Dr. Almamy Sylla teaches anthropology, research methods, and gender and development. His current research focuses on the return trajectories of Malian migrants, soft infrastructure and labour migration in West Africa, gender and social innovations, public space and political mobilizations in Mali. His research in the field of gender and social innovations focuses more on strategies for adapting to political, social and economic changes, empowerment, social norms, women and youth in agricultural technology innovations, and gender mainstreaming in development projects in Mali. [email protected] ; [email protected]