Announcement of the winners of CODESRIA’s 2016 group research grant competitions
In early 2016 CODESRIA launched two calls as part of its research grant competitions. The support of research by African and Diaspora scholars is a principal means through which CODESRIA fulfil’s its mandate of promoting social science research in Africa and contributing to the continent’s development. In late 2016, 6
International High Level Seminar on Industrialization, Urbanization and China-Africa Cooperation
Jointly organized byThe Council for the Development of Social Sciences in Africa (CODESRIA)The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) andUnited Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), In Collaboration with Addis Ababa UniversityDate: Monday 13 March 2017, from 9.am to 17.30pmVenue: UNECA International Conference CentreAddis Ababa, Ethiopia The seminar will take the form
Stanford Initiative on Transparency, Accountability, and Citizen Engagement in West Africa (TRACE): Postdoctoral Fellowship
Country: USAEducation: Doctoral degree in economics or political scienceLanguage Requirement: English and FrenchLength of Commitment: Two yearsStart Date: September 2017 (tentative) The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) is pleased to announce a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship with their new initiative on Transparency, Accountability, and Citizen Engagement in West Africa (TRACE).
CODESRIA to launch a New Higher Education Initiative (HEPI)
With funding support from the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY), the Council for the Development for Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) will from early next year launch a new higher education policy initiative (HEPI). The initiative will involve research, and research capacity building interventions aimed at strengthening the
Call for funding proposals: Transformations to Sustainability
Transformations to Sustainability (T2S) Call for Project Outline Proposals is now open The Belmont Forum and NORFACE launch the Programme ”Transformations to Sustainability” (acronym: T2S). T2S will contribute to re-structuring the broad field of sustainability research by placing social science and humanities at the heart of interdisciplinary research in a step
Call for Papers 2017 : COMESA-ACBF Capacity Building Project in Economic and Trade Policy Analysis and Research
Background Following the Eighteen African Union Summit of Heads of State and Governments’ meeting held on 23-30 January 2012 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, focusing on the theme of “Boosting Intra-Africa Trade”, the role of Regional Economic Communities (RECs) has become more pronounced in implementing the Abuja Treaty establishing the African Economic
Agenda 2030: Poverty, Climate Change and Sustainability
Deadline: 1 MARCH 2017 Agenda 2030: Poverty, Climate Change and SustainabilityPhD Course During Bergen Summer Research School 2017 In June 2017, The Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP), together with local and international partners, will organise one of the parallel PhD level courses that will make up this year’s Bergen Summer Research
CODESRIA, the African Guild of Filmmakers and the Pan African Film & Television Festival (FESPACO): ‘Emergence’ on Screen and on Stage
Deadline: 4th January 2017 Date: February 27-28Venue: Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso CODESRIA’s Program on Humanities seeks to foster work in the Humanities and engender conversations between scholars in the Humanities and the Social Sciences on themes of interest to the Council with the goal of producing insights that often escape lenses peculiar to
الإعلان عن توظيف في منصب: سكرتير تنفيذي
Deadline: 5th December 2016 newexecutive.secretary@codesria.sn / newexecutive.secretary@codesria.org يعلن مجلس تنمية البحوث الاجتماعية في إفريقيا عن فتح باب الترشح أمام الباحثين الأفارقة المختصين في العلوم الاجتماعية لشغل منصب سكرتير تنفيذي بالأمانة الإفريقية بداكار، السنغال. وينوه بأن المرشح الذي يتم تعيينه في هذا المنصب السامي مرتبة بالأمانة، و الذي سيكون شاغرا سنة 2017، ستُوكل إليه مهام
Anúncio de Vaga : Posto de Secretário Executivo
Data limite: 5 de dezembro de 2016 newexecutive.secretary@codesria.sn / newexecutive.secretary@codesria.org O Conselho para o Desenvolvimento da Pesquisa em Ciências Sociais em África (CODESRIA) apela a candidaturas de investigadores seniores africanos com perfil adequado para o posto de Secretário Executivo no seu secretariado pan-africano com sede em Dakar, no Senegal. Este posto, que ficará vago
