2022 HORN OF AFRICA COURSE Q&A
The 2022 Horn of Africa Course examines the Somali-speaking lands, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and northern Kenya. It explores the historical and contemporary features that make the Horn one of the world’s most crisis-ridden regions. The Q&A brief provides a contextualised analysis of the regions main events as covered by the course. The course will be directed […]
Decolonizing Knowledge in Africa: Reflections on the RVI Research Communities of Practice Project
Historically the production of knowledge reflects a history of unequal power relations and the economic domination of the Global South by the Global North. Africa sits at the centre of this inequality. Accordingly, the production of knowledge on African affairs has largely been centred in the scholarship and institutions of the Global North. Part of […]
Bespoke Courses
Since 2014, the Institute has expanded its educational work, delivering bespoke courses for a range of institutional partners. This includes more than 27 UNICEF country representatives and senior management teams in eastern, central and southern Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Burundi, The Comoros, Eswatini, Malawi, Namibia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The courses, which are taught by […]
Annual Field Courses
18 years • 11 countries • 36 courses • 1300 participants • 200 teachers The Rift Valley Institute’s Annual Field Courses offer a unique opportunity to spend an intensive week with an outstanding group of experts and fellow participants, away from routine distractions. Held annually in the summer, the courses are taught by teams of leading specialists and provide the basis […]
Applications open for RVI’s Annual Field Courses 2020
In June, the Rift Valley Institute will hold the 2020 annual field courses. Now in their seventeenth year, each course examines a different sub-region within eastern and central Africa: Sudan and South Sudan, the Great Lakes and the Horn of Africa. They offer a dawn-to-dusk programme of lectures, seminars, panel discussions and debates. Bringing together new research, fresh analysis, established […]
Great Lakes Course 2017
The Great Lakes Course covers the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda and Burundi, providing a deep historical and social context to the current political and humanitarian dynamics in the region. The 2017 RVI field Course on the Great Lakes will focus on transitions in the region. It will examine the extent to which the DRC, […]
Great Lakes Course 2019 / Stage d’études sur la région des Grands Lacs 2019
The 2019 RVI Great Lakes Field Course offers a regional and thematic approach to understanding politics, security and development in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, and Uganda. It examines the political evolution of these conflict-affected polities and focuses on commonalties and differences in approaches to leadership and governance, regional relations and […]
Horn of Africa Course 2019
The 2019 Horn of Africa Course examines the Somali-speaking lands, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and northern Kenya. It explores the historical and contemporary features that make the Horn the world’s most crisis-ridden region. This year’s course takes place amid sweeping political change in the Horn of Africa. A leadership transition in Ethiopia is reshaping the domestics […]
RVI Field Courses: Change to location and deadline for applications
Due to operational reasons beyond RVI’s control, this year’s annual Field Courses will now be held in Entebbe, Uganda rather than Ethiopia. Entebbe was the location of the first Great Lakes Course in 2010. RVI is excited to be returning to Uganda, and looks forward to holding all three courses on the shores of Lake […]
RVI’s 2018 Annual Courses
The Institute recently wrapped up its fifteenth year of annual field courses, which were held this year in May and June in Kenya. The one-week intensive courses covered an array of historical and contemporary issues in the Horn of Africa, Sudan and South Sudan, and the Great Lakes regions. They were attended by 83 participants and taught by 32 teachers. […]