Organization profile

Organisation profile

The Centre of African Economies is an interdisciplinary centre conducting research 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

Sameer Ahmad Azizi

saazizi@ruc.dk

Department of Social Sciences and Business - Assistant professor
Management and organization - Assistant professor
CIRCLES
Centre of African Economies

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Lars Buur

lbuur@ruc.dk

Department of Social Sciences and Business - Associate Professor
Economic Policy, Institutions and Change - Associate Professor
Global Political Sociology - Associate Professor
CIRCLES
Centre of African Economies

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Tobias Hagmann

thagmann@ruc.dk

Department of Social Sciences and Business - Associate Professor
Global Political Sociology - Associate Professor
International Development Research Group - Associate Professor
Centre of African Economies

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Research Output

CSR in Developing Countries: Competing Perspectives on Businesses, their Roles, and Responsibilities

Azizi, S. A. & Jeppesen, S., 2020, Business and Development Studies: Issues and Perspectives. Lund-Thomsen, P., Wendelboe Hansen, M. & Lindgreen, A. (eds.). Routledge, p. 235-256 22 p. (Routledge Studies in Innovation, Organizations and Technology).

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

Does union membership pay off? Evidence from Vietnamese SMEs

Torm, N., Feb 2020, Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam. Rand, J. & Tarp, F. (eds.). Oxford University Press

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

Open Access

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Exporting out of China or out of Africa? Automation versus Relocation in the Global Clothing Industry

Altenburg, T., Chen, X., Lütkenhorst, W., Staritz, C. & Whitfield, L., Jan 2020, Bonn: Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik, 98 p.

Research output: Working paper › Research

Open Access

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Projects

1 Finished
1 Not started
3 Active

SPIWORK: Informal Worker Organisation and Social Protection

Riisgaard, L. & Torm, N.

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., Hundsbæk Pedersen, R., Mwakaje, A., Kweka, O., Sulle, E., Jacob, T. & Jarnholt, E. D.

01/01/2015 → …

Project: Research