Program on African Social Research

Early-career social scientists based at African institutions are faced with limited professional opportunities to network globally and to publish in established international academic outlets. The Project on African Social Research, a pilot global network of leading scholars based on the successful model adopted by the Project on Middle Eastern Political Science, aims to address this gap by providing opportunities for mentoring and research collaboration for early-career African scholars as well as access to international networks that can facilitate publication in leading journals and media outlets. With support, the network will recruit a prominent board to guide trans-disciplinary and trans-regional social science research, host two initial Africa-based workshops for junior and senior scholars, and provide publication support.