The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action

What The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action does

The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action (CeSSRA) is a non-profit social science research organization founded in 2006 in Lebanon (originally under the name Lebanon Support) and now registered in Cyprus as a non-profit limited liability company (registration HE421100), with Lebanon Support (registered in Lebanon under number 168) implementing all activities and projects in Lebanon under the centre's name. The organization conducts and facilitates original interdisciplinary social science research across seven thematic areas — Political Studies, Social Mobilisations, Socio-Economic Studies, Gender Studies, Histories of Lebanon, Civil Society Observatory, and Migration, Mobility, Circulation — and serves civil society actors, academics and scholars, policy makers, and the wider public through open-access publication and dissemination channels. Operating geographies span Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey, with explicit regional/global footprint since 2019 via Daleel Madani, including UAE and France.

The centre's operations are platform-based. Daleel Madani, launched in 2011 as a separate online platform, is a civil society directory serving over 1,000 civil society actors at launch and operating at regional/global level since 2019 — described by the organization as the only globally-owned and operated civil society reference platform. The Civil Society Knowledge Centre (CSKC), launched in 2013, is the multidisciplinary research hub that publishes peer-reviewed articles, policy briefs, reports, books, fact-sheets, guidebooks, edited publications, and journals under an open-access model. The portfolio is rounded out by the peer-reviewed Civil Society Review journal (launched 2015, on hold since 2022 due to funding constraints), the Civil Society Incubator (established 2016 under Daleel Madani), and a suite of data-visualization tools — interactive maps, charts, timelines, databases, and infographics — built from original typologies and mixed quantitative-qualitative research by the in-house team.

The centre operates with 1–10 employees and a hub model leveraging a network of scholars, fellows, and research associates. There is no disclosed pricing structure: all publications are released under an open-access policy free of price and permission barriers. Revenue figures are not publicly disclosed; no revenue model, paying customers, funding rounds, or institutional/PE/VC ownership is identified in the available data.

Name

The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action

Legal name

The Centre for Social Sciences Research & Action

Website

https://socialsciences-centre.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action is a non-profit social science research organization founded in 2006 that produces open-access interdisciplinary research on Arab civil society, operating the Daleel Madani directory and Civil Society Knowledge Centre platform.

Ownership category

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Product category

Social Science Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172), Human Rights Organizations (813311)

akta.pro primary industry

Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space (BPADAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Social Sciences Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAD), Conference Proceedings & Research Reports Publishing (EDAGAFAL), Government, Public Policy & Regulatory Reference (Public Administration, Regulatory Guidance) (EDAGAGAK)

Keywords

• Social science research
• Civil society research
• Data visualization
• Policy research
• Open access publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Beirut

HQ country

Lebanon

HQ region

Middle East

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

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Core offering

The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action conducts and publishes original, interdisciplinary social science research on civil society in the Arab world, delivered through open access digital platforms (Daleel Madani and the Civil Society Knowledge Centre), a peer-reviewed journal (Civil Society Review), an incubator programme for civil society actors, and a portfolio of mapping, infographic, chart, timeline, and database products covering seven thematic areas.

Product overview

The Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action operates a platform-based portfolio of products and services focused on open-access social science research and knowledge dissemination in the Arab world. The core offerings include: the Civil Society Knowledge Centre (CSKC), a multidisciplinary research platform launched in 2013 providing access to peer-reviewed publications; Daleel Madani, a civil society directory and portal serving over 1,000 civil society actors regionally and globally since 2019; the Civil Society Review, a peer-reviewed journal established in 2015; and the Civil Society Incubator, a support program launched in 2016. These are complemented by data visualization tools including Interactive Maps, Infographics, Charts, Timelines, and Databases covering themes in Political Studies, Social Mobilisations, Socio-Economic Studies, Gender Studies, Histories of Lebanon, Civil Society Observatory, and Migration, Mobility, Circulation. All publications are made available under an open access policy.

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Products and services

• Civil Society Knowledge Centre (CSKC) A multidisciplinary research platform providing open access to peer-reviewed research, articles, policy briefs, and scholarly publications on civil society topics in the Arab world. Targeted at scholars, fellows, and policy actors.
• Daleel Madani Online civil society directory and reference platform serving civil society actors regionally and globally, including the Civil Society Incubator programme.
• Civil Society Review A peer-reviewed academic journal covering civil society studies, gender studies, and migration topics. Targeted at academics, researchers, and policy makers.
• Civil Society Incubator An incubator programme under Daleel Madani that builds on informal support and coaching to democratise access to knowledge and tools for civil society actors.
• Interactive Maps Interactive geographical maps based on original typologies covering themes including Political Studies, Social Mobilisations, Gender Studies, Histories of Lebanon, and Migration, Mobility, Circulation.
• Infographics Data visualisations and infographics based on data trends and research findings across Political Studies, Social Mobilisations, Socio-Economic Studies, Gender Studies, Histories of Lebanon, Civil Society Observatory, and Migration, Mobility, Circulation themes.
• Charts Interactive charts and graphs visualising data trends from the centre's research, including violence against women mapping and collective actions in Lebanon.
• Timelines Interactive timelines covering Political Studies, Social Mobilisations, Socio-Economic Studies, Gender Studies, and Histories of Lebanon themes.
• Databases Structured databases covering Political Studies, Social Mobilisations, Socio-Economic Studies, and Histories of Lebanon themes, providing quantitative and qualitative research data.
• Research Publications Open-access publications including peer-reviewed articles, books, edited publications, fact-sheets, guidebooks, journals, policy briefs, and reports across seven thematic areas.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

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Feature4 records

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Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/TheCeSSRA
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cessra
• Instagraminstagram.com/thecessra

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