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SUMMARY:CPPF Workshop on Political Economy Analysis in Central Africa
DESCRIPTION:On 9\,12\, and 13 June 2023 CPPF hosted a series of three half-day virtual workshops on PEA in Central Africa. The sessions took stock of political analysis-related work within both the United Nations and World Bank and discussed methodologies. The meeting aimed to enrich both organizations’ understanding of the political economy trends related to oil exporting states and the Congo Basin rainforest in Central Africa.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/cppf-workshop-on-political-economy-analysis-in-central-africa/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230612
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SUMMARY:APN and Next Gen African University Seminar Series\, University Nairobi\, June 12–13\, 2023
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural African University Seminar Series in Kenya (AUSS-Kenya) was held at the University of Nairobi\, Kenya from June 12-13\, 2023. The Kenya-based current and former fellows of the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC’s) African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Next Generation Social Sciences in Africa (Next Gen) organized the event fellows\, under the guidance of the co-chairs of the APN-Next Gen Advisory Board\, Dr. Steve Akoth (former Next Gen fellow) and Prof. Rita Abrahamsen. The AUSS-Kenya Local Organizing Committee (LOC) is led by the co-chairs\, Jacinta Maweu (former APN fellow) and Rahma Hassan (former Next Gen fellow)\, and the members include other former APN fellows: Alex Kamwaria\, Lilian Kong’ani\, John Mwangi Githigaro (also a former Next Gen fellow)\, Joyce Omwoha\, Susan Kung’u (also a Next Gen fellow)\, and Fredrick Ogenga. The event brought together current and former APN-Next Gen fellows during a 2-day seminar with the theme: “Security\, Peacebuilding and Development in Africa: Reflections from Kenya.” It marked a significant first step towards consolidating the APN-Next Gen fellow/alumni network in Kenya into a distinct African scholarly community that promotes Afrocentric values of research excellence\, knowledge production\, and policy engagement. \nThe Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Nairobi hosted the seminar. Dr. Jennifer Muchiri\, the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Nairobi\, kicked off the event by giving welcome remarks. Dr. Steve Akoth of the APN and Next Gen Advisory Board then gave his opening remarks\, highlighting the decade-long impact of the APN-Next Gen program on the professional development of Africa-based scholars. Dr. Mustafa Ali\, co-founder and chairman of the HORN International Institute for Strategic Studies\, followed with a keynote address on “Shared Security and the Age of Polycrisis\,” in which he noted the importance of prioritizing “dialogue-centered conflict prevention and resolution mechanisms” and emphasizing the need for collective or “shared security.” He also encouraged participants to “work towards a more secure\, peaceful\, and prosperous Africa\, driven by evidence\, research\, and analytical inquiry.” \nThe keynote was followed by the first panel on: “Indigenous knowledge and local peacebuilding cultures” moderated by John Mwangi Githigaro. The panel consisted of presentations by Flora Mutere (former Next Gen fellow)\, David Muthegethi (former Next Gen fellow)\, Frederick Ogenga (former APN fellow)\, and Sela Musundi (former APN fellow). \nThe second panel on: “Climate change\, natural resource conflicts\, and Security in Africa” was moderated by Lilian Kong’ani (former APN fellow). It consisted of presentations by Rahma Hassan (former Next Gen fellow)\, Mahat Issack Hassan (former Next Gen fellow)\, and Graham Oluteyo (former Next Gen fellow). \nThe second day of the seminar opened with a keynote by Prof. Musambayi Katumanga\, associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of Nairobi titled: “Geographing Development and Realities of Security.” \nThe first panel of the day was “Media\, Memories and Peacebuilding\,” moderated by Jacinta Mwende (former APN fellow). The panel consisted of presentations by Allen Wefwafwa (former Next Gen fellow)\, Susan Kung’u (former Next Gen fellow)\, and Muema Wambua (former Next Gen fellow). \nThe second panel on “Gender\, Conflict\, and Peacebuilding” was moderated by Alex Kamwaria (former APN fellow). It consisted of presentations by Joyce Omwoha\, Lilian Kong’ani\, and Roseanne Njiru (all former APN fellows)\, while the third and last panel on “Interstate Relations\, Geopolitics\, and Histories of Conflict\,” was moderated by Susan Kung’u. The panel consisted of presentations by Benson Kanyani (former