Nurturing the growth of young and emerging African researchers
The African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research places African scholars at the forefront of its research agenda and nurtures the growth of young and emerging African researchers in this field.
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Our model of collaboration
The Centre uses a hub-and-spoke model. The University of Cape Town hosts the hub and the South Africa node. The Ghana node is convened by the University of Ghana and the Kenya node by the University of Nairobi.
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Leading Africa in overcoming inequality and poverty
The African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research is a leader in the study of inequality in Africa. By producing excellent and innovative policy-relevant research, we aspire to lead African research in overcoming inequality.
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Contributing to policy debates
ACEIR researchers often work with national statistical offices, government departments of different African countries and international development agencies to profile, map, and analyse multidimensional inequalities and their interactions.
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Meet the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research
A short video that introduces ACEIR's research and policy engagement on poverty and inequality in Africa as part of 13 African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) centres of excellence that address the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Research themes
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Journal article | Estimating the economy-wide and redistributive impacts of mitigation in South Africa. Climate and Development, 1–12
Established in 2018, ACEIR is one of the 13 centres of excellence of the African Research Universities Alliance.
Seminar series on African inequalities
We are hosting a series of seminars on African inequalities from August until yearend. The seminars draw on some chapters from a recent publication by the World Bank and AFD that represents a stock-take of ACEIR's research with the AFD.
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PhD fellowship: the importance of networking and applying local knowledge
Back from a fellowship at UNU-WIDER – the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research – in Finland, PhD candidate Chandré Jacobs reflects on participating in this research capacity building opportunity.
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Contributing to summer school of cluster of research excellence in Ghana
The 2025 summer school of the Africa-Europe Cluster of Research Excellence in Inequalities, Poverty, and Deprivation was held at ACEIR's Ghana node, University of Ghana. Our team contributed to the school alongside European counterparts.
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Panel data in action at the CoRE IPD summer school in Accra
SALDRU researchers in the South Africa node of the African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR) have developed a new course on the analysis of panel surveys.
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