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About us

The Center for Economic, Legal and Social Studies (CEDEJ Khartoum) carries out collaborative, multidisciplinary research programs on contemporary Sudan. Institutions, researchers and graduate students—both Sudanese and international—contribute to the scholarly activities coordinated by CEDEJ Khartoum. For decades, CEDEJ Khartoum benefited from its privileged access to the field to undertake a whole series of research programs. Since the outbreak of the war in April 2023, CEDEJ Khartoum relocated its activities in Cairo.

The center is part of the broader Mixed Unit of French Research Institutes abroad (a network of 27 research institutes in the world), within CEDEJ in Cairo (USR 3123), having two institutional affiliations: the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.

CEDEJ Khartoum has established long-term formal partnerships with universities and research institutes in Sudan and in France. Its main partner in Sudan since the mid-1990s has been the renowned Faculty of Economic and Social Studies at the University of Khartoum. Its partners in France are the research institute Les Afriques dans le Monde at Sciences Po Bordeaux, the research institute LAVUE at the University Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis. Since its relocation in Cairo in December 2023, CEDEJ Khartoum also initiated collaborations with the American University in Cairo, SOAS, the British Institute in Eastern Africa, and the University of Padoa.

Until the war that started in April 2023, we were situated in Khartoum 2. We are now temporarily relocated to Cairo, 23 Gamal Al Din Abou Al Mahasen, Qasr El Nil, and open Sunday to Thursday, from 9:30 am.