News & Announcements

Announcements

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Political Economy of African Critical Minerals

Keele Campus, York University (Toronto, Canada)

Postdoctoral Fellow in the Study of African Critical Minerals

An academic institution or relevant non-governmental organization associated with the project in one of the four focal countries of study

Upcoming Events

February 11, 2026

Critical Minerals Seminar - The State, Corporations, or the People: Who Benefits from Mining in Zambia?

Past Events

January 22, 2026

Critical Minerals Seminar - Unearthed: Bauxite Mining in Jamaica as Ecocide

November 25, 2025

Critical Minerals Seminar: Critical Minerals and Developmentalism in Southern Africa

October 23, 2025

Critical Minerals Seminar: The Bill 5s and Critical Minerals: The Implications for Indigenous Sovereignty

October 7, 2025

Celebrating our DARE recipients and their outstanding work

September 29, 2025

Critical Minerals Seminar: The China Model of Resource Governance in the Rare Earth Sector

August 27, 2025

Webinar: Artisanal & Small-Scale Mining in Zimbabwe

August 22, 2025

Our AEGT team at the national meeting on the implementation of Health Impact Assessments in Zimbabwe

ECAS: Members of our AEGT team attended the 'European Conference on African Studies' in Prague

CALACS' 2025: Our AEGT team participated in two roundtables on 'Decarbonization in Africa and Latin America'

Training Workshop for our newly incoming doctoral researchers and current Zambian Research Assistants

Critical Minerals Seminar: Environmental assessment, extractivism and the rise of critical minerals in Canada

ZIMEC2025: Our team had the privilege of presenting their current and previous research in Kitwe, Zambia

February 12, 2025

YFile sits down for an interview with our Project Director Richard Saunders

February 10, 2025

Critical Minerals Seminar: Extracting Accountability: Access to Remedy and Canadian Mining in Africa

January 15, 2025

Critical Minerals Seminar: Harnessing lithium for a just and sustainable energy transition

November 6, 2024

We’re attending the Jukwaala Uziduaji 2024 conference with Tanzanian lead researcher Japace Poncian

November 11, 2024

Discussions with Zimbabwe Country Manager around extractive industry research and policy innovations

October 30, 2024

Project Director Richard Saunders had the pleasure of meeting with the Honourable Brighton Mushekwa

September 18, 2024

Congratulating our Project Director Richard Saunders on recieving a Research Award from York University

The project acknowledges the generous core support provided by a Partnership Grant of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

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