CEAUP - Centro de Estudos Africanos U. Porto

Name

CEAUP - Centro de Estudos Africanos U. Porto

Legal name

Centro de Estudos Africanos da Universidade do Porto

Website

https://africanos.eu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Porto

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

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B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Research funding: CEAUP is an R&D unit supported by national Portuguese funding through FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) under projects UIDB/00495/2020 and UIDP/00495/2020.

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Core offering

CEAUP is a university research center (R&D unit) that produces and disseminates scholarly work on African studies through peer-reviewed journals (Africana Studia, Sinergias, TJUSAS), book series, working papers, and e-books. It also delivers a Master's degree program in African Studies through FLUP and runs an events program of conferences, workshops, and seminars. The center is funded by Portugal's FCT and operates an integrated NGDO arm linking research with development cooperation.

Product overview

CEAUP operates as an academic research center offering a portfolio of scholarly publications including two peer-reviewed journals (Africana Studia and Sinergias), book series (Coleção Estudos Africanos and Coleção Experiências de África), working papers, and a master's degree program in African Studies. The center organizes regular conferences and seminars on African studies topics and maintains partnerships with international academic networks including AEGIS, ANGEL, and GENE. CEAUP functions as an R&D unit integrated within the University of Porto's Faculty of Letters.

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Brands

• Africana Studia: CEAUP's peer-reviewed academic journal focused on African studies, published semi-annually with ISSN 0874-2375.
• Sinergias
• The Journal of US-Africa Studies (TJUSAS)
• Working Papers

Products and services

• Africana Studia A peer-reviewed scientific journal dedicated to African studies, publishing research on African history, politics, culture, and societies. Published in partnership with the Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (AEGIS) and aimed at academic researchers and scholars worldwide.
• Sinergias - Diálogos Educativos para a Transformação Social An online journal focused on education for development, promoting dialogue on democracy, social transformation, and global education issues, published in partnership with European networks ANGEL (Academic Network on Global Education & Learning) and GENE (Global Education Network Europe).
• The Journal of US-Africa Studies (TJUSAS) An academic journal published by CEAUP dedicated to US-Africa relations and comparative studies between the United States and African nations, aimed at researchers and policy analysts.
• Coleção Estudos Africanos A book collection publishing academic research on African studies, including topics such as education privatisation, colonial history, and regional development in sub-Saharan Africa. Sold via the CEAUP online shop.
• Coleção Experiências de África A book collection documenting firsthand experiences and historical accounts related to Africa, including travel writings and ethnographic studies. Sold via the CEAUP online shop.
• Working Papers CEAUP's working paper series publishing ongoing research findings on African studies topics, including migration, heritage, and political developments. Available through the CEAUP online shop.
• Mestrado em Estudos Africanos A master's degree program in African Studies offered through the Faculty of Letters at the University of Porto (FLUP), providing graduate-level education on African history, cultures, and contemporary issues, including thesis supervision.
• CEAUP Conferences and Seminars Regular conference and seminar series covering topics such as Sahelian geopolitics, African education systems, Western Sahara heritage, and Horn of Africa politics, delivered in person at FLUP and online via Zoom with tiered registration fees.

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Universidade de TifariticoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 October 2018Formal protocol of cooperation signed between CEAUP and the University of Tifariti (Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic/Western Sahara). The partnership has resulted in joint publications including 'Imperialism in Western Sahara — an Atlas' and cooperation on Western Sahara heritage research.
• Délegation Générale des Archives Nationales de MauritaniemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation protocol for joint research on Mauritanian heritage, history, and archival studies. Part of CEAUP's interdisciplinary perspectives on Mauritania's past project.
• Institut Mauritanien de Recherche et de Formation en Matière de Patrimoine et de CulturemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for research and training in Mauritanian cultural heritage and preservation. Joint efforts include archaeological and historical research projects.
• Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de NouakchottcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCooperation protocol formalizing ongoing collaboration with the Faculty of Letters of the University of Nouakchott, Mauritania. Results include co-organization of methodological debates on archaeology and history of West Africa.
• Hargeisa Cultural Center, SomalilandmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-organization of the International Conference on Regional Studies focusing on the Horn of Africa and Red Sea region. Partnership aims to establish research networks and publish special issues in Africana Studia journal.
• Groupe de Recherche Universitaire sur les Mutations en Afrique (GRUMAC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint organization of international colloquium on the Cameroon War (1956-1971), bringing together researchers from Cameroon, Portugal, France, Canada and other countries.
• Instituto de Arqueologia da Academia das Ciências da RússiamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint organization of methodological debates on archaeology and history, particularly focused on West Africa and Mauritania.
• Université d'AngersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration in organizing interdisciplinary perspectives on Mauritania's past, combining archaeology and contemporary history.
• ANGEL - Academic Network on Global Education & LearningminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network collaboration on global education and development education research through the Sinergias journal.
• GENE - Global Education Network EuropeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean network partnership for development education collaboration and joint events.
• University of Tifariti / CEAUP (Joint Editorial)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint editorial responsibility for publications on Western Sahara, including the 'Imperialism in Western Sahara — an Atlas' (ISBN 978-989-8156-39-6).

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Centre for African Studies, University of Birmingham: UK university research center focused on African politics, society, and development. Comparable academic-research-center profile but with substantially larger scale, English-language reach, and external grant capture.
• Nordic Africa Institute: Swedish inter-governmental center for African studies providing research, publishing, and policy engagement. Comparable mission (research + publication + policy dialogue on Africa), with similar NGO/research hybrid structure but larger Nordic funding base.
• African Studies Centre Leiden: Dutch inter-university research center on Africa with a large publication program and global networks. Comparable as a multi-disciplinary African studies research and publishing institution, but with much larger staff and funding base.
• SOAS University of London - Centre of African Studies: One of the world's largest and most established African studies centers. Comparable in thematic focus (African politics, history, development) but operates at significantly greater scale, with broader global brand recognition and funding diversification.
• Centre of African Studies - University of Edinburgh: Long-standing UK university-based African studies center offering postgraduate teaching and research output comparable in theme to CEAUP, with broader institutional backing and English-language reach.

Direct peers

• CEsA - Centro de Estudos sobre África e do Desenvolvimento (ISEG, Universidade de Lisboa): Portuguese academic research center also dedicated to African studies and development, located at ISEG/Universidade de Lisboa. Directly comparable as a fellow Portuguese African studies R&D unit funded by FCT and competing for the same national evaluation pool.
• Zentrum für Afrikastudien Basel: University of Basel's interdisciplinary African studies center, comparable in size and academic-research-center model to CEAUP, offering postgraduate training and publishing on African themes.
• Centre d'Études des Mondes Africains (CEMAf): French CNRS-affiliated research unit on African studies based in Paris. Comparable as a publicly-funded academic research center producing publications and convening researchers on African themes, with broader francophone African network.

Emerging players

• Instituto de Estudos sobre África e América Latina (IEAAL): Brazilian-Portuguese academic network focused on African and Latin American studies. Comparable as a Lusophone academic-community bridging African studies research, though more network-oriented and less institutionally embedded than CEAUP.

Regional players

• Observatório da África e da Diáspora (OBADIA / OBSERVARE): Portuguese observatory on Africa and the African diaspora based at Universidade do Algarve. Comparable as a Portugal-based Africa-focused research and policy engagement unit, but with a more regional/southern-Portugal orientation.

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