"Africa's population by 2050: challenges and potentials, interdisciplinary perspectives"


This annual 5-days remote course has been taking place since May 2023 within the framework of the Bordeaux University Summer School. It welcomes African and European students, and has them work under the co-supervision of researchers from different disciplines. It includes interactive interdisciplinary courses, debates and tutored working groups. During the working groups, students work on themes in line with IPORA research axes.

  • The 2023 session took place from May 20 to June 2 (and June 8 for final students’ presentations) 2023. It welcomed 21 participants (8 UB, 4 UFHB, 4 UIR, 1 AAU, 4 others).
  • The 2024 session took place from June 24 to 28th It welcomed 14 participants (3 UB, 2 UFHB, 3 UIR, 1 AAU, 5 others).



Students and topics covered during the 2023 and 2024 sessions of the course led by IPORA during the UB summer school

Student names Student disciplines Student counties Tutors names and disciplines Title of the tutored project
         
Philémon Bassan, Mahmadou Dembele, Maëlle Sodegla, Nina, Céline Huber, Lamine Diaby Global Health, Political science, Economics, Benin, Mali, France Madina Doumbia (Physics), Olivier Marcy (Global Health) Design a participative research project with children, adolescents and young adults to address health challenges in Africa to allow their generation to reach their full potential
  Physics Côte d’Ivoire    
Hiba Guessous, Marie Yapo Political science, Physics, Morocco, Côte d’Ivoire, Germany Thomas Thivillon (Economics), Tanguy Bernard (Economics) Design a cost-effective quality certification system that enables small-scale rice Farmers to better sell their product to urban consumers in Côte d'Ivoire
Luisa Muting, Stéphane Ahoua, Alemaheyu Geletu Economics, Ethiopia    
Josias Ouedraogo, Priscilia Antoinette, Fagdeba Bandjaguena, Marion Imboden, Adama Doumbia Economics, Burkina Faso, France, Togo, Switzerland, Côte d’Ivoire Eric Rougier (Economics) Reforming higher education to reduce unemployment among graduates and non graduates in Côte d’Ivoire / apprenticeship
  Global Health, Political science, Education      
Joël Bonigni, Meron Gebere, Kadiatou Koita, Meriem Bahjaoui, Asrafil Kere Global Health, Nutrition, Benin, Ethiopia Joanna Orne-Gliemann (Global Health), Marc d’Elbée (Economics) Strengthening health systems in rural areas through digital health interventions. Challenges and opportunities for the Decide-TB project. Interdisciplinary insights
  Political science, Economics Mali, Morocco, Burkina Faso    
Julien Guillot, Yosief Mekonnen, Leysa Maty Sall Political science, Economics France, Ethiopia, Senegal Alemayehu Geletu (Economics) Enhancing food security research-policy dialogue through maps of Ethiopia
Kouakou Philipps, Lina Alaaeldin Abdelfattah Geography, Economics Côte d’Ivoire, Ethiopia Auriane Pajot (Global health) Impact of Urbanization on Air Quality in African Cities: Case Study of the city of Abidjan
Arsène Ochou, Habia essi Sonia, Ward Karssemeijer, Rania Qarouach Chemestry, Law, Management, Political science Côte d’Ivoire, Togo, Morocco, Netherlands Thomas Thivillon (Economics) E-cooking: pollute less, save more. The use of e-cooking as a replacement for traditional fuels in Abidjan
Ismaili Kenza, Sarah Coulibaly, Frederic Ello Global health Côte d’Ivoire, Morocco Céline Thiriot (Political science), Damien Girollet (Economics) Under what conditions can access to the malaria vaccine be made sustainable?