Hekima University College (HUC) invites abstracts for its Fourth Annual Research Week Conference scheduled for 22-24 October, 2025. The theme for the conference is Reimagining Resilience, Governance and Social Transformation in a Changing World. We invite 250-300 word abstract from students, researchers, and faculty from different universities and research institutions on the themes in the attached call for papers. Please submit your abstracts to HUC- Centre for Research, Training and Publications (CRTP) by email: programs.hipsir@hekima.ac.ke 
The deadline for abstract submission is 15th August, 2025
Thematic Tracks and Suggested Paper Topics
1. Governance, Ethics, and Accountability
 Faith-Based Institutions and the Crisis of Public Trust
 Ethical Leadership and Transformational Governance in Africa
 Civic Participation and Anti-Corruption Strategies in Transitional States
2. Climate Change, Environment, and Ecological Justice
 Theology of Ecological Justice and Stewardship
 Community Resilience and Indigenous Environmental Ethics
 Natural Resource Governance and Environmental Conflict in Africa
3. Youth Resilience, Activism, and Social Change
 Gen-Z Digital Dissent and Civic Transformation
 Youth Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Societies
 Intergenerational Dialogue and the Ethics of Future Leadership
4. Theology, Faith, and Reconciliation – Building Hope and Healing
 Liberation Theology and Strategic Peacebuilding
 Faith, Forgiveness, and Social Healing in Divided Societies
 Decolonial Theologies and the Ethics of Resistance
5. Resilience in Migration, Displacement, and Human Dignity
 Theology of Hospitality and Refugee Protection
 Climate Displacement and Justice for the Stateless
 Faith-Based Responses to Borders, Identity, and Integration