silas Michalakas (NKUA)
Studio Technician and Recording: Samba Ndiaye (UCAD)
General Production: PolyCIVIS Communication and Dissemination WP
Special Thanks to: Maria Isabel Soldevila Brea and Jeanne Sadzot from the CIVIS Communication Unit

CIVIS is a European University alliance, bringing together 17 leading higher education in Europe and Africa. Discover CIVIS and join us as we learn and develop transformative projects for academia and society.

This podcast is co-funded by the European Union.

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About CIVIS Waves

CIVIS Waves is the spot where stories, conversations and debates from our European University alliance meet.

Here’s our promise: each podcast series will bring diverse voices (and even languages), science-based knowledge and the experiences of committed academics, researchers, students and professional staff working to transform higher education.

What is CIVIS, you may wonder. CIVIS is Europe's Civic University Alliance, a pioneering endeavour under the European Universities initiative of the European Commission. It unites 11 leading, research-intensive higher education institutions across Europe and 6 associate member universities in Africa, forming a dynamic academic community of over 470,000 students and 58,000 staff in Europe alone.

Join us as we share what we are learning while working across 17 universities, countries and cultures and become a “civizen” too!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

About CIVIS Waves

CIVIS Waves is the spot where stories, conversations and debates from our European University alliance meet.

Here’s our promise: each podcast series will bring diverse voices (and even languages), science-based knowledge and the experiences of committed academics, researchers, students and professional staff working to transform higher education.

What is CIVIS, you may wonder. CIVIS is Europe's Civic University Alliance, a pioneering endeavour under the European Universities initiative of the European Commission. It unites 11 leading, research-intensive higher education institutions across Europe and 6 associate member universities in Africa, forming a dynamic academic community of over 470,000 students and 58,000 staff in Europe alone.

Join us as we share what we are learning while working across 17 universities, countries and cultures and become a “civizen” too!

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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