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Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Department of African Studies and Anthropology has over 50 years’ experience and expertise in supporting students from all over the world, including Africa.
We integrate cutting-edge and world-leading research on Africa with distinctive inter-disciplinary teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. Our staff are ready to share their expertise in anthropology, history, human geography, development, literature, media, popular culture and religion. This is how we create a warm and informal atmosphere for genuinely innovative learning. Our doctoral students join us from all over the world to produce pioneering new research on Africa, across the disciplines.
The department has particular strengths in social and cultural anthropology, and we put anthropology into dialogue with other academic disciplines and with developmental and humanitarian concerns.
UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Our work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 5 Gender Equality -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Profiles
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Marco Di Nunzio
- African Studies and Anthropology - Associate Professor
- Centre for Urban Wellbeing
Person: Academic
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Fashioning Futures: Uncertainty and Young Women's Livelihoods in Urban Nigeria
Gilbert, J., Apr 2026, Cambridge University Press. 304 p. (The International African Library)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Muslim university students and graduates navigating Nairobi: The poetics and politics of religious coexistence
Fesenmyer, L., 18 Aug 2026, In: Africa Today. 72, 3, p. 103-124 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optics of Impact: Urban Development and the Politics of Urban Expertise
Di Nunzio, M., 13 Aug 2026, In: Cultural Anthropology . 41, 3, p. 718–742 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Downloads (Pure)
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Blueprints of Change: large-scale demolitions and the search for urban alternatives
Di Nunzio, M. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/26 → 31/08/31
Project: EU
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Cryptocurrency and the Normalisation of Gambling: A Rapid Evidence Review
Pickles, A. (Principal Investigator)
1/01/26 → 31/10/26
Project: Research Councils
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Beyond the Fattening Room: Crafting femininities in life and art in southeastern Nigeria
Gilbert, J. (Principal Investigator)
Arts and Humanities Research Council
1/10/25 → 30/09/29
Project: Research Councils
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Parliamo di Arada. Una storia di strade e piazze in Etiopia
Di Nunzio, M. (Invited speaker)
30 Mar 2025Activity: Engagement and Public events › Engagement event
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Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Nolte, I. (Advisor)
2025 → 2028Activity: Collaboration with an external institution or individual › Other
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Land + Community Preservation: Organising ABUELOS
Di Nunzio, M. (Invited speaker)
25 Oct 2024Activity: Engagement and Public events › Engagement event
Prizes
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Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
Nolte, I. (Recipient), Mar 2026
Prize: Election to learned society
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Press/Media
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Interview on ITV Central on Ladywood regeneration in Birmingham. 28 July 2025
28/07/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Research quoted in ‘Economic violence’: Birmingham residents decry plan to raze 1,900 homes’, The Guardian, 22 July 2024
22/07/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media