The research focus is the Patterns and Processes of Population Change in 21st Century Africa. Africa is facing an escalating HIV/AID epidemic, rapid urbanisation, and environmental degradation and erratic economic growth. What are the future implications for health and mortality in the region? To what extent is spiralling rural population growth fuelling repeated humanitarian crises? Which development policies are likely to improve conditions, and which exacerbate the problem?
Western researchers have dominated the academic discussion on these topics. However, in order to generate sustainable progress, we propose that there is a need to improve dialogue between students and researchers on both continents
Funded by the British Academy,
over the next three years the partners will be running courses and workshops
in Addis Ababa for students, researchers,
policy-makers and users from across Africa. These will introduce participants to new demographic, anthropological
methods and statistical analyses as well as providing researchers with the opportunity to present and
discuss the implications
of recent findings.