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]

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]

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, 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]

Johannesburg, South Africa—Neissan Besharati, a former fellow from the Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa Program, will present a study jointly undertaken by Anglo Platinum, the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), Umalusi (Council for Assurance for Quality Assurance in General and Further Education), and the University of Witswatersrand School of Government on the impact [Read More]