The CoRE IPD is a research partnership between universities from Africa and the European Union for growing African research capacity to addresses the key scientific question of how to reduce inequality so that poverty and deprivation in Africa are lessened. The Cluster of Research Excellence in Inequlity, Poverty, and Deprivation is one of 21 set up to address societal and scientific challenges informed by the AU-EU Innovation Agenda. The three ACEIR node partner universities are the ARUA partners in the Cluster. Capacity building for young scholars; and training for policy, civil society, and private sector role-players are central to the Cluster’s 10-year strategy.
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Overcoming an unequal world through equitable partnerships – official launch of the Africa-Europe CoRE IPD
The ACEIR partner universities celebrated with the University of Groningen and other European partners in the Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence in Inequalities, Poverty, and Deprivation at the consortium's official launch.
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The public launch took place during the first summer school of the CoRE IPD, held at the University of Nairobi, which focused on the roots of inequality, poverty, and deprivation in Africa.