ASR 2025 Conference Update

Dominic Pasura presented “Reframing the Lens: African Transnational Youth, Lived Religion and Rethinking Mobility & Transnationalism” at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Association for the Sociology of Religion, Hyatt Centric Chicago Magnificent Mile, Chicago, IL, August 9–11, 2025. The paper was scheduled in Session, “Marginalized Religious Traditions in Pluralistic and Transnational Contexts”.

Conference theme: “Religion and Resilience.”

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Profile of Peace Building and Community Development Initiative (PEBCOD)

PEBCOD is a development focus Non-Governmental, not for profit, and non-political organization based in Calabar, Cross River State. Registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission, PEBCOD uses integrated approaches to facilitate peace and implement health and developmental programmes in communities.  Focus areas include reproductive health and gender, HIV/AIDS, drug and substance abuse, women/youth empowerment, and child labour/trafficking. A researcher and an academic leads the organization’s team of dedicated colleagues and volunteers that collaborate and partners with institutions and organizations in our core programs.

The engagement and partnership with the University of Glasgow on the project is inline with the mandates of the organization.

RESPONSIBLE PERSON FOR THE PARTNERSHIP: DR. (MRS.) VERONICA AKWENABUAYE UNDELIKWO

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Profile of Zimbabwe Diaspora Network UK (ZDN UK)

The Zimbabwe Diaspora Network UK is a UK-wide non-partisan civic Zimbabwean Diaspora Association that serves as a hub for UK-based Diaspora. It serves as one of the effective conduits for UK- Zimbabwean Diaspora in respect of providing a focused lobby for the interests of Zimbabweans across the age spectrum providing developmental networking opportunities for young people and adults in mentoring and community engagement to meet the evolving needs of its members holistically. It is led by an Executive Committee with Dr Paul Matsvai being the Chairman and serving as the main contact point for the research project. It is part of the global Zimbabwe Diaspora Nation Building Initiative (ZDNBI) of which Dr Paul Matsvai is also serving as the Chief Executive Officer.

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