Rift Valley Institute

The Rift Valley Institute is an independent research and educational association, based in Kenya and the United Kingdom. It has been working in Eastern Africa, including Sudan and the Horn, since 2001.

Local knowledge, global information
The aim of the Institute is to connect local knowledge with global information networks, in the spirit of the [http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/47/a47r135.htm United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Minorities] and [http://www.unhchr.ch/udhr/lang/eng.htm Article 19] of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Action-oriented social research
Action-oriented research and the dissemination of information about Eastern Africa — within the region and beyond — are the Institute’s core activities, focussing on human rights, political economy, history and environmental conservation.

Training and support for education
The Institute works with educational institutions in Sudan and Kenya, supporting schools and running in-country training courses on Sudan for local and expatriate aid workers, diplomats, peace-keepers and researchers.

A knowledge network
The Institute maintains an expanding open-access digital library, [http://www.sudanarchive.net The Sudan Open Archive] , available online and on disk.

Fellows and Associates
The Fellows and Associates of the Institute are regional specialists from Africa, Europe and the Americas, distinguished in a range of scholarly and practical disciplines.

John Ryle (Chair)Bard College, New YorkPhilip Winter OBEAthi Plains, KenyaJok Madut Jok PhDLoyola Marymount University, Los AngelesSarah OlneyDept for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UKHamish TristramInstitute of Advanced Legal Studies, London UniversityAhmed Esa PhDInstitute for Practical Research, SomalilandDavid Keen DPhilLondon School of EconomicsDeborah Manzolillo Nightingale PhDEnvironmental Management Advisers, NairobiDereje Feyissa PhDMax Planck Institute for Social AnthropologyFiona O’ReillyDublinF.M. Mburu PhDM&A Consultants, NairobiFergus BoyleThe Shading Tree,Isle of CumbraeGavin OlneyCheltenham, UKGérard Prunier PhDAddis AbabaJemera RoneHuman Rights Watch AfricaJohn ReaderLondonJonathan KingdonOxford UniversityJustin Willis PhDBritish Institutein Eastern AfricaKwame Anthony Appiah PhDPrinceton UniversityLindsey HilsumChannel Four News, BeijingLucy HannanVoxcom, NairobiMalte Sommerlatte PhDNanyuki, KenyaMark BradburyKington, Herefordshire, UKMark Duffield PhDBristol UniversityMichael Chege PhDUniversity of FloridaPeter Fry PhDUniversidade FederalRio de JaneiroSir Robert FfolkesSave The Children Fund (UK)Suliman Baldo PhDInternational Center for Transitional JusticeTafari WossenSeven Day Update,Addis AbabaUshari Mahmud PhDSudan Arabic Institute KhartoumBen ParkerUN IRIN, Nairobi

External links

* [http://www.riftvalley.net The Rift Valley Institute]
* [http://www.sudanarchive.net The Sudan Open Archive]