This submit is posted on behalf of Kwamou FEUKEU Eva, Head of the Africa Centre of Experience and Coordinator of Decolonial Comparative Regulation, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht
The Africa Centre of Experience and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and Worldwide Personal Regulation have introduced a name for papers for the fourth version of their Decolonial Comparative Regulation Workshop sequence, to be held on 5–6 Could 2027 in Douala in collaboration with the Fondation Afric’Avenir. This version focuses on the theme “Decolonial Comparative Regulation and the Casual/Formal Financial system,” asking students to rethink the excellence between formal and casual economies from a decolonial and comparative perspective. The workshop locations explicit emphasis on recognising the casual financial system as a web site of legality in its personal proper, foregrounding authorized pluralism and context-specific practices. Contributions are inspired on a variety of matters, together with microlending, various types of worth creation, labour rights in casual work, and indigenous and customary economies. Chosen papers will probably be mentioned in an interdisciplinary setting, with engagement from friends, students from fields corresponding to anthropology, historical past, and economics, and practitioners and artists.
The deadline for paper submissions is 1 September 2026. Additional particulars, together with the complete name for papers (obtainable in English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Arabic), may be accessed right here: https://www.mpipriv.de/2020710/decola-informal-formal-economy. An internet info session for potential candidates will probably be held on 18 March 2026 at 10:00 and 16:00 GMT, with registration obtainable right here: https://occasions.mpipriv.de/b?p=decola_and_the_informal_forma_leconomy_information_session. Following the workshop, an “Epupa College” (which means “wet season” within the Douala language) will happen from 10 to 12 Could 2027 on the Fondation Afric’Avenir, providing students, college students, and activists a possibility to additional have interaction with decolonial comparative approaches to the formal and casual financial system.
