We are pleased to send out a call for papers for a special international meeting of the Working Group in African Political Economy (WGAPE) which will be held January 26-28, 2018 at New York University-Abu Dhabi.
Call for papers/research designs
We invite through this call papers and research designs to be presented during the international meeting in Abu Dhabi. Paper/research design submissions must reflect WGAPE’s broad research agenda on core issues within the political economy of African development, including ethnic politics, civil conflict and violence, decentralization and democratization, corruption, local governance, public economics, and related topics. Please feel free to submit early-stage works! Experimental research with field data will be given priority. Graduate students, junior faculty, and developing country researchers are particularly encouraged to apply. See archive of papers discussed at past WGAPE meetings here.
Call for applications: Social Science Research Methods Training for African scholars
This year, we will also invite applications through a separate call for African scholars to attend both the WGAPE meeting and a special training session led by Evidence in Government in Politics (EGAP), cosponsored by the Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (BITSS). The four-day training will take place on January 22-25 and will focus on cutting-edge research methods for social sciences in developing countries.
This opportunity is limited to graduate students, post-docs, and junior faculty working in political economy who either a) currently hold a faculty or research position at an African institution, b) received or are actively pursuing a graduate degree at an African institution, or c) received an undergraduate degree from an African institution and are currently in graduate school elsewhere.
Please see the attached files for more detailed information on how to apply to each of these calls. Successful applicants for both paper/research design submissions and the training session will be notified by November 6th, 2017 and will be invited to attend the full symposium. WGAPE will cover the cost of economy travel, accommodation and related expenses.
To find out more about the WGAPE network, please check out our website here. Please reach out to Alex Dobyan at wgapeworkshop@gmail.com with any questions.
Photo Credit: Emilia Tjernström
Papers to be presented at NYU-Abu Dhabi:
Below please find a table of Africa-based scholars selected to attend the pre-meeting EGAP Training Days and the WGAPE meeting:
Ines Djohodo Monwanou | Faculty | Benin | University of Abomey-Calavi | Economics |
Aga Neme Doba | Graduate Student | Ethiopia | Addis Ababa University | Development Studies |
Brice Gueyap Kounga | Graduate Student | Cameroon | African School of Economics | Economics |
Kamala Kaghoma | Faculty | DR Congo | Catholic University of Bukavu | Economics |
Philemon Kiprono | Faculty | Kenya | Public Service Commission of Kenya | |
Pourkieta RIta Nikiema | Faculty | Burkina Faso | Norbert Zongo University | Economics |
Olugbire Oluseyi | Post-doc | Nigeria | Forest Research Institute of Nigeria | |
Theresa Onaji-Benson | Graduate Student | Nigeria | University of Pretoria | Gordon Institute of Business Science |
Abiola Oyebanjo | Graduate Student | Nigeria | University of Lagos | Sociology |
Edris Seid | Graduate Student | Ethiopia | The Horn Economic and Social Policy Insitute |
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