African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) and The Guild of European Research-Intensive Universities launched twenty Africa – Europe Clusters of Research Excellence (CoRE) in the Summer of 2023 to address societal and scientific challenges framed by the AU-EU Innovation Agenda.​

CoREs are a new form of collaboration between some of the best researchers from both continents, striving for equitable partnerships in an unequal world. Their launch has been enabled by resources committed by our institutions to address UN Sustainable Development Goals through excellent research, education, capacity building, mobility and innovation. CoREs were proposed by academics and selected according to the excellence of their 10-year collaborative plans which contribute to the four priority areas of the EU-AU Innovation Agenda.

Whilst the CoRE initiative is led by ARUA and The Guild, participation is open to organisations beyond our networks, bringing together partners from 120 institutions across 42 countries.

Hohenheim is a core partner under the Sustainable Food Systems theme under the lead of Prof. Dr. Christine Wieck.