The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) has issued a call for proposals from researchers based in African universities and centres of research for the constitution of Comparative Research Networks (CRNs) to undertake studies on or around any of the themes identified as priority research themes within the framework of the CODESRIA strategic plan for the period 2007 – 2011.
The primary purpose for which the CRNs have been introduced is to encourage the development and consolidation of a comparative analytic perspective in the work of African social researchers. In so doing, it is hoped to establish a strong corpus of comparative studies produced by African scholars and which could help to advance theoretical knowledge and discussion.
Priority research themes for the constitution of CODESRIA CRNs include the following:
Re-thinking (African) Development; Re-thinking Democracy (in Africa); Engendering Democracy and Development; Transitions in African Higher Education; Reforming the African Public Sector: Retrospect and Prospect; The Changing Political Economy of African Natural Resources; African Encounters with the Global System; The Popular Arts, Identity and Culture in Contemporary Africa; Health, Politics and Society in Contemporary Africa; Migration Dynamics and the Making of New Diasporic Communities; Changing Rural-Urban Linkages; New Regionalist Impulses in Africa; New Institutions of Transitional Justice; Conflict and Reconstruction in Africa; Law, Politics and Society; State, Political Identity and Political Violence; Political Pluralism and the Management of Diversity; Water and Water Resources in the Political Economy of Development and Citizenship; Ecology, Climate and Environmental Sustainability in Africa; Transport and Transportation Systems in Africa; Africa and the “Emerging” Powers of the Global South (China, India, Brazil…); Religion, Spirituality and Power in Africa
The deadline to submit proposals is 15 June 2011. For more information, visit this link.
