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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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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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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Working paper | Inequality and climate change: Measuring interlinkages to inform equitable climate policy. ACEIR WP no. 19
Working paper | Taking stock of the complexities between economic growth, poverty, and inequality in Africa. ACEIR WP no. 18
Established in 2018, ACEIR is one of the 13 centres of excellence of the African Research Universities Alliance.
The African Inequality Review – closing the knowledge gap on inequality in Africa at a critical moment
ACEIR is one of four partners in a multi-year, multi-country African Inequality Review to document inequality more accurately and comparatively and support policy decisions to reduce inequality in an era of less resources and rising risk.
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Investigating the relationship between inequality and conflict
In this article, Chandré Jacobs reflects on how the July 2021 unrest and increasing community protests in South Africa influenced her PhD research on inequality and conflict.
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Climate change inequality analysis in future inequality diagnostics
Two new resources for researchers who want to undertake country diagnostics that span both socioeconomic and climate change inequalities have been developed by members of the ACEIR team. These are now available online.
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UCT researcher awarded esteemed IEA fellowship
Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Murray Leibbrandt from the School of Economics for being selected as an International Economic Association Fellow in recognition of his outstanding scholarly contributions.
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