Brooklyn, New York—The Social Science Research Council’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program has announced awards to thirty-nine fellows of extraordinary merit. Fellows were chosen for the quality of their research and its potential to deepen understanding of peace and security issues in Africa. Thomas Asher, program director for Next Generation Social Sciences, noted, “The [Read More]

Lusaka, Zambia—Twenty-five Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows met in Lusaka at the start of the new year to continue honing their research skills and refining their dissertation topics under the supervision of senior African faculty serving as workshop mentors. The meeting was held in conjunction with the Southern African Institute for Policy and [Read More]

New York, New York—Yusuf Serunkuma, a 2014-2015 Dissertation Proposal and 2015-2016 Dissertation Research Fellow of the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program, will present his recent work on Somaliland identity and nationalism through poetics at the Africa Workshop held at Columbia University on November 16th, 2015. He will present a paper entitled, ” De-Imagined [Read More]

Brooklyn, New York—The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program has selected thirty-eight new fellows. Fellows were chosen for the quality and originality of their work in the fields of peace, security, and development as well as their potential to make significant contributions to the social sciences. Fellows from the new cohort are working on [Read More]

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program held its seventh workshop from July 13-17, 2015. The workshop took place in partnership with the Institute for Peace and Security Studies of Addis Ababa University.  Thirty-five  fellows of the 2015-2016 cohort were in attendance for the workshop. While some fellows had participated in prior workshops, [Read More]

Cape Town, South Africa— Godfrey Maringira, a 2012-2013 Dissertation Research fellow, and a 2013-2014 Dissertation Completion fellow, has published an article with the Social Science Research Council African Peacebuilding Network on their digital forum, Kujenga Amani. Kujena Amani is a forum to exchange ideas and information about peacebuilding in Africa, connecting researchers, practitioners, and policymakers [Read More]

New York, New York— The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Fellowship Program met on March 19th-20th in the Brooklyn offices of the Social Science Research Council to convene the final meeting of their application process. The Advisory Board, who also serves as the Selection Committee, was in attendance and chose 38 fellows for the [Read More]

New York, New York— Thomas Asher, Director of the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program will now serve on the Conflict Resolution Program Advisory Council at the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding. The Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding is a secular, non-sectarian nonprofit that seeks to bridge religious difference in institutional settings in regions with armed conflict. [Read More]

Cape Town, South Africa—In January 2015, the Next Generation Social Sciences Program partnered with the University of the Western Cape’s Center for Humanities Research to host fellows working on dissertation proposals. The workshop featured a series of lectures from leading researchers in South Africa, each proposing means of charting new avenues to identify important research [Read More]

Cape Town, South Africa—Kathleen McDougall, a 2012-2013 Next Generation Social Sciences Dissertation Completion Fellow, is one of two newly appointed editors of the journal Anthropology Southern Africa. She has used her new role to encourage publications from under-represented academic communities on the continent, including three previous fellows of the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Fellowship. [Read More]

New York, New York— Thomas Asher, Director of the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program, is scheduled to moderate a panel discussion at the inaugural annual State of Education in Africa conference at the Africa-American Institute on September 9, 2014 at the Ford Foundation on 320 East 43rd Street, New York. Thomas Asher will moderate [Read More]

Accra, Ghana— The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program held its fifth skill-building workshop in Accra, Ghana in support of the 2014-2015 Next Gen fellows. The event took place July 21st-25th and is a crucial component of the Next Generation Social Sciences program model. Workshops allow fellows to participate in an international network composed [Read More]

  New York, NY—The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) has named forty-three fellows to the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program. Fellows were selected for the quality and originality of their work in the fields of peace, security, and development and for their potential to make significant contributions to the social sciences. The 2014–15 cohort [Read More]

New York, NY— The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa has issued its call for proposals for a fellowship opportunity for African researchers with the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa: Perspectives in Peace, Security, and Development Fellowship. Application Deadline: December 1, 2014. The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program responds to an emerging dilemma [Read More]

New York, NY—The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program will expand to provide fellowships to researchers working in Kenyan universities. This change, effective immediately, will expand the number of countries supported through the program from five to six.