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Lisa Hagen joins Dullah Omar Institute on a two-month Secondment

Lisa Hagen, a research assistant at the Chair of Public Law, Business Administrative Law, Environmental Law and Social Law at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Munich, Germany, is conducting a two-month research stay with the Multilevel Government, Law and Development Unit at the Dullah Omar Institute.

Dr Andżelika Mirska – joins Dullah Omar Institute on research stay

Dr Andżelika Mirska – a researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Political Science and International Studies of the University of Warsaw, Poland, Department of State Sciences and Public Administration, joins the Multilevel Government, Law and Development Unit at the Dullah Omar Institute on a one-month secondment stay.

Seminar - Local Government in Comparative Perspective with a focus on Germany and Poland

The Multilevel Government Project of the Dullah Omar Institute held an internal seminar on local governments in Germany, Poland, and South Africa on March 9, 2023.

Call for Applications: African School on Decentralisation (ASD) 2023

The theme for the 2023 ASD is 'Giving effect to the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development'.

Call for Applications: Post-doctoral Research Fellowship in Multilevel Government 2023 - 2024

The South African Research Chair (SARChI) in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, based at the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights (DOI), University of the Western Cape, is pleased to announce a full-time post-doctoral research fellowship in multilevel government for 2023.

Postgraduate Diploma in Public Law focusing on Local Government Graduation

We are excited to announce the graduation of our first students from the inaugural Postgraduate Diploma (PG Dip) in Public Law class of July 2021.

Book Launch - Constitutional Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa (Palgrave MacMillian 2022)

On 12 January 2023, the University of Dayton Human Rights Center, Ohio; the Frances Lewis Law Center, Washington and Lee School of Law; the Dullah Omar Institute for Constitutional Law, Governance and Human Rights, University of the Western Cape, South Africa in association with the Center for Global Affairs, New York University, organised a hybrid launch of the book titled - Constitutional Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Perspectives from Sub-Saharan Africa edited by Ebenezer Durojaye and Derek Powell.

The following articles/publications are available in this issue:

Jaap de Visser elected as Vice-President of IACFS

Prof Jaap de Visser, Director of the Dullah Omar Institute has been elected as Vice-President of the International Association of Centers for Federal Studies (IACFS).

DOI Doctoral researcher receives postgraduate degree

Henry Paul Gichana Omboto, doctoral researcher at the SARChl Chair in Multilevel Government, Law and Development, Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape, graduated with a PhD.

Visiting Researcher with SERP and WDI: Kelly Jane Bishop

The Socio-Economic Rights Project (SERP) and the Womxn Democracy Initiative Project (WDI) at the Dullah Omar Institute, welcome Kelly Jane Bishop as a visiting doctoral researcher.

The following articles/publications are available in this issue: