The Zanzibar Indian Ocean Research Institute (ZIORI) is a research-oriented independent institution. It will endeavour to encourage, facilitate, and co-ordinate research on all aspects of the Indian Ocean by local as well as foreign scholars, with particular emphasis on the social sciences of Zanzibar, the Swahili coast, and the Indian Ocean.

It will encourage inter-disciplinary research, especially to take advantage of the facilities of the Institute of Marine Sciences in Zanzibar. In particular it seeks to develop the research capacity among young scholars in Zanzibar and the Indian Ocean region in general. It will organise training on research methodology for young scholars, and to offer advice to help them develop their research capacity. It will try to involve them in research projects to get first-hand experience.

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ZIORI will work in close coordination with the existing governmental and non-governmental institutions, including the State University of Zanzibar, the Zanzibar University, and the University College of Education - Zanzibar, and other tertiary institutions in the Indian Ocean region. Read more >>