Nurturing the growth of young and emerging African researchers
The African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research places African scholars at the forefront of its research agenda and nurtures the growth of young and emerging African researchers in this field.
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Our model of collaboration
The Centre uses a hub-and-spoke model. The University of Cape Town hosts the hub and the South Africa node. The Ghana node is convened by the University of Ghana and the Kenya node by the University of Nairobi.
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Leading Africa in overcoming inequality and poverty
The African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research is a leader in the study of inequality in Africa. By producing excellent and innovative policy-relevant research, we aspire to lead African research in overcoming inequality.
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Contributing to policy debates
ACEIR researchers often work with national statistical offices, government departments of different African countries and international development agencies to profile, map, and analyse multidimensional inequalities and their interactions.
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Meet the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research
A short video that introduces ACEIR's research and policy engagement on poverty and inequality in Africa as part of 13 African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) centres of excellence that address the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Established in 2018, ACEIR is one of the 13 centres of excellence of the African Research Universities Alliance.
ARUA Early-Career Research Fellowship 2025
The ARUA Early-Career Research Fellowship programme is inviting applications from emerging researchers to conduct globally competitive research at the host and affiliated institutions of ARUA’s 13 centres of excellence, including ACEIR.
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Dialogue on tackling inequality for sustainable growth and poverty reduction in Africa
A day before SALDRU’s South Africa at 30 Years of Democracy opened, a policy dialogue on the intricate relationship between inequality, poverty, and economic growth policies served as a prelude to the conference that followed.
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Forthcoming book on the racial wealth divide in Britain and South Africa
Researchers from our South Africa node are contributors to an exciting and innovative new book that focuses on the huge wealth divides between racial groups and how these can be challenged. A project led by the London School of Economics.
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Annual network meeting of the Politicians, Policies, and the Reproduction of Wealth (PoWER) project
The PoWER project examines how politician characteristics influence wealth reproduction through policy making. While the research and analyses are still in nascent stages, some interesting emergent results were presented at the workshop.
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