[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_post_title meta=”off” _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” title_font=”Oswald||||||||” title_text_color=”#444444″ title_font_size=”42px” custom_margin=”||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_css_post_image=”margin-top: 10px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_post_title][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.1″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”11px” text_orientation=”right” custom_margin=”0px||0px||false|false” custom_padding=”5px||30px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Foto cedida por Pablo Guti\u00e9rrez Barbadillo, derechos reservados.<\/em><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n The African Studies Group (GEA for Grupo de Estudios Africanos in Spanish) is an interdisciplinary research group registered at the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma of Madrid, specialised in African studies focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa. Created in 1995 by a group of researchers and professors, its purpose is to develop a critical knowledge on the realities of the African continent in Spain and in Spanish. Since its inception, GEA researchers have published several books and articles, and we have articulated our work through four working areas.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_toggle title=”Researching on Sub-Saharan Africa” open_toggle_background_color=”#FFFFFF” closed_toggle_text_color=”#E09900″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#FFFFFF” icon_color=”#E09900″ open_icon_color=”#E09900″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#E09900″ title_font=”|700|||||||” closed_title_font=”|700|||||||” body_link_text_color=”#E09900″ custom_margin=”|||0px|false|false” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_css_main_element=”border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea !important;” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Research constitutes one of the main fields of work of the Grupo de Estudios Africanos. Currently, our work is organized across five distinct research clusters: [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Teaching Activities” open_toggle_background_color=”#FFFFFF” closed_toggle_text_color=”#E09900″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#FFFFFF” icon_color=”#E09900″ open_icon_color=”#E09900″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#E09900″ title_font=”|700|||||||” closed_title_font=”|700|||||||” body_link_text_color=”#E09900″ custom_margin=”|||0px|false|false” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_css_main_element=”border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea !important;” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n GEA has a wide experience in designing and realizing courses, seminars and conferences at both graduate and postgraduate levels. We can highlight the\u00a0Official Master in International Relations and African Studies<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0at the Autonomous University of Madrid, unique in its speciality offering a formation on political processes and International Relations theory along with a specialization on Sub-Saharan Africa. We can mention as well our\u00a0Introduction to the African Reality Course<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(since 1999) which has formed over 500 students. [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Knowledge transfer” open_toggle_background_color=”#FFFFFF” closed_toggle_text_color=”#E09900″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#FFFFFF” icon_color=”#E09900″ open_icon_color=”#E09900″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#E09900″ title_font=”|700|||||||” closed_title_font=”|700|||||||” body_link_text_color=”#E09900″ custom_margin=”|||0px|false|false” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_css_main_element=”border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea !important;” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n Besides our five research clusters, GEA\u2019s researchers carry out studies, consultancies and provide technical advice to public and private institutions related to their research specialization both public and private institutions. [\/et_pb_toggle][et_pb_toggle title=”Inter-University cooperation” open_toggle_background_color=”#FFFFFF” closed_toggle_text_color=”#E09900″ closed_toggle_background_color=”#FFFFFF” icon_color=”#E09900″ open_icon_color=”#E09900″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” title_text_color=”#E09900″ title_font=”|700|||||||” closed_title_font=”|700|||||||” body_link_text_color=”#E09900″ custom_margin=”|||0px|false|false” custom_padding=”|||0px|false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ custom_css_main_element=”border-bottom: 1px solid #eaeaea !important;” border_width_all=”0px” global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n GEA is part of the European network\u00a0AEGIS\u00a0<\/a>(Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies) since 2006 and the\u00a0Spanish network ARDA\u00a0<\/a>(Agrupament de Recerca and Doc\u00e8ncia d\u2019\u00c0frica); both of them connect the main Africa Research centers in Europe and Spain. We participate in the organization of the Iberian Congresses of African Studies (we organized the 2012 edition) and in the publication of the interuniversity journal Studia Africana. [\/et_pb_toggle][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Foto cedida por Pablo Guti\u00e9rrez Barbadillo, derechos reservados. The African Studies Group (GEA for Grupo de Estudios Africanos in Spanish) is an interdisciplinary research group registered at the Universidad Aut\u00f3noma of Madrid, specialised in African studies focusing on Sub-Saharan Africa. Created in 1995 by a group of researchers and professors, its purpose is to develop […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8671,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":" El Grupo de Estudios Africanos<\/strong> (GEA) de la Universidad Aut\u00f3noma de Madrid es un grupo de investigaci\u00f3n interdisciplinar especializado en el \u00e1mbito de los estudios africanos, y en particular sobre el \u00c1frica negra. Fundado en el a\u00f1o 1995 por un grupo de investigadore\/as y profesora\/es, surgi\u00f3 de la voluntad de desarrollar el conocimiento cr\u00edtico sobre las realidades del continente africano en Espa\u00f1a y en lengua castellana. Desde entonces, el GEA a trav\u00e9s de sus investigadores e investigadoras ha publicado numerosos libros y art\u00edculos, y hemos construido nuestro trabajo sobre los\u00a0siguientes cuatro pilares .<\/p>\r\n [toggle header=\"Investigar sobre \u00c1frica Subsahariana\"]\r\nLa investigaci\u00f3n es uno de los ejes de trabajo fundamentales del GEA desde su creaci\u00f3n. En la actualidad dichas investigaciones se articulan en torno a cinco l\u00edneas principales:\r\n- econom\u00eda pol\u00edtica de los recursos naturales<\/a>,\r\n- conflictos armados y reconstrucci\u00f3n posb\u00e9lica<\/a>,\r\n- migraciones subsaharianas<\/a>,\r\n- cooperaci\u00f3n internacional al desarrollo<\/a>,\r\n- integraci\u00f3n regional y desarrollo rural<\/a>.[\/toggle]<\/p>\r\n [toggle header=\"Formaci\u00f3n especializada y Divulgaci\u00f3n\"]\r\nEl GEA tiene una amplia experiencia en el dise\u00f1o y realizaci\u00f3n de cursos, seminarios y jornadas sobre \u00c1frica, de grado y de posgrado. Destacamos el M\u00e1ster Oficial en Relaciones Internacionales y Estudios Africanos <\/strong><\/a>de la UAM, \u00fanico en su especializaci\u00f3n al ofrecer una formaci\u00f3n sobre los procesos pol\u00edticos y la teor\u00eda de relaciones internacionales junto con una especializaci\u00f3n en \u00c1frica Subsahariana.\r\nDestacamos tambi\u00e9n el Curso de Introducci\u00f3n a la Realidad Africana<\/strong><\/a> (CIRA), que organizamos anualmente desde 1999, y que ha sido cursado por m\u00e1s de quinientos estudiantes.\r\nTambi\u00e9n organizamos jornadas y seminarios<\/strong> tem\u00e1ticos sobre las l\u00edneas de investigaci\u00f3n y \u00e1reas de estudios de los investigadores del GEA, que vamos anunciando a trav\u00e9s de esta web, redes sociales.[\/toggle]<\/p>\r\n [toggle header=\"Transferencia del Conocimiento\"]\r\nLas investigadoras e investigadores del GEA han realizado trabajos de consultor\u00eda y asesoramiento en sus \u00e1mbitos y \u00e1reas de especializaci\u00f3n, tanto para organizaciones p\u00fablicas (Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperaci\u00f3n, Ministerio de Justicia de Angola, Agencia Espa\u00f1ola de Cooperaci\u00f3n para el Desarrollo, etc.) como privadas (CONGDE, Fundaci\u00f3n Mujeres por \u00c1frica, etc.).\r\nPara saber m\u00e1s sobre nuestros \u00e1mbitos de trabajo, consulte las secciones de Investigaci\u00f3n<\/a>, Equipo<\/a> y Consultor\u00eda<\/a>.[\/toggle]<\/p>\r\n
\u2013\u00a0political economy of natural resources<\/a>,
\u2013\u00a0conflicts and peacebuilding<\/a>,
\u2013\u00a0Sub-Saharan migrations<\/a>,
\u2013\u00a0international development aid<\/a>,
\u2013\u00a0regional integration and rural development<\/a>.<\/p>\n
In addition, GEA has a strong commitment to\u00a0dissemination activities<\/strong>\u00a0(e.g. seminars and debates) related to our research and intended to widely spread the knowledge on Africa. These activities are advertised in this website and through our social networks.<\/p>\n
Our partners include among others the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development, the Women for Africa Foundation (Spain), the International Labour Office, and the Government of Angola.
To know more about our working areas, please visit our\u00a0Research<\/a>,\u00a0Team<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Consultancy\u00a0<\/a>sections in this webpage.<\/p>\n
GEA\u2019s researchers teach in several courses, seminars, Masters of other institutions such as: Autonomous University of Madrid, Complutense University (Madrid), Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid), Salamanca University, Burgos University, Lleida University, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Barcelona University, Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona), Comillas University (Madrid), La Gomera University, Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University (Alicante), International University of Andalusia, ect-. We collaborate as well with research centers (Centre d\u2019Estudis Africans de Barcelona, HEGOA- Instituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y Cooperaci\u00f3n Internacional, etc.) and with African studies specialists of different Universities in Spain and abroad.<\/p>\n