The document summarizes the "Global Studies Peace and Security in Africa" program, a cooperation between Addis Ababa University and University of Leipzig. It provides details about: 1) The program being one of few humanities/social science programs in Ethiopia offering joint degrees, with an international student body from Africa, Europe, Americas, and Asia. 2) The curriculum including research seminars, workshops, and summer schools held in Addis Ababa and Leipzig over 1-3 years for Masters and PhD students. 3) Strong promotion of gender balance among 42 students from 16 countries enrolled between 2012-2015.

1. The “Global Studies Peace and Security in Africa”
Cooperation between AAU and Uni.Leipzig in the
Context of Transnational Higher Education
September 2014

2. 2
Global Studies with an emphasis on
Peace and Security in Africa is…
• one of very few universities cooperations in the humanities and
social sciences in Ethiopia
• the only one with joint degrees (cooperation on equal eye level) for
master students
• attracts students from a wide range of countries making it the most
international programme that AAU currently has
• attracts students from the global north to enroll in a full degree,
tuition based, two year programme in an Ethiopian university
 contributing to a change in the directionality of student mobility
(used to be mainly East to West, South to North) to include African
universities

3. 3
Global Studies with an emphasis on
Peace and Security in Africa is…cont.
• strong in promoting the gender balance among students and
enabling female master and PhD students
• greatly connected to the wider African academic community through
its partner, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies
• recipient of DAAD funding throughout the first four years, however
soon able to operate independently
• implementation done by professors, independent curriculum design
and teaching methods to promote jointness
• successful in acquiring additional DAAD scholarships (by now
25.000 €) to wave fees for students

4. 4
Organisation of the programmes
• study programme of 1. and 2. year is provided by teaching
staff of the UL (both in Addis Ababa and Leipzig) and the
IPSS
• Modules taught by UL staff will be taught as blocks (partly
successively, partly in parallel)
• modules of the 1., 3. and 4. term: taught at AAU,
modules of 2. term: taught at UL (two-months study period
at UL; sandwich term at UL also for PhDs)
• German language classes in preparation of study period at
UL

5. 5
Curriculum (MA)
1.
year
2 research seminars on
basic problems of
globalisation research
(transnationalism
research; new political
geography; introduction
to international studies)
Summer School
(Discussion of
research
literature on
globalisation)
1 workshop on
research soft skills
1 workshop on
research methods
1 workshop on
academic teaching
Colloquium and 2 Thesis
Committee Meetings
(discussion of work process
and review of students’ texts
by supervisors and other
academic experts supported
by e-learning tools and new
media)
2.
year
1 research seminar on
New Regionalism
Summer School
(presentation of
papers of PhD
students)
1 workshop on
research soft skills
1 workshop on
research methods
1 workshop on
academic teaching
Colloquium and 2 Thesis
Committee Meetings
(discussion of work process
and review of students’ texts
by supervisors and other
academic experts supported
by e-learning tools and new
media)
3.
year
1 research seminar on
Peace and Security
2 Thesis Committee
Meetings (discussion of
work process and review of
students’ texts by
supervisors and other
academic experts supported
by e-learning tools and new
media)

6. 6
Curriculum (PhD)

7. 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 Total
Master
female 7 3 6 16
male 6 3 4 13
PhD
female 3 1 3 7
male 3 0 3 6
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Global Studies PSA Programme
Student Intake and Gender Balance
 overall 42 students
 our students come from : Ethiopia, Djibouti, Uganda, Ukraine,
Latvia, Germany, USA, Holland, Poland, Japan, Nigeria, Tanzania,
Cameroon, South Africa, and Zambia

8. 8
Global Studies PSA Programme
Cooperation with the city partnership Addis-Leipzig
• Diriba Kuma, mayor of Addis Ababa
visited Leipzig in May with
delegation
• Investment Forum attended by
students to network with employers
• Burkhard Jung, mayor of Leipzig to
visit Addis Ababa in February 2015
to hand over first joint degrees in
graduation ceremony
• Joint celebration of Ethiopian New
Year in Leipzig

9. 9
Global Studies PSA Programme
Launching Promoting and Alumni Activities

10. 10
Global Studies PSA Programme
Launch in September 2014
09:30 Word of Welcome from the Deputy Director of IPSS
Ato Yonas Adaye
10:00 Perspectives from Fellow Students
Ato Abebaw Tezera Zerihun
11:00 Campus Tour Addis Ababa University
Prof. Dr. Tesfaye Tafesse
12:00 Visit University Museum and Kennedy Library
13:00 Lunch at Chembeko
14:00 Excursion to Oxfam International Liaison Office with the African Union,
Briefing on AU by Désiré Assogbavi, Head of Office
16:00 Visit of the African Union Offices
19:00 Welcome Reception and Dinner at Yod Abyssinia (Bole)
IPSS invites students to a traditional Ethiopian restaurant
(Meeting President of AAU)