The Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), of the University of Ghana, in collaboration with the Bureau d'Analyses Macro Economiques (BAME) is pleased to announce a call for research proposals for the West and Central Africa hub of the FutureWORKS Collective. The FutureWORKS Collective (FWC), an initiative funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is a five-year interdisciplinary Southern-led research initiative devoted to the future of work in the Global South. It adopts a regional lens, with five different institutions serving as hubs for projects that will investigate the ongoing transformations in the world of work at multiple scales in their regions. The institutions which form part of this collective are based in the following regions – Latin America, South & East Africa, West & Central Africa, Middle East & North Africa, and Asia. The west and Central African program is themed The FutureWORKS Research Initiative. The program is poised to advance regionally specific evidence on the future of work, an essential goal, especially for supporting context-relevant policy recommendations. 

In this call, the hub invites research centres from West and Central Africa to submit proposals for Small/Pilot Research Projects, Medium Research Projects, and Large/Greenfield research projects.