Dr. Kenneth Nsah (pen name: Nsah Mala)
Global South Studies Center
UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition Hub at MESH
Email: knsah(at)uni-koeln(dot)de / nsahtoah(at)gmail(dot)com
Education and professional career
2024-Present
Postdoctoral Researcher & Hub Coordinator for UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition, University of Cologne (Germany)
2023-Present
Consultant in Sustainability Science, Future Earth at CNRS (France)
2023-Present
French Editorial Consultant at The Brookings Institution, (United States of America)
2023-2024
Postdoctoral Teaching & Research Fellow (ATER) in English Studies, Université de Lille (France)
2022-2022 (Sep-Dec)
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Environmental Humanities and Epistemic Justice, Radboud University (Netherlands)
2018-2021
PhD Fellow in Comparative Literature & Environmental Humanities
2018-2022
PhD in Arts, Literature and Cultural Studies, specialised in Comparative Literature & Environmental Humanities, Aarhus University (Denmark)
2016-2018
Erasmus Mundus Masters in Crossways in Cultural Narratives, Université de Perpignan Via Domitia (France), University of St Andrews (UK), and Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
2009-2012
Bachelor of Arts in Bilingual Studies (English and French), University of Yaoundé 1 (Cameroon)
BEd in Bilingual Letters (English & French Educ), École Normale Supérieure de Yaoundé (CMR)
Research Interests
- Foresight and Futures Studies and Practice
- Postcolonial Literatures
- Comparative Literatures
- Anglophone and Francophone African Literatures
- Ecocriticism & Environmental Humanities
- Migrant/Diaspora Literature
- Minority Literatures
- Theatre Studies
- Creative Writing
- Education & ICTs
- Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
- Environmental Communication; Climate-Environment-Migration Nexus
Prizes, Awards and Fellowships
Selected Awards, Prizes, and Fellowships
- Next Generation Foresight Practitioner (NGFP) Fellowship, Judges’ Choice, 2023, School of International Futures (SOIF) UK
- British Academy Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2023—2025 for a research project entitled “Wetland Time” based on 3 wetlands: Morecambe Bay, UK; northern European Wadden Sea; & Congo Basin peatlands. Co-PI (with Dr Nicola Thomas, Lancaster and Dr Blake Ewing, Oxford & Nottingham)
- 1 of 2 Nominations from Faculty of Arts for Aarhus University Foundation PhD Award, 2023
- Prix de thèses francophones en Prospective (Prize for Francophone Theses in Foresight & Futures Studies) for PhD Thesis, 2022, Fondation 2100 & Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
- Skolebestyrerne Charlotte & Kristian Seierskildes Legat, 2021, award for doctoral excellence and extra-research commitment at Aarhus University
- Aarhus University PhD Fellowship—1 of 2 recipients from 80 applicants, 2018-2021
- Fully-funded Invitation to the Caine Prize Writing Workshop in Rwanda, 2018
- Literary Prize from Malraux.org in France, Poetry, 2017
- Literary Prize from the Ministry of Arts and Culture, Cameroon, Short Story, 2016
- Erasmus Mundus Masters Scholarship (€45,000) from the European Commission, 2016-2018
Aktuelle Forschungsprojekte
Wetland Time
Funded by the British Academy
Congo Basin Climate Futures
Supported by NGFP at the School of International Futures