Now accepting applications for Transregional Collaborative Research Grants. Deadline: April 26, 2021
Grantees
The Transregional Planning Grants support the development of collaborative research projects that deepen understanding of the mutual shaping of social and environmental change in and across Indian Ocean countries. The grantees were chosen through a highly selective peer review process, conducted by an interdisciplinary and transnational group of regional experts. With funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, grantees will undertake a range of project development activities, including collaborative workshops coordinated by the SSRC.
The following are Transregional Planning Grant recipients:
Transformative Social Innovations in the Governance of Small-scale Fisheries in the Indian Ocean Region
Principal Investigators

Almas Mazigo
Assistant Professor, Dar es Salaam University College of Education

Johan Hattingh
Professor, Stellenbosch University

Mahmudul Islam
Professor, Sylhet Agricultural University
Dar es Salaam University College of Education
Participants
Sariaka Rakotondrazafy
Impacting Lives through Opportunities (ILO)
Sunil Santha
Tata Institute of Social Sciences
Sounding the Monsoon
Principal Investigators

Jonathan Cane
Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Humanities, University of Pretoria

Euclides Gonçalves
Director and Researcher, Kaleidoscopio

Lindsay Bremner
Professor of Architecture, University of Westminster
University of Pretoria
Participants
Rufus Maculuve
Kaleidoscopio; Music Crossroads
Samid Suliman
School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University
Rupture, Gendered Adaptation, and the Social Economy of Indian Ocean Fisheries
Principal Investigators

Gayathri Lokuge
Senior Researcher, Centre for Poverty Analysis

Amalendu Jyotishi
Faculty, School of Development, Azim Premji University

Holly Hapke
Director of Research Development, School of Social Sciences, UC Irvine
Centre for Poverty Analysis
Participants
Karin Fernando
Centre for Poverty Analysis
Derek Johnson
University of Manitoba
Proposal to Develop a ‘Southern Collective’ for Transdisciplinary Collaborations on the Northern Indian Ocean
Principal Investigators

Annu Jalais
Assistant Professor, South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore

Aarthi Sridhar
Programme Head, Dakshin Foundation

Rapti Siriwardane
Researcher, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research

Alin Kadfak
Researcher, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
NUS
Participants
Ahilan Kadirgamar
Northern Cooperative Development Bank
Sujatha Byravan
Chennai
Oceanic Power: Gulf Aid, Islamic Ethics, and Climate Change in Zanzibar's Offshore Search for Oil & Gas
Principal Investigators

Issa Haji Ziddy
Associate Professor of Religious Education, State University of Zanzibar

Caitlyn Bolton
PhD Candidate, City University of New York

Mary Mtumwa Khatib
Research Officer, Lecturer, Department of Geography, State University of Zanzibar
State University of Zanzibar
Mangroves and Tangled Futures: Agrarian Change, Energy Extraction, and Coastal Ecologies in Mozambique and Western India
Principal Investigators

Inês Raimundo
Professor of Human Geography; Director of Center of Political Analysis, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences; University Eduardo Mondlane

Chandana Anusha
PhD Candidate, Yale University

Serena Stein
Postdoctoral Researcher, Wageningen University
University Eduardo Mondlane
Participants
Ambika Aiyyadurai
IIT Gandhinagar
Marlino Mubai
University Eduardo Mondlane
Tarquinio Mateus Magalhães
Eduardo Mondlane University
Environmental Refugees: Climate, Health, and Livelihood in the Indian Ocean World
Principal Investigators

Debojyoti Das
Lecturer and Global Research Associate School of Global Studies, University of Sussex, UK

Simi Mehta
CEO and Editorial Director, Impact and Policy Research Institute

Stephen O Maluka
Associate Professor of Public Health, Dar es Salaam University College of Education
University of Sussex
Participants
Bina Sengar
Department of History, Baba Saheb Ambedkar Maratwara University
Shababa Haque
International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCAD)
Climate Change, Political Economy, and Connectivity in the Red Sea Arena
Principal Investigators

Nathalie Peutz
Associate Professor of Arab Crossroads Studies, NYU Abu Dhabi

Alden Young
Assistant Professor of History, University of California Los Angeles
New York University - Abu Dhabi
Participants
Ian Hoyt
NYU Abu Dhabi
Yesmine Abida
NYU Abu Dhabi