IEJ works with labour movements, civil society organisations, academia, policymakers, and community leaders to co-create knowledge and influence change. These partnerships make our research more grounded, impactful, and aligned with the real needs of people and communities.
By acting as a research and policy hub, the IEJ builds links between the research community and the labour movement, progressive civil society and activist organisations, and elements within the state and business. Our research agenda is developed in an ongoing collaboration with these social partners, and the project outputs are made accessible and appropriate for policy work. In South Africa, such an organic relationship between an economics research institute and organisations with a mass constituency is unique.
Coalitions and networks
Local organisations and groups we regularly work with include
- #PayTheGrants
- 350Africa.org
- African Programme on Rethinking Development Economics
- Alternative Information Development Centre
- Black Sash
- Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
- Children's Institute
- Chris Hani Institute
- Congress of South African Trade Unions and affiliates
- Co-operative and Policy Alternative Centre
- Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
- Global Reformed Platforms for Engagement (GRAPE)
- How We Adapt
- Institute for African Alternatives
- Labour Constituency at National Economic Development and Labour Council
- National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU)
- National Labour and Economic Development Institute
- National Minimum Wage Research Initiative, University of the Witwatersrand
- Oxfam South Africa
- Rethinking Economics for Africa, various student chapters
- School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand
- SECTION27
- Socio-Economic Rights Initiative (SERI)
- South African Federation of Trade Unions and affiliates
- South African Research Chair in Industrial Development, University of Johannesburg
- Southern Centre for Inequality Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
- Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies
- UWC Department of Geography
- WWF South Africa
- Youth Lab
International organisations we work with include
- Akina Mama wa Africa (AMwA)
- Autonomy Institute, UK
- Center for Economic and Social Rights
- Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa
- Department of Economics at American University, DC
- FEMNET
- Gender and Development Network (GADN)
- Institute for African Studies, University of Ghana
- Institute for Public Policy Research
- International Development Economics Associates (IDEAs) Network
- International Labour Organization
- International Trade Union Confederation
- Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR)
- Nawi – Afrifem Macroeconomics Collective
- Rethinking Economics International
- Tax Justice Network Africa
- TrustAfrica
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development