| 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
Deadline for applications: 20 January 2020 The Claude Ake Visiting Chair The Claude Ake Visiting Chair was set up in 2003 at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University (DPCR), in collaboration with the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) and with funding from the Swedish Government and Uppsala University. The Chair honors the...
As a new European Commission now takes over, there are some nuanced messages concerning the relations with Africa emerging from the statements of president Ursula Von der Leyen. She prioritises the development of a "comprehensive strategy for Africa". The idea is not new. In October 2005 the European Commission published such a strategy. Its stated...
Deadline: 09 February 2020 The Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies, BIGSAS, invites outstanding female scholars from the African continent to join an international community of scholars working in the field of African Studies. The scholarship periods begin in October 2020 (including an intensive German language course starting in...
Deadline for applications: January 4 2020 at noon (East African Time) The University of Nairobi (UoN), in collaboration with Rako Research and Communication Centre (RRCC),Hargeisa, Somaliland; Rift Valley Institute (RVI), Nairobi; and the Danish Institute for International Studies(DIIS), Copenhagen, Denmark; invite interested and qualified candidates...
The Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong is now inviting applications for its 2020 AsiaGlobal Fellows Program, an interdisciplinary and intensive leadership development initiative designed for mid-career professionals from around the world. The 13-week residential program in Hong Kong will run from August 24 to November 20, 2020. We...
The Graduate School of Education is starting a brand-new, four-year, full-time, English taught doctoral programme at the Peking University in International Education Development (IED), catering for international (non-Chinese citizen) students. As the focus of IED shifts from that of targeting access to education to that of ensuring its continued quality...
In connection with the forthcoming EADI/ISS Conference 2020 on “Solidarity, Peace and Social Justice”, to be held from 29 June to 2 July 2020 in the Hague, The Netherlands, PhD and early career researchers from the Global South are invited to apply for the JUMP Mentoring programme. Applicants must have submitted an abstract to either one of the Conference...
2019 College of Mentors Institute Nairobi, Kenya 21 - 31 October 2019 “The Doctoral Mentorship Institute of the CODESRIA College of Mentors hosted the 2019 cohort of mentees to a seminar in Nairobi, Kenya, bringing together 42 doctoral students from universities in Africa from 21 to 31 October 2019. The seminar drew a mix of fellows all doctoral...
The University of Bayreuth is a research-oriented university with internationally competitive, interdisciplinary focus areas in research and teaching. The Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence at the University of Bayreuth, funded by the Excellence Strategy of the German Federal and State Governments, is planning to establish four Junior Research Groups...
Presentation The 11th Iberian Conference on African Studies CIEA will take place in Lisbon in 2020 from 2 to 4 July, at the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon. It will be held by the Center for History of the University of Lisbon (CH-ULisboa). The first CIEA edition took place in 1991 and throughout its ten editions it has...