Latest news

The contributions to poverty and inequality scholarship by ACEIR’s director, Prof. Murray Leibbrandt, were recognised in two significant ways this year: an honorary PhD, and election to the Council of South Africa's science academy.

The first seminar of the CoRE IPD will present a study on whether psychosocial training increased female smallholder adoption of improved seeds in Ethiopia. A hybrid event with the Cluster's co-lead Prof. Robert Lensink, 4 Oct. @ 13:00 CAT.

If its inaugural summer school is anything to go by, the Cluster of Research Excellence in Inequalities, Poverty, and Deprivation is off to an excellent start in nurturing African research excellence through education and capacity building.

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.

An ambitious collaborative and interdisciplinary PhD Programme in Sustainable Development Studies will be started in 2026 by ACEIR and significant partner institutions under the umbrella of a new ARUA initiative to boost doctoral training.

A summer school on the roots of inequality, poverty, and deprivation in Africa kickstarts the work of the Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence in Inequalities, Poverty, and Deprivation in July.

ACEIR Ghana researchers collaborate with Oxfam and the World Bank on capacity building for different users of a new microsimulation tool to evaluate the impact of social policies on inequality and poverty in Ghana.

ACEIR researchers are investigating the consequences of Ghana's free schooling policies for education attainment, labour market dynamics, and intergenerational socioeconomic mobility. This is a collaboration with SALDRU researchers, UCT.

The TSITICA project co-hosted a research forum with ARUA and NISANSA (a joint project of the universities of Marburg and Giessen) on pathways of change in social responses to climate change in sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America.

Hot off the press: New publications by ACEIR members span the areas of climate change and inequality; poverty, inequality and digital technologies; and pandemics and inequality. These include journal articles and an opinion-editorial.

In recognition of ACEIR members' collaborations with researchers from partner institutions, we are inviting such scholars to join ACEIR as affiliates. We're excited to introduce the first five affiliates; all formidable inequality scholars.

As we near the end of 2023, we extend our appreciation to colleagues, research and funding partners, and government and other collaborators for your continued contributions to, support of, and encouragement for ACEIR’s research agenda.