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Senior Researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute

Papa Sow is currently a Senior Researcher at the NAI-Nordic Africa Institute (Uppsala, Sweden) and he collaborates with IFAN (Institut Fondamental d‘Afrique Noire) University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar Senegal. His main lines of research are Migration dynamics, society and culture, and Natural resources and Environment. He worked and participated in several research projects in Europe and in West Africa, and published in international journals. Previous jobs: Consultant and Research Associate at the Catalan Fund for Cooperation and Development, Spain (2005-2006). Researcher at The Open University of Catalonia, Spain (2007-2009), Marie Curie Research Fellow at CRER - Center for Ethnic Relations– University of Warwick, United Kingdom (2009-2011). Senior Researcher at the Centre for Development Research – University of Bonn – (2012-2017). Senior Researcher at IFAN, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar (2017-2020).

Experience

  • –present
    Senior Researcher, The Nordic Africa Institute

Education

  • 2004 
    Autonomous University of Barcelona, Geography