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DARU Researchers

Director: Prof Robert Mattes

Project leaders

Liz Welsh, Project Manager, African Legislatures Project
Dr Per Strand, Project Manager, AIDS and Democratic Governance Project
Dr Cherrel Africa, Project Manager, South Africa Open Society Index Project

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DARU in brief

The Democracy in Africa Research Unit strengthens empirical social science research capacity in Africa by supporting and conducting systematic research on key factors that shape the survival and quality of democracy in South Africa and the rest of the continent. DARU's activities are focused in four broad research areas: public opinion, voting and elections, political Institutions, and the political Consequences of HIV/AIDS. We have strong links with a series of African and international research projects working in these areas and are a member of the International Network of Democracy Research Institutes. The Director of DARU is Prof Robert Mattes.

Links

African Legislatures Project

Global Barometer Surveys

Recent DARU Publications

Robert Mattes and Dangalira Mughogho: The limited impacts of formal education on democratic citizenship in Africa (Working paper)

Per Strand, Mary Kinney and Robert Mattes: Politics and policy outcomes on children affected by HIV/AIDS in Africa (Journal article)

Robert Mattes: South Africans’ participation in local politics and government. (Journal article)

Robert Mattes: The material and political bases of lived poverty in Africa: Insights from the Afrobarometer (Working paper)

Carlos Shenga and Robert Mattes: “Uncritical citizenship” in a “low-information” society: Mozambicans in Comparative perspective (Working paper)