Our Strategic Direction
The CSR strategic plan aims at building the capacity of the Centre and its staff to effectively fulfil its mandate in research, outreach and training activities. The plan sets forth CSR's research agenda and details the interventions that will transform the CSR into a Centre of Excellence in social sciences research, with the ability to better generate evidence for policy and programme development.
Strategic Objectives
Research Programme
Develop and implement a programme of research in the social sciences aimed at deepening understanding of major development issues in Malawi.
Outreach & Dissemination
Strengthen CSR's outreach and dissemination programme, with a view to maximising the impact of the Centre's research on development, stimulating public policy dialogue and supporting the research process.
Training Programme
Develop a programme of short-term training courses aimed at meeting development practitioners' needs for training in research-related skills, and improve research-teaching linkages.
Institutional Capacity
Build CSR's long-term institutional capacity to deliver high quality programmes of research, outreach and training.
Read the Full Strategic Plan
Download the complete document outlining CSR's research agenda, priorities and implementation framework.