Next Gen fellow)\, Alex Kamwaria (former APN fellow)\, and Kizito Sabala (former APN fellow). \nThe AUSS-Kenya seminar wrapped up with great success. APN-Next Gen current and former fellows were able to present their papers and receive feedback from each other during the interactive and engaging Q&A sessions. In addition to being an opportunity to present and discuss their work\, AUSS-Kenya was also a great networking opportunity for current and former fellows from different Kenyan universities and institutions located across the country. \nThe AUSS-Kenya participants unanimously agreed that this self-organized seminar was a great learning experience and an empowering initiative within the APN-Next Gen community and expressed the hope to make it a recurring annual seminar with involvement from more APN-Next Gen current and former fellows.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/apn-and-next-gen-african-university-seminar-series-university-nairobi-june-12-13-2023/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Convening: Policy-Relevant Social and Behavioral Science
DESCRIPTION:In this virtual convening of the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences\, Arthur Lupia\, executive director of the Bold Challenges Initiative at the University of Michigan\, and Jeremy Weinstein\, faculty director of Stanford Impact Labs\, talked about their work to support faculty and graduate students pursuing ambitious applied and socially relevant research\, in partnership with public\, private\, and nonprofit organizations.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/virtual-convening-policy-relevant-social-and-behavioral-science/
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SUMMARY:Supporting Policy-Relevant Social and Behavioral Science
DESCRIPTION:Public and private funding organizations\, state legislatures\, and donors increasingly expect universities to produce socially impactful and policy-relevant research. However\, publication and promotion incentives may undermine efforts to mobilize the social and behavioral science research community to pursue policy-relevant research. This series of virtual convenings is an opportunity for member institutions of the College and University Fund for the Social Sciences (CUF) to share what works–and what doesn’t–to mobilize social and behavioral science that is both policy-relevant and scientifically rigorous. \nThese virtual convenings are intended to be an opportunity for cross-institutional learning and networking across CUF member institutions\, and we hope they will be highly interactive and conversational. Registration is only open to individuals associated with one of the current member institutions. If you’d like to be notified of upcoming events\, please join our mailing list.
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/supporting-policy-relevant-social-and-behavioral-science/
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SUMMARY:Improving Global Education: Evidence\, Cost-Effectiveness\, and Political Economy
DESCRIPTION:About the Lecture\nSolutions to many of today’s key development challenges hinge not on creating new technologies and solutions\, but in understanding why the poor do not adopt seemingly beneficial technologies that already exist. Throughout the developing world\, there are countless examples of technologies that appear to be welfare enhancing but are adopted by the poor at very low rates. Examples span health\, finance\, and agriculture sectors\, and include cleaner cook-stoves\, anti-malarial bednets\, toilets\, fertilizer\, weather insurance\, and improved seed varieties. To make progress on these problems\, we need to understand the sources of behavioral or structural barriers to new technology adoption\, in order to devise policies and marketing strategies to address those barriers. This talk will highlight economic analysis and randomized-controlled-trial based field experimental methods applied in South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa to make progress on these questions. \n\nEvent Recording\n \nAbout Karthik Muralidharan\nKarthik Muralidharan is the Tata Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at the University of California\, San Diego (UCSD) and holds positions at MIT\, the Bureau of Economic Analysis of Development (BREAD)\, the National Bureau of Economic Research\, and the World Bank. His research spans development\, public\, and labor economics with a focus on improving the effectiveness of public spending in the social sector (education\, health\, and social protection programs).
URL:https://www.ssrc.org/events/improving-global-education-evidence-cost-effectiveness-and-political-economy/
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