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.
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...
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...
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...
Assessing categorical targeting pilot for the social cash transfer programme (youth)
The Malawi social cash transfer was initiated in 2006 by providing small cash grants to ultra-poor households without any able-bodied adult household member. Th...
Impact study of MACOHA CBID and COVID-19 on children with disability and their families in Salima district (Toronto)
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...
Monitoring and Evaluation to assess and use results (MEASURE) Evaluation phase IV Project (Malawi SEED)
SEED aims to provide increased public Community Day Secondary School (CDSS) access through the design and construction oversight of few CDSS in targeted rural M...
Knowledge, Attitude and Practices (KAP) study during the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in Malawi
UNICEF in partnership with WHO and Ministry of Health Commissioned a this study to understand the current knowledge, attitude, practice, drivers, bottlenecks an...
Rapid Assistive Technology Assessment
To contribute towards the improvement of the social and economic welfare of the persons with disabilities by providing data which can inform programming and the...
The Sunrise Malawi study
The primary aim of the SUNRISE international study is to determine the proportion of pre-school-aged children sampled in participating countries who meet the Wo...
United Nation Volunteers (UNV)
Pregnant and Parenting adolescent project
This study aimed to generate evidence to support advocacy and policies to support pregnant and parenting adolescents.
Challenging the politics of social exclusion project
The Center of Social Research in agreement with the African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC) conducted a mixed-methods cross-sectional survey in...
Real time evaluation of UNICEF's response to the COVID-19 outbreak crisis in Malawi
To inform the UNICEF management and support decisions in adjudsting thje Country Office COVID-19 response.
Socio-Economic impact on covid -19 outbreak in Malawi
To examine comprehensively examine key drivers of the COVID-19 outbreak and its economic and social effects and implications of the oubreak on the SDGs and thei...
THE PESTICIDES STUDY MALAWI PROJECT
To help build capacities in pesticide regulation in Malawi
Pesticides study Malawi project
The overall aim was to help build capacities in pesticides regulation in Malawi. The purpose is not to prove or disprove the case against glyphosate, but to hel...
Changing food systems in Kenya and Malawi and the challenge of tackling antimicrobial resistance
The study aimed at exploring the changing urban dietary cultures, agricultural transitions and the challenges of tackling antimicrobial resistance in Kenya and...
A Qualitative Field Test of the Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index (R-Mpi) in Malawi
The study was about testing the Rural Multidimensional Poverty Index (R-MPI) using qualitative methods from eight randomly selected livelihoods zones in Malawi