The Globalization Research Center-Africa (GRCA) conducts research on the dynamics and effects of globalization, with particular emphasis on impacts within Africa. The overall aim of the Center is to engage in research on ways global forces impact upon African societies; the ways in which African societies have an impact upon the globalization process; and the comparative, cross national and cross cultural comparison of global processes as they relate to Africa. Learn more about us »
GRCA Signature Projects
GlobaLink-Africa
GlobaLink-Africa Curriculum Project is a school-year-long, multi-media, online curriculum resource for critical thinking about globalization and its relationship with Africa, Africans, and United States-Africa policy.
The curriculum gives high school students a view of Africa and the world that is not accessible through conventional curriculum activities. The curriculum also provides enriching resources for teachers interested in globalization issues.
Conflict, Conflict Management and Democracy
The Conflict, Conflict Management and Democracy team concerns itself with issues of the transnationalization of ethnic conflict in present day Africa. It is concerned with peace and security issues, including human security, along with democracy and civil society. Its ongoing research and symposiums bring people together from all over the world to consider such issues as globalization and African political economy, globalization and democracy in Africa, and globalization, mass communication, democracy and human rights in Africa.
Urban Governance, Water and Poverty Alleviation
This project directly addresses poverty as a manifestation of globalization. The condition of the urban poor with respect to access to basic water and sanitation services in Africa's recent rapid urbanization provides a key indicator of the global division of wealth and power. It examines how the local and most visible manifestation of this division in the international economic order is the rapidly growing population of the poor urban slum dwellers and the inequality associated with this growth.
HIV/AIDS in Africa Initiative
The HIV/AIDS Initiative conducts research to contribute to the ongoing investigation of solutions to the HIV/AIDS pandemic. The initiative is focused on HIV/AIDS and its relationship to health, economics, security, human rights, child rights, politics and gender.
