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Which research areas should CoRE-Math prioritise over the coming years?Which strategically important research areas are currently weak or missing and could realistically be developed through new partnerships? How can CoRE-Math strengthen research collaboration across institutions, research groups, and regions?
Should CoRE-Math include mathematics education as part of its mandate? If so, in what way? Should CoRE-Math take responsibility for mathematical competitions? If so, what role should it play? How should future CoRE-Math schools be selected, planned, and organised? How can CoRE-Math better prepare postgraduate students for careers both within and outside academia?
What role should CoRE-Math play in strengthening mathematics departments and research environments?How can CoRE-Math support the development of future supervisors and research leaders?How should institutional development be reflected in CoRE-Math’s strategy and activities?
Which societal challenges should CoRE-Math prioritise?How can CoRE-Math use mathematics to contribute to sustainable development in Africa?How can CoRE-Math strengthen the connection between mathematical research and societal impact?What role should AI play within CoRE-Math?How can CoRE-Math build on existing strengths in industrial and applied mathematics at UKZN, Stellenbosch, Wits, and CoE-MASS?
What criteria should CoRE-Math use when assessing new members?What level of scientific contribution and institutional commitment should be expected from member institutions?Should CoRE-Math introduce associate membership?How should large externally funded projects be integrated into CoRE-Math activities and governance?What should be the long-term strategy for expanding CoRE-Math while maintaining scientific quality and active participation?
What should CoRE-Math’s role be in promoting gender and inclusion?How can CoRE-Math best strengthen and connect existing gender and inclusion initiatives across the network?Which activities should CoRE-Math prioritise over the next five years?
What should CoRE-Math’s role be in communication and dissemination?Which audiences should CoRE-Math prioritise (researchers, universities, funders, policy-makers, industry, students)?What are CoRE-Math’s key messages?How can communication best support CoRE-Math’s scientific, educational, and strategic objectives?Should webinars be organised centrally or by the research groups?
How can CoRE-Math ensure that funding opportunities support its strategic priorities rather than determine them?What balance should CoRE-Math strike between large strategic grants and smaller complementary funding opportunities?How can CoRE-Math best support member institutions, research groups, and individual researchers in securing external funding?
How should CoRE-Math balance central coordination and distributed leadership?How should responsibilities be shared between the Management Team, Steering Committee, working groups, and member institutions?How should CoRE-Math monitor progress towards its strategic objectives?How can the Annual Survey be used more effectively for planning and decision-making?
CoRE-Math: Strategic Questions
What choices do we need to make?
1. Research and Scientific Collaboration
2. Postgraduate Education
3. Institutional Development
4. Mathematics for Industry and Society
5. Partnerships and Network Development
6. Gender and Inclusion
7. Communication, Dissemination, and Visibility
8. Funding and Resource Mobilisation
9. Governance and Management
The Role of CoRE-Math
CoRE-Math is a platform for collaboration between mathematics departments, research groups, networks, and partner organisations in Africa and Europe. The cluster promotes research collaboration, postgraduate education, institutional development, and engagement with industry and society by connecting people, institutions, and initiatives across national and regional boundaries.
CoRE-Math strengthens existing partnerships, supports the development of new collaborations, identifies opportunities for joint activities, mobilises resources, and increases the visibility of successful initiatives. Through its network, the cluster facilitates research visits, fellowships, schools, workshops, conferences, funding applications, and other collaborative activities that strengthen and sustain the mathematical sciences in Africa.
By bringing together universities, departments, research groups, and external partners, CoRE-Math creates opportunities that individual institutions would often find difficult to achieve on their own. In this way, the cluster contributes to scientific excellence, stronger research environments, and increased impact of mathematical sciences in Africa and Europe.
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