Dr. Berit Olsson: A Truly Formidable Woman of Courage and Vision.
The Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa (CODESRIA) received of the news of the passing on of Dr Berit Olsson, former Director of SAREC, Sida’s Department for Research Cooperation on Thursday 31st March 2022. We were happy to have been allowed to send a confidential note
Sovereign Reason: Issues in African Studies
SPEAKERProfessor Elisio Macamo Professor of African Studies and Sociology at the University of Basel, Switzerland.DATE: 25 May 2022 TIME: 17:00 – 19:00 (SAST)RSVP on https://forms.gle/3udJLopEGGrP6NVJ6 to receive the Zoom details. Email vanessak@uj.ac.za if you encounter problems The Chair in Epistemologies of the Global South with Emphasis on Africa at the University of Bayreuth
CODESRIA hosts Norad at its offices in Dakar
CODESRIA receives in its premises Grete Benjaminsen from Norad to discuss ways of improving the partnership between our two institutions.
In Memory of Thandika Mkandawire
This article by Fantu Cheru, forthcoming in Africa Development vol. 47, No. 2, 2022, is shared with you in memory of Thandika Mkandawire, former Executive Secretary of CODESRIA.Vol. 47 No. 2 (2022): Forthcoming Issue - On Resuscitating the Aborted National Project: A Retrospective and Prospective View (Notes from my Last
Public Humanities: Thinking freedom in the Africa University
For those interested in the questioning of the humanities, this is a significant contribution for rethinking the university in the Global South and in the corporatized Western academy. It is a strong critique of neo-liberal policies and practices that, together with colonial legacies and authoritarian rule, plague African higher education.
Bouchra Sidi Hida, Speaker African Research Matters
Bouchra Sidi Hida est administrateure de programme Recherche au Conseil pour le développement de la recherche en sciences sociales en Afrique (Codesria). Elle était chercheure senior au Centre d’études et de recherche en sciences sociales (CERSS) et enseignante au département de sociologie à la Faculté des Lettres et des sciences
Godwin R. Murunga, Speaker African Research Matters
Dr. Godwin R. Murunga is the 7th Executive Secretary of the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA). He is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi serving at CODESRIA on leave of absence. He is the immediate former Director
2021 Social Policy in Africa Conference
The South African Research Chair in Social Policy, in partnership with CODESRIA and UNRISD, is organising the 2021 Social Policy in Africa Conference from Monday 22 to Wednesday 24 November 2021.The theme of the conference is Development, Democracy and Social Policy: Remembering Thandika Mkandawire.The conference will be held as a
4th CODESRIA-CASB Summer School
The 4th CODESRIA Summer School, in collaboration with the Basel Centre for African Studies, will be held online from 8 to 19 November 2021.Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0rLD8SBdTiqMCODbw8ekfg