Research project GRID-AFRICA - Governance, resilience, infrastructure, and digital transition in Africa Print Share: Share on Facebook Share on BlueSky Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email This project has received funding via the EUI Widening Programme call 2026. The EUI Widening Europe Programme initiative, backed by contributions from the European Union and EUI Contracting States, is designed to strengthen internationalisation, competitiveness, and quality in research in Widening countries, and thus foster a more cohesive European Higher Education and Research area. GRID-AFRICA establishes an interdisciplinary network of scholars to advance comparative research on Africa’s digital transformation, exploring how digital infrastructure, critical minerals, and governance frameworks shape Africa’s position in the global digital economy. Through joint workshops, a webinar series, and collaborative research, the project enhances methodological capacities across the EUI and six Widening partners, yielding policy-relevant insights and laying the groundwork for a competitive Horizon Europe proposal. For more information about the EUI Widening Europe Programme, please visit the official webpage. The team Group members Una Aleksandra Bērziņa-Čerenkova Director of the China Studies Centre and Head of the PhD Programme in Social Sciences Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) - Rīgas Stradiņa Universitāte View Jan Daniel Senior Researcher Institute of International Relations Prague (IIR) - Ústav mezinárodních vztahů Praha View Simón González Research Associate Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies View Simón González profile Ondřej Horký- Hlucháň Senior Researcher Institute of International Relations Prague (IIR) - Ústav mezinárodních vztahů Praha View Kristofers Kārlis Krūmiņš Project Coordinator at the Shina Studies Centre Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) - Rīgas Stradiņa Universitāte View Tereza Němečková Head of the African Studies Centre Metropolitan University of Prague - Metropolitní univerzita Praha (MUP) View Andrzej Polus Assistant Professor University of Wrocław – Uniwersytet Wrocławski (UWR) View Tomás Rogaler Wilson Research Associate Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies View Tomás Rogaler Wilson profile Daniel Šitera Deputy Research Director Institute of International Relations Prague (IIR) - Ústav mezinárodních vztahů Praha View Thomas Streinz Full-time Professor - Joint Chair Department of Law Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies View Thomas Streinz profile Jan Švec Researcher Institute of International Relations Prague (IIR) - Ústav mezinárodních vztahů Praha View István Tarrósy Professor University of Pécs - Pécsi Tudományegyetem View Wojciech Tycholiz Assistant Professor Jagiellonian University - Uniwersytet Jagielloński (UJ) View External Partners Czech Republic Institute of International Relations Prague (IIR) - Ústav mezinárodních vztahů Praha Visit website https://www.iir.cz/en/ Poland Jagiellonian University (JU) – Uniwersytet Jagielloński (UJ) Visit website https://en.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/start Hungary University of Pécs - Pécsi Tudományegyetem Visit website https://international.pte.hu/ Latvia Riga Stradiņš University (RSU) - Rīgas Stradiņa Universitāte Visit website https://www.rsu.lv/en Poland University of Wrocław – Uniwersytet Wrocławski (UWR) Visit website https://uwr.edu.pl/en/