| 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
This Colloquium is hosted jointly by the African Humanities Programme (AHP) Book Series, the Centre for African Studies (CAS) at the University of Cape Town, the Journal of Contemporary African Studies (JCAS) and the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS). It brings together a scholarly discussion of the politics of global...
Introduction The Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Presidential Center for Women and Development (EJS Center) was founded in 2018 to be a catalyst for political and social change across Africa by helping unleash its most abundant latent power — its women. The EJS Center aims to amplify the voice of women and girls in all spheres of life by increasing the...
7th September, 2021 The Kwame Nkrumah Chair in African Studies, under the auspices of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana invites the general public to the 3rd Kwame Nkrumah Pan-African Intellectual and Cultural Festival which will take place from Monday, 20th – Friday, 24th September 2021. The main festival would be preceded by a...
Pathways to a Just Transition: Ecology and Popular Movements in the South Date: 17–21 January 2022 In the current stage of systemic crisis, the harnessing of non-human nature in the global peripheries by monopoly capital has become a central concern. The free appropriation of nature from the peripheries is not new, yet its manifestations and character...
Theme: Governing African Civil Society in a context of Shrinking Civic Spaces. Date for the Institute: 9th – 26th August 2021. The CODESRIA 2020/2021 Session of the DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE INSTITUTE on ’’Governing African Civil Society in a context of Shrinking Civic Spaces’’ will be conducted virtually, on zoom, from the 9th – 26th August 2021. Registration...
Join us in celebrating 20 years of African and Asian Studies. The Editor-in-Chief, Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo (tukumbilumumbakasongo@gmail.com), has specially selected the following articles from the journal archive to share with you. These articles will remain free access until December 31st 2021. No need to sign up for an account. Happy reading! Free...
Date: Friday 16 July, 2pm to 3.3pm CET/CAT. About this event While in "international" northern-based journals publishing the work of African based scholars seems to remain a challenge for editors, African scholars have organised many dynamic venues for publishing urban and African studies research. We have invited African-based scholars who have...
Theme: Violence against Women and Girls in Africa’s civic spaces. Date for the Institute: July 19-30, 2021 The CODESRIA 2020/2021 Session of the Gender Institute on the theme: Violence against Women and Girls in Africa’s civic spaces will be conducted virtually, on zoom, from the 19th-30th July 2021 Registration Link:...
Siba N’Zatioula Grovogui (Cornell University) June 23rd, 2021, 15H00 GMT/UTC CORA wishes to hold an event-series of four lectures that explore the place and role of Africa in the modern world. Nowhere were the questions of our time, knowledge, science, and the arts of living, government, and relations more pronounced than at UNESCO (the United...
Description Title: Collaborative Research: Transgressing Divides; Building Bridges Date: Thursday, June 10, 2021 Time: 5:00-7:00 (Beirut time) Speakers: Mona Harb (Professor of Urban Studies and Politics, American University of Beirut) Engseng Ho (Professor of Anthropology and History at Duke University – USA) Godwin Murunga (Executive...