Executive Board
Staff
Chris ALDEN
Professor, Department of International Relations and Director of LSE IDEAS, The London School of Economics and Political Science; Associate Senior Research Fellow on South African Foreign Policy and China-Africa Relations, South African Institute of International Affairs
Solange Guo CHATELARD
Associate at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Michael CHEGE
Professor of African Development Studies, Institute of Development and International Studies, University of Nairobi
Anna Ying CHEN
CFO, Elleyhill Holdings, South Africa
Fantu CHERU
Professor Emeritus, School of International Service, American University; Senior Researcher at the African Studies Centre, Leiden University (The Netherlands); Associate Senior Fellow at the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)
Mamadou DIAWARA
Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Goethe University; and Director, Point Sud, Bamako
Heidi Østbø HAUGEN
Professor of China Studies, University of Oslo
HE Wenping
Professor and Research Program Director of African Studies Section, Institute of West Asian & African Studies at Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (Beijing)
Evelyn HU-DEHART
Professor of History and Director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University
Tu HUYNH
Associated Researcher and Principal Investigator, University of Cologne's Global South Studies Center
LI Anshan
Director of the Institute of Afro-Asian Studies, SIS, Peking University and Vice-president of the Chinese Society of African Historical Studies
LIU Haifang
Associate Professor of History, School of International Studies, Peking University
Rirhandu MAGEZA-BARTHEL
Independent Researcher
Kgomotso MOAHI
Full professor and Deputy Vice Chancellor for student services, Botswana Open University
Jamie MONSON
Professor of History, Michigan State University
Sanusha NAIDU
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Global Dialogue, UNISA (South Africa)
Pál NYIRI
Professor, Faculty of Humanities, Art and Culture, History, Antiquity and Faculty of Social Sciences, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vrije Universteit Amsterdam
Thierry PAIRAULT
Emeritus Research Director, French National Centre for Scientific Research
Frank PIEKE
Professor, Modern Chinese Studies, University of Leiden
Barry SAUTMAN
Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Bob Job WEKESA
Partnerships, research and communications coordinator at the African Centre for the Study of the United States based at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
YAN Hairong
Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
ZHANG Zhenjiang
Professor of International Relations; Dean, School of International Studies/the Academy of Overseas Chinese, Jinan University
Current Funders
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Ford Foundation, Grant Number 142837 (2022-2025)
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African Studies Center, Michigan State University (website host, administrative and communications partner)
Past funders
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American Council of Learned Societies/Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Comparative Perspectives on Chinese Culture and Society
Past events and conferences hosts and co-hosts
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The China-Africa Research Initiative at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS-CARI)
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Africa-China Reporting Project at the University of the Witwatersrand
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Monash University (Australia and South Africa)
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The Mail & Guardian (South Africa)
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The Chinese Association of Johannesburg (or TCA, South Africa)
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The Chinese Consul-General, Johannesburg (South Africa)
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Dragon Holidays (South Africa) and the Chinese business community of Johannesburg
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The School of International Studies/The Academy of Overseas Chinese, Jinan University
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The Graduate School of Media and Communications, Aga Khan University
Current Institutional Partners
Past Institutional Partners
In 2023, in response to high costs and ongoing challenges related to international travel and our ongoing efforts to both decentralize activities and provide competency-strengthening opportunities, the CA/AC Research Network launched eight Local Network Chapters (LNCs). LNCs were selected through an open and competitive process. Each received a small amount of seed funding to allow them to organize and run their own local (or regional) Africa-China activities for one year.
Cameroon: Réseau d’Experts Chine-Afrique Centrale Francophone (RECAF)
Contact: Cyrille Aymard Bekono, bekonocyrilleaymard@yahoo.fr
RECAF is the French-speaking Central African branch of the CA/AC Research Network. It is a structure of the SAC-CERDIA-RECAF platform. Its scientific activities promote the production and dissemination of knowledge on relations between China and the French-speaking countries of Central Africa. One of the objectives of RECAF is to promote collaboration between Central African researchers on the Sino-African relationship. See their social media for more information.
Italy: Associazione italiana di studi Africa-Cina (AISAC)
Contact: Antonella Ceccagno, antonella.ceccagno@unibo.it
The Italian Association for Africa-China Studies (AISAC) is a critical space for discussing the importance of Africa-China relations in the ongoing global transformations. AISAC encourages the establishment of networks and exchanges at both national and international levels. It serves as a platform for sharing and disseminating ideas and resources from an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary perspective. It also serves as a space for dialogue for those interested in Africa and China beyond academia. See their website for a list of recent activities.
London: CAAC-UK Network
Contact: Yuezhou Yang, caacuknetwork@gmail.com
The CAAC-UK Network organizes seasonal events for UK-wide academic, policy, and private-sector audiences interested in China-Africa engagements. Their public events include policy roundtable discussions, academic book launches, documentary film screenings, and community-building social gatherings.
Malawi: Malawi China Research Network
Contact: Mwaona Nyirongo, mwaona@gmail.com
The Malawi China Research network has conducted training for civic leaders at ShareWORLD University on how civic leaders can work with China on development projects. They have also conducted a public debate at Mzuzu University on the role of AI in reporting on China in Malawi, and launched a podcast.
Nigeria: Nigeria Africa-China Research Network (NiACReG)
Contact: Abdul-Gafar Tobi Oshodi, oshoditobi@gmail.com
The Nigeria Africa-China Research Network (NiACReG) aims to support research on Africa-China encounters in Nigeria through mentorship, conferences, seminars, and collaboration within and beyond Nigeria.
Shanghai: China-Africa Shanghai International Network (CASIN)
Contact: Jodie Yuzhou Sun, casin.caac@gmail.com
CASIN focuses on promoting research and knowledges about Africa and China in the local communities of Shanghai, aiming to liaise between two target groups: African students and professionals who live and work in the Yangtze River Delta & Chinese researchers and professionals whose work engages with Africa or Africans. We will provide various events including: 1) Public Engagement Series that allow participants to exchange first-hand experiences; 2) African Cultural Day when a selected group of local members conduct site-seeing activities; 3) An annual creative work competition with China-Africa themes. CASIN has secured additional support from Fudan University’s Office of Global Partnerships for organizing activities in 2023-2025.
Taiwan: Africa-China Research Network in Taiwan
Contact: Derek Sheridan, dsheridan@gate.sinica.edu.tw
The Africa-China Research Network in Taiwan aims to promote the study of Africa-China relations in Taiwan through reading groups, workshops, and events. See their social media for more information.
Uganda: China-Uganda Research Network
Contact: Joshua Mugambwa, jmugambwa@mubs.ac.ug; mugambwaj@yahoo.com
The China-Uganda Research Network hosts researchers, scholars, and experts on webinars and podcasts to share their work interactively. The activities foster impactful knowledge exchange and discussion on pertinent issues as well as promote China-Africa research thereby fostering innovative solutions for sustainable development. Our partners include: Makerere University, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, and the CA/AC Research Network. See their website for more.