| Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa |
| Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique |
| Conselho para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais em África |
| مجلس تنمية البحوث الإجتماعية في أفريقيا |
CODESRIA offers many opportunities ranging from conferences, training workshops, research activities, job vacancies, etc. which are advertised below
The Institute of African Studies (IAS) is participating in a research project consortium involving the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR), Makerere University, Uganda; The Center for Arab and Middle East Studies (CAMES), at the American University of Beirut, Lebanon; the Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata, India; and the Ifriqiyya...
The kudu horn is recognised as one of several traditional ways of summoning distant villagers to attend a community gathering in Africa. Crafted from this basic construct of a kudu horn, came the vuvuzela, a modern day version if you will. Well celebrated at the 2010 World Cup soccer, the vuvuzela gained international recognition and soon became the...
Randomised controlled trials have become the research method of choice for scholars in a number of social science disciplines, including development economics, where both the associated methodologies and research findings have become very influential. So while the first randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in social science were pioneered in the United...
Date: 25th September 3pm The full monograph Revolution and Disenchantment: Arab Marxism and the Binds of Emancipation can be read here
4 September 2020 | 10:00 am – 12pm (CAT/SAST) | Online Seminar Zoom link: htps://zoom.us/j/99768946836?pwd=TzRTVmNzQmVpUzU5dmhud0JtVk1rQT09
AFRICAN ASSOCIATION FOR JAPANESE STUDIES (AAJS): 3RD ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL (ONLINE) CONFERENCE ON JAPANESE STUDIES IN AFRICA Theme: Environment, Technology and COVID-19 Date: October 6th & 7th, 2020 Submission deadline: August 28, 2020 The African Association for Japanese Studies (AAJS) is an international organization dedicated to promoting...
With more than 500 political leaders and leading pro-democracy institutions from around the world, CODESRIA is a signatory to a joint declaration warning that democracy is under threat and must be defended. Join the movement! https://www.idea.int/news-media/multimedia-reports/call-defend-democracy
The struggle for women’s participation in public affairs and the political life of their countries as equal actors has been an enduring feature of the entire period since independence in Africa. From being integral players in the mass mobilisation and campaigns, both civic and armed, that ushered the countries of the continent to independence, women...
SPEAKER: Souleymane Bachir Diagne is a philosopher based at Columbia University. His talk will refect on a new co-authored dialogue between himself and the Africanist anthropologist Jean-Loup Amselle, In Search of Africa(s): Universalism and Decolonial Thought (2020). The Other Universals consortium will be hosting a series of online seminars over...
Survey Focus Areas CODESRIA is currently undertaking research on African Women and Girls in Shrinking Civic Space, and is administering this survey to understand the participation of women in civic spaces, factors and barriers that affect their participation (in particular physical and structural violence) and strategies women and girls employ to...