The mission of the Social Research Center is to conduct and encourage multidisciplinary social science research in Egypt and the Arab region. The center is engaged in a variety of research projects at both the national and regional levels, and has a distinct reputation for carrying out high-quality field studies and in-depth analytical research. It has also excelled in the area of building social research capacities for students, scholars and organizations engaged in social science research in the region.
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AUC Kicks-Off AL-SEHA Survey Event
On January 14-18, 2025, The American University in Cairo held the kick-off event for the AL-SEHA survey. This survey is the core of the AL-SEHA initiative. The initiative is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) for five years. It aims to contribute to global knowledge on the aging population by establishing an Egyptian health and retirement study modeled after the US Health and Retirement Surveys (HRS) and its sister survey, the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).
Contribution to Knowledge
A Longitudinal Study of Egypt Healthy Aging Initiative AL-SEHA
Al-SEHA is an Egyptian initiative aiming at contributing to the global knowledge on the aging population by establishing an Egyptian health and retirement study modeled after the US Health and Retirement Surveys (HRS) and its sister Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).
Equity and Social Determinants of Health in Health Information Systems
Supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
The project moves the current narrow framing of Health Information System (HIS) into a broader framing that captures the Social Determinants of Health (SDH) as the root cause of inequity in health status.
Accelerating Progress on the Transformative Results of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Starting in 2021, this multiphase project seeks to promote an equitable social policy approach in supporting the achievement of the UNFPA's three transformative results: Zero unmet needs for family planning and preventable maternal mortality, and ending gender-based violence and all harmful practices in the Arab region.
Social Determinants of Health Equity Framework (SDHE)
SDHE moves the discussion from the mere social determinants of health to the social determinants of health equity. It embraces an equity lens through understanding the structural and intervening forces shaping and addressing social stratification in society and the resultant differentiated access to opportunities, information and services.
Health Equity and Sustainable Development Goals in the Arab Region
A publicly accessible and interactive space that brings together a wide network of researchers, actors and stakeholders pursuing and supporting the Arab region to achieve equity in health and wellbeing, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Bartlett Linkage Initiative
The Bartlett Linkage Initiative was initiated to create an inclusive policy platform where gender policies can be explained, discussed, and debated on a wide scale within different media. The aim of the Initiative is to engage in a dialogue with diverse stakeholders within and outside of the university on how sustainable, intersectional, and adaptive platforms can be achieved.
Data Sets
The SRC has made the data files of its surveys available for use (for legitimate academic research) at no cost with the condition that the SRC receives an abstract or a detailed description of any project for which this data will be used.
Resources Sites
Relevant topical, links and information developed alongside specific project implementation in the past (not regularly updated):
- Fertility Plateau in Egypt, Jordan and Syria (Phase 1 and 2)
- Economic Participation of Women in Egypt
- Globalization and Women in Egypt
- Macro-Economic Policies and Their Implications on Women in Egypt
- Engendering Economic Governance
- Skills Development in Egypt
- Child Labor in Egypt
- Partnership in Development
- Pathways of Women's Empowerment
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