Centre of African Economies

Organization profile

Organisation profile

The Centre of African Economies is an interdisciplinary research centre within the Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University. Scholars associated with the centre research and publish on contemporary economic dynamics in Africa.

The Centre of African Economies researches and publishes on contemporary economic dynamics in Africa with a particular focus on:

  • the nature, pace and outcomes of capitalist transformation processes unfolding across the African continent;
  • who benefits and how those benefits are shared as well as how the distribution of economic benefits is contested and the implications for political instability;
  • linkage between the regulation of economic transactions and state formation in African countries; and
  • how commodification shapes relationships of humanitarianism and development and its impact on Africans.
Researchers at the Centre provide unique insights into these processes by applying methodologies that emphasize in-depth country knowledge as well as comparative work, and by employing both quantitative and qualitative analysis. Countries currently covered by the centre research include Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, and Tanzania.

Publication network Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.

Profiles

Photo of Sameer Ahmad Azizi

Sameer Ahmad Azizi

Person: VIP

20122017
Photo of Lars Buur

Lars Buur

Person: VIP

20002018
Photo of Tobias Hagmann

Tobias Hagmann

Person: VIP

20052017

Research Output 2010 2019

Light Manufacturing in Ethiopia: The apparel export industry

Whitfield, L. & Staritz, C., 17 Jan 2019, The Oxford Handbook of the Ethiopian Economy. Cheru, F., Cramer, C. & Oqubay, A. (eds.). Oxford University Press

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review

Advocacy Narratives and Celebrity Engagement: the Case of Ben Affleck in Congo

Budabin, A. C. & Richey, L. A., 23 May 2018, In : Human Rights. 40, p. 260-286 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Afropolitanism, celebrity politics, and iconic imaginations of North–South relations

Richey, L. A. & Christiansen, L. B., 1 Apr 2018, In : African Affairs. 117, 464, p. 238-260 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review

Projects 2015 2021

SPIWORK: Informal Worker Organisation and Social Protection

Riisgaard, L., Torm, N. & Mitullah, W.

09/10/2017 → 09/10/2021

Project: Research

CoCo Research: Commodifying Compassion: Implications of Turning People and Humanitarian Causes Into Marketable Things

Richey, L. A., Vestergaard, M., Olwig, M. F. & Budabin, A.

01/01/2017 → 01/01/2021

Project: Research

Hierarchies of Rights

Buur, L., Jaime Macuane, J., Mondlane Tembe, C., Monjane, C. M., Salimo, P., Patey, L., Maganga, F., Pedersen, R. H., Mwakaje, A., Kweka, O., Sulle, E., Jacob, T. & Jarnholt, E. D.

01/01/2015 → …

Project: Research

Activities 2017 2017

  • 1 Lecture and oral contribution

Keynote Presentation: From Stigma to Brand: Commodifying and Aestheticizing Urban Poverty and Violence

Lisa Ann Richey (Speaker)
16 Feb 2017

Activity: Talk or presentation › Lecture and oral contribution

Press / Media

Somalia connection in sugar smuggling syndicate revealed

Jacob Rasmussen

01/07/2018

1 item of media coverage

Press/Media: Press / Media

Kenya efter valget: Kenyattas kontrolregime når nye alarmerende højder

Jacob Rasmussen & Marie Ladekjær Gravesen

04/05/2018

1 media contribution

Press/Media: Press / Media

Three bits of advice for blockchain advocates who think they understand aid

Tobias Hagmann & Adam Moe Fejerskov

07/03/2018

1 media contribution

Press/Media: Press / Media