Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark

Everyday Humanitarianism in Tanzania (EveryHumanTZ)

Project summary Since an upsurge of unrest in Burundi in 2015, 258,000 refugees have crossed into Tanzania, making it the largest recipient of Burundian refugees in the East African region. Tanzania…
Tanzania
Humanitarian assistance and development
State building, governance and civil society
Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Denmark
Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Department of Management, Society and Communication
University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark
Total grant
12,000,000

Climate smart cocoa systems for Ghana (CLIMCOCOA)

Cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) is the third highest export commodity of Ghana and represents the most important source of revenue for numerous small scale farmers. Climate change (CC) in the form of…
Ghana
Agricultural production
Climate change
University of Ghana (UG), Ghana
University of Ghana (UG), Office of Research, Innovation and Development (ORID)
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ghana
World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF), Kenya
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Total grant
9,990,278
https://www.ug.edu.gh/geography-climcocoa/node/5

Informal worker organisation and social protection

This project will investigate emerging collective forms of informal worker organisation in the Global South (focusing on Kenya and Tanzania) and their implications for social protection. Rather than…
Kenya
Tanzania
Production, industry and labour market
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Roskilde University (RUC), Department of Society and Globalisation
University of Nairobi (UoN), Institute for Development Studies
Mzumbe University (MU), Institute of Development Studies
Total grant
9,898,063
https://ruc.dk/informal-worker-organisation-and-social-protection

Hierarchies of Rights: Land and Investments in Africa

The main aim of the research program is to analyse how struggles related to large-scale investments into natural resources affect small-holders’ rights to land in Sub-Saharan Africa. It tests the…
Mozambique
Tanzania
Natural resource management
State building, governance and civil society
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Roskilde University (RUC), Department of Society and Globalisation
University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA)
University of Eduardo Mondlane, Dept. of Political Science and Public Administration, Mozambique
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark
Total grant
9,969,902
https://ruc.dk/en/research-project/hierarchies-rights

Governing economic hubs and flows in Somali East Africa

This research and capacity-building project contributes to a better understanding of key economic and political processes that have shaped state formation in the Somali territories since 1991. The…
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
Somaliland
Economic development and value chains
Conflict, peace and security
State building, governance and civil society
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Roskilde University (RUC), Department of Society and Globalisation
Forum for Social Studies, Ethiopia
University of Hargeisa, Somaliland, Somalia
University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark
Total grant
9,963,719
http://govsea.tumblr.com/

REDD+, -the forest grab of all times?

Forests play an important role for the livelihoods of poor people in developing countries. Yet, the poor often lack legal rights to the forest resources that they depend on. This renders them highly…
Indonesia
Vietnam
Natural resource management
State building, governance and civil society
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Faculty of Science
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Faculty of Science, Department of Food and Resource Economics
Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), Department of Forest Resources Conservation, Indonesia
Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Vietnam
Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Cultural Studies (ICS), Vietnam
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Total grant
8,994,436
http://www.ifro.ku.dk/reddplus

Social and Environmental Resilience in Upland Areas of Vietnam. Responses in Land Use and Livelihood Strategies

The proposed PhD-research addresses the issue of vulnerability in relation to climate change in upland areas of Vietnam and views vulnerability and resilience as determinants of adaptive capacity. The…
Vietnam
Natural resource management
Climate change
State building, governance and civil society
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Roskilde University (RUC), Department of Society and Globalisation
Total grant
2,505,553

Masculinity, sexuality and HIV/AIDS in Zambian prisons

The spread of HIV/AIDS is deeply embedded in socio-economic realities of poverty and inequality. This research aims to shed light on experiences of incarcerated men, a group who are routinely…
Zambia
Conflict, peace and security
State building, governance and civil society
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Roskilde University (RUC), Department of Society and Globalisation
DIGNITY - Danish Institute Against Torture, Denmark
Total grant
2,779,864

People Speaking Back? Media, Empowerment and Democracy in East Africa (MEDIeA)

MEDIeA’s analytical challenge is to understand the ways and means in which youth as ordinary citizens engage with civil society driven media and communication platforms and what socio-cultural and…
Kenya
Tanzania
State building, governance and civil society
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Roskilde University (RUC), Department of Communication Business and Information Technologies
University of Dar Es Salaam (UDSM), Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya
Total grant
5,544,977
http://mediea.ruc.dk/

West African Network for Studies of Environmental Change (WANSEC)

It is proposed to create a West African network, including the University of Dakar, Senegal, Technical University of Bamako, Mali, University of Ghana, Legon, and the University of Ouagadougou,…
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Mali
Senegal
Natural resource management
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Faculty of Science
University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Faculty of Science, Department of Geography and Geology
University of Ouagadougou (OU), Department of Geography
University of Dakar, LERG, Senegal
University of Bamako, Department of Geology, Mali
University of Ghana (UG), Department of Sociology, Institute of Geography and Resource Development
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Total grant
5,275,836
http://www.ind.ku.dk/english/research/research_projects/wansec/

Decentralisation and Local Governance of Land in Africa. Land Reform Implementation and Citizen Participation in Tanzania

Improved tenure security can help improve food security for the 75% of the world’s poor who live on the countryside and depend on access to land. The project investigates implementation of…
Tanzania
State building, governance and civil society
Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark
Ardhi University (ARU), Tanzania
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Total grant
2,820,437

Political process and social contest - A historical analysis of state-chief relations in Kpandai district, Northern Ghana

Recent decentralisation, the demarcation of a new district and the establishing of a district assembly in Kpandai, northern Ghana has given rise to a resurfacing of historically unresolved disputes…
Ghana
Economic development and value chains
Roskilde University (RUC), Denmark
Roskilde University (RUC), Department of Society and Globalisation
Total grant
1,972,152
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