ARUA-The Guild Clusters of Research Excellence (CoRE)
The Africa-Europe Clusters of Research Excellence (CoRE) are created by the African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities. The CoREs were launched in 2023 to address societal and scientific challenges framed by the AU-EU Innovation Agenda.
Uppsala University’s Forum for Africa Studies provides support to three out of the 20 clusters.
The CoREs seek to bring together some of the best researchers from both continents, striving for equitable partnerships in an unequal world. Their launching was enabled by resources committed by our institutions to address UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through excellent research, education, capacity building, mobility and innovation. Twenty CoREs were proposed by academics and selected according to the excellence of their 10-year collaborative plans, which contribute to the four priority areas of the EU-AU Innovation Agenda: Public Health, Green Transition, Innovation & Technology, and Capacities for Science.