African Policy Review and Analysis publishes in-depth policy-relevant, research-based knowledge produced by the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC’s) African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics (APDD) Research Policy Fellows. It focuses on a range of critical and emerging policy challenges, including concise, actionable options to practitioners and policymakers. Manuscripts should be sent as a Word document, along with a short biography to the editors at apdd@ssrc.org with the subject line: “African Policy Review and Analysis.” Please review African Policy Review and Analysis’s submission guidelines below before sending in your contribution.

Length and Format

  • In order to increase readability and accessibility, we consider and accept manuscripts between 3,000 and 3,500  words in length. The manuscript should include the following: abstract, introduction, analysis, findings, and conclusions.
  • If relevant, please include text, figures, photos, and tables in high resolution in your manuscript; indicating if these are produced by you, or reproduced with permission from other sources.

Authorship and Title:  please include the author’s details, affiliation, and email address. You may also send us a link to your full bio on your organization’s website. Also, keep your title short: Ideally, not more than 12 words and/or less than 100 characters.

Referencing

Please make sure that your references are done in the Chicago Manual Style. https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation-guide-1.html

  • Please try to avoid using footnotes if possible and integrate material directly into the text.

Review Process

  • Submitted manuscripts will be subjected to double-anonymous peer-review by leading experts and highly qualified and experienced policy analysts.

For further information and to submit a manuscript, please email the editor at: apdd@ssrc.org

For more information about the African Peacebuilding and Developmental Dynamics program, please visit our website.


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