We welcome submissions from thematic areas that reflect the breadth and depth of the governance–development–environment nexus and beyond. These include:

1. Climate adaptation, extreme weather events, and the politics of climate finance.

2. Natural resource governance, extractive industries, environmental justice, and transboundary water management.

3. Agriculture, food systems, land tenure, and sustainable livelihoods.

4. Urbanization, including lifestyle, green infrastructure, waste management, and urban planning.

5. Civil society and social movements- youth climate activism, Indigenous-led conservation, digital activism,

6. Critiques of colonial legacies in post-independence development and legal frameworks. Gender, power, and political participation

7. Regional integration and inclusive development.

8. The role of international financial institutions,

9. United States, Europe, China, Russia–Africa relations and trade

10. Poverty and informal economies, migration

11. Democracy, decentralization, and local governance

12. Conflicts, instability, and displacement,

13. Pan-Africanism,

14. Race and class.

15. Black feminism,

16. Civil rights,

17. Neocolonialism, freedom, and human rights,

18. The alignment of African development with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.

19. Other related themes.