Current research projects

Beyond Poverty: an insight into the informal solid waste recycling sector in Kaduna, Nigeria
(started in 2010). Onyanta Adama-Ajonye

Conflict and State building in the Horn of Africa
(started in 2010). Redie Bereketeab

Gendering and (Un)Gendering Police Reform: the case of the Democratic Republic of Congo
(started in 2010). Maria Eriksson Baaz

Large scale agro investments in Tanzania – impacts on smallholder land access and food security
(started in 2012).  Kjell Havnevik

Lessons learned from ESIA implementation in Bagamoyo district, Tanzania with special reference to bioenergy
(started in 2006). Kjell Havnevik

Modes and Narratives of Mobility and Career Paths among academics (Ph.D. holders) in Africa
(started in 2011). Måns Fellesson

Money from abroad: Migrant remittances and social inequality in a transnational setting
(started in 2010). Lisa Åkesson

Poor people’s livelihood strategies in coastal communities in Eastern Zanzibar
(started in 2010). Eva Tobisson

Productivity Potentials and Poverty in Relation to Sub-Saharan Agriculture
(started in 2009). Mats Hårsmar

The African Union (AU) and Civilian Protection
(started in 2011). Linnea Gelot (formerly Bergholm)

The Informal Realities of Peacebuilding - Military Networks and Former Mid-Level Commanders in Post-War Liberia.
(started in 2011). Mats Utas and Anders Themnér (formerly Nilsson)

The Politics of Belonging and Exclusion: Land Rights, Citizenship and Civil Society in Kenya and Uganda
(started in 2010). Anders Sjögren

The Private Rental market and Tenants in Formalization and Upgrading of Informal Settlements in Tanzania
(started in 2010). Jenny Cadstedt

To follow cattle or the sheikh? Socio-religious change among the pastoralists in Cameroon
(started in 2010). Tea Virtanen

Trading up through regional integration: can a productive capacity-driven strategy provide the answer for the EAC economies?
(started in 2011). Francis Matambalya

Rainmaking and Climate Change in Tanzania: Traditions, Rituals and Globalisation
(started  in 2010). Terje Oestigaard

Research policy and research practise in the global knowledge economy – a comparative study between different geopolitical settings – the case of East Africa
(started in 2011). Måns Fellesson

Seeking the Good City and the Good Citizen: Colonial and Post-Colonial Governmentality and Urban Planning in Africa.
(started in 2010). Andrew Byerley

Young women in African Wars
(started in 2007). Mats Utas

Youth and marginality in urban Sierra Leone
(started in 2004). Mats Utas