By STEPHEN IMBURGIA This feature is the second in an instalment of two articles highlighting Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows working at the intersection of the social sciences and the performing arts. They discuss interdisciplinarity and the ways in which the methodologies of theater can help provide insight into social phenomena. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ “At [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA This feature is the first in an instalment of two articles highlighting Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows working at the intersection of the social sciences and the performing arts. They discuss interdisciplinarity and the ways in which the methodologies of theater can help provide insight into social phenomena. ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Ajumeze [Read More]

By TOM ASHER, Program Director for Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Though the nature of data varies greatly, methodology in social science remains rather constant. Scholars run regressions, track trends in legislation, and categorize chapters in history. But for some social science researchers based on the African continent, curtain calls, stages, and scripts have [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA This feature is the fourth in an installment of four highlighting Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows studying development. These scholars explore development’s theoretical roots and how it has evolved from its neo-liberal conception after World War II to its predominant focus on infrastructure today. New Developments on Development: Part I | [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA This feature is the third in an installment of four highlighting Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows studying development. These scholars explore development’s theoretical roots and how it has evolved from its neo-liberal conception after World War II to its predominant focus on infrastructure today. New Developments on Development: Part I | [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA This feature is the second in an installment of four highlighting Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows studying development. These scholars explore development’s theoretical roots and how it has evolved from its neo-liberal conception after World War II to its predominant focus on infrastructure today. New Developments on Development: Part I [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA Kampala, Uganda—Fellows from the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program convened at Makerere University last month for the 13th biannual fellows workshop, where they honed in their research questions, engaged with mentors in their fields, and refined their dissertation writing through cross-disciplinary dialogue. The fellows hail from all corners of the [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA This feature is the first in an installment of four highlighting Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows studying development and how it has evolved from its neo-liberal conception after World War II to its great focus on infrastructure today. New Developments on Development: Part I | New Developments on Development: Part [Read More]

By TOM ASHER Shortly after the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program launched some 7 years ago, I was approached by the World Bank Institute to devise a fellowship program to recruit African champions of bank reforms, locally situated researchers who would study “the pathology that led Africans to resist adoption of World Bank [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA This feature is the final in an installment of three articles highlighting Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows dedicated to removing the artificial divide that exists between academia and activism, or professional practice, as traditionally understood. Identity of the Intellectual: Part I | Identity of the Intellectual: Part II | Identity [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA This feature is the second in an installment of three articles highlighting Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows dedicated to removing an artificial divide that exists between academia and activism, or professional practice, as traditionally understood. Identity of the Intellectual: Part I | Identity of the Intellectual: Part II | Identity of [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA This feature is the first in an installment of three highlighting Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows dedicated to removing an artificial divide that exists between academia and activism, or professional practice, as traditionally understood. Identity of the Intellectual: Part I | Identity of the Intellectual: Part II | Identity of the Intellectual: Part [Read More]

By TOM ASHER The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program supports talented, dynamic scholars. This dynamism can come in many forms: pioneering work on emerging issues, harnessing research for the public good, and in the case of many Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa fellows, breaking the barrier presumed to exist between academia and [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA Gulu, Uganda—The Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa workshop in Kampala has ended. When it comes to presenting research on peace, security, and development, however, some of our fellows are just getting started. In mid July, five Next Gen fellows presented at a conference co-hosted by the University of Cambridge and Makerere [Read More]

By STEPHEN IMBURGIA Brooklyn, New York—The Social Science Research Council’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program has announced awards to forty-nine fellows of extraordinary merit from universities in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. Hailing from eight countries and over twenty different schools, the fellows were chosen for the quality of their [Read More]

Dear colleagues, We pause and celebrate a significant milestone in the work that we do. Today we learned news of our 75th fellow to be awarded a PhD from an African university. The SSRC Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program has supported 233 scholars in Africa to make progress through a PhD in the [Read More]

  Nairobi, Kenya– Fellows from the African Leadership Centre (ALC) and the Social Science Research Council’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program and African Peacebuilding Network gathered in Nairobi, Kenya, at the start of the new year for an academic workshop. The meeting was held in collaboration with the ALC, the Pamoja Trust, and [Read More]

The Social Science Research Council offers fellowships to support the completion of doctoral degrees and to promote the next generation of social science researchers in Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. The fellowships support dissertation research on peace, security, and development topics.

Accra, Ghana— The Social Science Research Council’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program will sponsor three panels at the African Studies Association of Africa biannual conference. The panels consist of current and former fellows from across cohorts, disciplines, and institutions. Panels will address topics ranging from the future of peacebuilding, to nation-building and the [Read More]

Brooklyn, New York—The Social Science Research Council’s Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa program has announced awards to forty-one fellows of extraordinary merit from university systems across Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda. Fellows were chosen for the quality of their research and its potential to deepen understanding of peace, security, and development [Read More]