Van der Merwe, Hugo, Nicky Rousseau, Naana Marekia, Pamela Machakanja and Eunice Bere. 2013. Opportunities and Challenges of South-South Partnership: Reflections on a Collaborative Research Project on Violence and Transition in Africa. Cape Town: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, Centre for Humanities Research at University of the Western Cape, Institute for Peace, Leadership and Governance at Africa University and Nairobi Peace Initiative-Africa, 2013.
This report reflects on the experience of four South-based organisations in conducting collaborative research on violence and transition in Africa. It explores some of the challenges and opportunities offered by working collaboratively on common themes across different contexts with research partners with diverse goals and institutional arrangements, and seeks to draw some lessons for how such partnerships can benefit individual organisations and research on violence more generally. The report is based on the final project meeting where partners engaged in a joint reflection on more than three years of collaboration.
CSVR is a multi-disciplinary institute that seeks to understand and prevent violence, heal its effects and build sustainable peace at the community, national and regional levels.
