Call for Concept Notes - Future Horn, Future Sudans: Multiple and Competing Centres Tender

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Country: United Kingdom

Summary: Call for Concept Notes - Future Horn, Future Sudans: Multiple and Competing Centres

Deadline: 25 Sep 2025

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Notice Type: Tender

TOT Ref.No.: 126127184

Document Ref. No.: C2-G053

Financier: Self Financed

Purchaser Ownership: Public

Tender Value: GBP 120000

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Tender Details

This xRF call for proposals will support the development of three to five research projects that explore the rise of multiple and competing centres in the Horn of Africa and beyond, and the implications for the future of the states in the region, and the nature of the state itself.



Research under this call is expected to deepen the body of xCEPT-supported work on contested borderlands in Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia and Somalia and the wider Horn, including Horn-Red Sea dynamics. Comparative case examples from the conflict-affected areas of the Middle East and Asia, which help deepen insight on broader dynamics outlined here also are welcome.



Applicants are invited to propose research that explores the following primary question and related sub-questions:



How does the emergence of multiple centres in the Horn of Africa and Red Sea region reshape conflict dynamics?



Sub-themes and questions include:



1. Emergence and evolution: What drives the emergence of these centres? What dynamics drive their growth and under what conditions do they decline or disappear?



2. Economic drivers: How do shifting commodity chains, digital finance systems, diaspora revenue flows and other economic forces contribute to the rise or fall of these centres?



3. Maritime and security dimensions: What roles do maritime trade, port-centric investment, and regional security deployments (especially in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden) play in shaping...
Location Of Contract : London
Industry : Research services - 73110000
Value Of Contract : £120, 000
Published Date : 11 September 2025
Closing Date : 25 September 2025

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