Welcome
Mission Statement
Board Members
Research Associates
Research Areas of Interest
Projects Of Interest
Research Areas Of Interest
Economy & The Environment
History
Politics & Governance
Law & Human Rights
Society
Culture
Relation Of Religion To State
External relations
Science and technology
Information
Education
Health
Peace and post-conflict
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Mission Statement
SIRP is an independent, non-partisan, non-profit research organization dedicated
to the promotion of knowledge about The Sudan. SIRP seeks to provide a platform
for scholars (especially Sudanese) concerned with the provision of accurate,
well-researched, independent materials to contribute to the development of The
Sudan and the Sudanese peoples in a broad sense. SIRP has no sect or political
party affiliations, and aims to accommodate different intellectual perspectives
through dialogue and collaboration with other individuals and organizations with
similar concerns and purposes.
SIRP's vision is to create a large and expanding reservoir of factual,
multi-sided knowledge about The Sudan, its peoples, places, and future as a
country based on the specific historical and cultural experiences and
aspirations of ALL of its peoples. This vision is firmly grounded in the belief
in a
democratic, non-theocratic, culturally and economically inclusive Sudan.
SIRP hopes to be a credible voice of independent research, policy analysis and
thinking on The Sudan. Through its body of work, SIRP serves as a source of
constructive dialogue and a catalyst for positive change in a new Sudan, and
offers a diverse Sudanese voice in public discourse in North America on current
issues concerning The Sudan.
Board Members
Abdel Salam Sidahmed, University of Windsor, Canada
Al Wathig Kameir, Independent Consultant, Tunisia
Benaiah Yongo-Bure, Kettering University, USA
Eiman Zein-Elabdin, Franklin & Marshall College, USA
Michael Kevane, Santa Clara University, USA
Munzoul Assal, University of Khartoum, Sudan
Rogaia M. Abusharaf, University of Qatar
Salah Hassan, Cornell University, USA
Research Associates
Abraham Matoc Dhal, PhD, University of Juba, Al Kadaro, Sudan
Adil Zeinelabdin, Independent Researcher, Houston -
Texas, USA
Dr.
Ahmed El Sayem, M.D. University of Texas, Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston - Texas, USA
Al Moiz Abunoura, Independent Researcher,New Jersy, USA
Al Wathig Kameir, PhD, Independent Consultant, Tunis,
Tunisia
Asma Abdel Halim, PhD, University of Toledo, Toledo -
Ohio, USA
Bakhita Amin, Sudan University for Girls (SUC),
Khartoum, Sudan
Benaiah Yongo-Bure, PhD, Kettering University, Flint -
Michigan, USA
Eiman Zein-Elabdin, PhD, Franklin & Marshall College,
Lancaster - Pennsylvania, USA
Laura Beny, PhD, University of Michigan Law School, An
Arbor - Michigan, USA
M. Al Salih, MT (ASCP), PhD, DNA Reference Lab
Michael Kevane, PhD, Santa Clara University, Santa
Clara - California, USA
Munzoul Assal, PhD, University of Khartoum, Khartoum,
Sudan
Dr.
Nada A. Fadul, M.D. University of Texas, Anderson
Cancer Center, Houston - Texas, USA
Rogaia M. Abusharaf, PhD, University of Qatar,
Salah Hassan, PhD, Cornell University, Ithaca - New
York, USA
Samia El Badry, PhD, International Demographic and
Economic Associates (IDEA), Austin - Texas, USA
Shahira Ahmad, Harvard University, Cambridge -
Massachusetts, USA
Suad Ibrahim Eisa, Al Ahfad University, Khartoum,Sudan
Amal Fadlalla, University of Michigan, USA
Mohammed Akoud, Tuft University School of Medicine, USA
Shahinaz BAdri, Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Research Areas Of Interest
o Economy and the environment
o History
o Politics and governance
o Law and human rights
o Society (gender and ethnic relations, youth, displacement,
inter-regional relations)
o Culture (national identity, language, arts, architecture)
o The relation of religion to the state
o External relations (Africa, Asia, EU, the Americas,
Sudanese Diaspora)
o Science and technology (including information &
Education
o Health (communicable diseases, reproductive health)
o Peace and post-conflict
The details provided for some of the listed categories
are not meant to be comprehensive and are open to
addition based on dialogue and expanded vision and
interest. Although these overlapping categories are
broadly outlined for the Sudan as a whole, we
encourage contributions with a specific regional focus
such as South Sudan or Darfur and any other
geographical areas.
Projects Of Interest
SIRP invites and hopes to inspire Sudanese and
non-Sudanese scholars, artists and others with
interest in the Sudan to engage with and contribute to one or more of the type of activities enumerated
below. These are simply suggested as beginning
examples and are open to refinement and addition by interested collaborators.
(1) Carrying out research and analysis in different
areas of Sudanese history, economy, society, culture,
and the Sudan's place in the world. Research projects
and interest include but are not limited to the
following related subjects:
a. The problem of the state and
nationhood, with
all that this entails, including cultural and
geographical diversity, citizenship, ethnic
domination, sources of the law, identity and
belonging.
b. Post-conflict rehabilitation and
&peace
cultivation.
c. Economic structures and relations,
oil as an
instrument of economic and social well-being, equity
and progress.
d. Rewriting Sudan's history from a
postcolonial,
post-hegemonic standpoint, drawing on all available
materials, including unconventional and marginalized sources and perspectives, for example oral histories
of regions, cities, and social movements.
(2) Documentation and mapping out of the Sudanese
inventory of knowledge and intellectual contributions
(both academic and
non-academic); an archival endeavor
to build "A Sudan Library."
(3) Compilation of a database of social activity carried
out by Sudanese civil society organizations:
a. Institutions of education and
learning
b. NGOs working in different fields -
humanitarian relief, women and gender relations, environmental concerns, health care
c. Art (broadly defined), artists and
art groups
d. Political parties, trade unions, and
similar
organizations
(4) Cooperation with educational and
research
institutions in the Sudan on projects of common
interest that help further the work and purposes of these institutions.
SIRP is committed to working with academic and
non-academic institutions and organizations of civil
society in the Sudan to carry out its vision. Therefore, we welcome initiatives in this respect.
Cooperation with such partner organizations is
integral to our work.
Current Partner Organizations include:
o University of Khartoum
o University of Juba, Al Kadaro
o Al Ahfad University, Khartoum
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