11 May 2026
Report Dissemination Event of the Re-Empower Project
On 24 April 2026, a dissemination event of the Re-Empower project (funded by VLIR-UOS) took place at the University of Antwerp. The programme included three themes: the dissemination of PhD empirical findings on the Role of Customs and Traditions in Addressing Child Marriages in Tanzania: A Human Rights-Based Approach by Esther Lucas Kayamba, Implementing Climate Change Legal Regimes as a Mitigating Tool to Child Marriage in Tanzania by Agripina Mbilinyi, and a lecture on the Validation of Research Findings based on a Case Study from Uganda by Prof Sofie Vindeogel from the Ghent University.
03 April 2026
Workshop Report
Law and Development Research Group and Chair of African Legal Studies Host International Workshop on Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa
From 16–18 March 2026, the Law and Development Research Group (Universiteit Antwerpen), together with the Chair of African Legal Studies (Universität Bayreuth), organised a three-day international workshop in Antwerp: Rethinking Legal Research in and with Africa.
Bringing together early-career and senior researchers from across Africa and Europe, the workshop opened up important conversations on decolonial methods, conceptual frameworks, research ethics, and whose knowledge legal scholarship truly serves.
24 March 2026
Call for Contributions
International Conference and Edited Volume: Imagining Decolonial Legal Methods in Europe (Pushing Boundaries)
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to a book and conference on the theme of decoloniality and legal methodology in Europe, given the political importance of methodology. This subject requires Europeans to draw inspiration from the knowledge and experience of the regions they colonised. Legal scholars must also learn from civil society and studies carried out in the social sciences.
Editors/Organisers:
Sandrine Brachotte, UAntwerpen
Christine Frison, ULiège
Lina Álvarez-Villarreal, Universidad de los Andes