Held in Cape Town, South Africa from 25-28 November 2024, the final confererence of the ADAPTED research project will give 15 early career researchers the opportunity to present the results of their research carried out since 2021 to improve our understanding of factors driving poverty reduction
ADAPTED is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network project coordinated by the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany and funded by the European Union under the Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
The aim of ADAPTED's research agenda is to gain a deeper understanding of the factors that drive poverty reduction, given that the progress towards fighting poverty is still not satisfactory, not least in sub-Saharan Africa. In this context, the research projects of the 15 ADAPTED early career researchers address three key areas:
- the validation of pathways towards poverty eradication
- interactions between poverty reduction and other policy areas
- ways to optimize the impact of poverty reduction policies
As a partnership of five European universities, seven African partner universities and prominent European development organizations and think tanks, ADAPTED addresses a significant gap in our understanding of the factors influencing poverty reduction by integrating different academic disciplines and incorporating the realities of countries in the global south into poverty reduction approaches, representing a significant departure from the conventional discourse on the factors influencing poverty reduction.
Results of the ADAPTED research activities, implemented between 2021 and 2024 will be discussed during the Final Conference held in November 2024 in Cape Town, South Africa.
On the occasion of the SDG Forum on 26 November 2026, we would like to share the results with researchers and practitioners working in related fields and offer the possibility of online participation.
Programme and registration
Details of the prorgramme and registration information are available on the ADAPTED website.
The event time refers to South Africa Standard Time (SAST).
