Research

About the Pan-African Scientific Research Council The Pan-African Scientific Research Council is an association and network that brings together African and/or Africa-focused researchers and professionals, with the goal of promoting research collaboration, career development, and policy & public engagement. The Council’s thematic areas are social sciences; biomedical sciences; agricultural, energy, and environmental sciences; and applied […]

Supported with a grant from the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), the Development Research Lab (DRL) focuses on the use of technology to improve governance and the implementation, measurement, and evaluation of public policies and development processes. The DRL connects computer scientists with governance experts in order to imagine and implement technology-driven improvement

IAS offers qualitative research in African history, anthropology, and sociology. The institute promotes African culture by teaching African languages, performing arts, and hosting literary events. IAS plays a key role in the academic program as African history is core to the ASE curriculum. IAS projects include: On the Trails of the Amazons of the Dahomey

Since its founding in 2004, the Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IERPE; French: IREEP) has conducted over 30 projects dealing with Governance, Education, Financial Inclusion, History, Public Health, Security, Agricultural Policies, and Electoral Behavior. Noteworthy projects include “Education and Human Capital Externalities in Colonial Benin” (see Wantchekon et al. 2014) and a project