Research Projects
Applied social science research tackling Malawi's most pressing development challenges.
Since 1979, the CSR has produced over 500 research and consultancy reports focused on poverty and sustainable livelihoods, public health, democracy and governance, and gender, youth, and disability. It has built strong partnerships with government, NGOs, the private sector, development partners, and international research institutions, while generating extensive research data, more than 25 peer-reviewed journal articles, and book chapters.
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF HOME --GROWN SCHOOL FEEDING PROCUREMENT ON LOCAL AGRICULTURAL OUTCOMES IN MALAWI
The purpose of the project is to carry out a research components of the 'scaling homegrown school feeding programmes in earstern africa' project . a randomized...
RECOGNISING AND SUPPORTING INFORMAL HEALTH GRASSROOTS INTERVENTIONS (REIMAGINE
The main objective of this interventional study is to examine how CHWs phone related costs can help in the improvement of health care delivery to the rural comm...
MALAWI SOCIAL CASH TRANSFER (SCTP) LONGTUDINAL IMPACT EVALUATION, MIDLINE SURVEY
To see the effect of the social cash transfer program on beneficiaries and others in theirv communities. We get to learn more about the living conditions of poo...
MALAWI PRIMARY IMPACT QUALITY CARE ASSESSMENT
ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE IN MALAWI
[Contract value: 212,809.73euros]
Lifting barriers: Educated boys for gender equality
The aim of this study is to investigate factors that affect boys dis/engagement with education. Findings from this study will inform the development of a school...
KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION EXCHANGE
To investiage what makes boys engage or disengage in education. This investigtion is aimed at reducing gender inequality and harmful masculin gender norms by st...
SUMMATIVE EVALUATION OF THE PROJECT "BUILDING SAFE, INCLUSIVE AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES FOR WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN MALAWI"
It aimed to generate evidence regarding the overall results of the integrated activities and strategies implemented by UNICEF. As such it could provide a review...
POSITIVE MUSCULINITIES STUDY
Tthe study aims at exploring the role of masculinities and male engagement in tthe elimination of violence against women and girls sexula and gender-based viool...
BASELINE PREVALENCE OF LABOUR TRAFFICKING STUDY IN MALAWI (UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA)
SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR GENDER, EQUALITY AND RESILIENCE
Shocks Impacts in Malawi
The centre for social research at university of Malawi and the American Institute of Research (AIR) conducted a study to assess the impact of multiple shocks t...
Costs and benefits of family planning services in Malawi (GUTTMACHER)
CSR collaborated with Guttmacher on this project which was designed to use most recent data to develop estimates of the costs and benefits of increasing family...
MACOHA CBID and COVID Impact
The research study was to determine the impact of MACOHA's Community-Based Inclusive Development (CBID) programming and COVID-19 in Salima District on household...
COVID-19 VACCINES IMMUNIZATION AND MNCAH SERVICES
This study intented to understand the challenges and oppertunites to increase the uptake of COVID 19 vaccines within the country, as well as the MNCAH services...
SUSTAINABLE PLASTIC ATTITUDES TO BENEFIT COMMUNITIES AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT (SPACES)
TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF PLASTIC POLLUTION IN MALAWI [Contract value: 101,625 EURO]
cholera outbreak community rapid assessment in Malawi
CSR carried out Cholera Rapid Assessment (CRA) project to assess and recommend suitable measures to improve awareness and response to the cholera outbreak in th...
Child and youth Friendly Communities Iniative study
UNICEF in partnership with other Stakeholders implemented this five year Youth and Child Friendly Communities Initiative (CYFCI) project in chikwawa and Nsanje...
MACOHA CBID AND COVID Impact
The centre for social research (CSR) of the University of Malawi at Chancellor College in Zomba, in collaboration with MACOHA and the International Centre for d...
Knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) study on Polio
The aim of the study was to assess the current knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, practices, and perceptions about Polio (Poliomyelitis) in Malawi and to recommen...
Longitudinal Evaluation of Malawi Social Cash Transfer (UNC)
The overall purpose of the study is 1)provide both government and donors (vertical accountability) and beneficiaries (horizontal accountability) with solid evid...
Longitudinal evaluation of Malawi Social cash transfer(UNC)
UNICEF and government of Malawi, in collaboration with development partners, commissioned aa longitudinal impact evaluation of the social cash transfer programm...
Afrobalometer Round 9
A pan-African, non-partisan, non-profit research network that measures citizen attitudes on democracy and governance, the economy, civil society, and other topi...
ACTION TO EMPOWER ADOLESCENT MOTHERS IN MALAWI TO EMPROVE THIER SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
The gender transformative research aimed to generate evidence that provide insights on how policy makers and program implementers can support pregnant and paren...