Social Capital and Socioeconomic Development in sub-Saharan Africa
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Political Science
Abstract
My doctoral thesis explores the interplay between social capital and long-term socioeconomic development in sub-Saharan Africa. I am specifically interested in the way that historical kinship systems, systems of pre-colonial class stratification, and legacies of educational inequality may be sticky over time, thus perpetuating differential access to social capital for certain individuals or groups. To implement this project, I plan on employing quantitative research methodology, and working with survey, ethnographic, and archival data. My aim is to highlight wider cross-country trends, but also focus on one country cases, to increase causal leverage in my research.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Adam Harris (Primary Supervisor) | |
Ioanna Gkoutna (Student) |
Studentship Projects
Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Student Name |
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ES/P000592/1 | 01/10/2017 | 30/09/2027 | |||
2698497 | Studentship | ES/P000592/1 | 01/10/2022 | 30/09/2025 | Ioanna Gkoutna |