Forum for Social Studies

The Forum for Social Studies (FSS) is a publishing company based in Ethiopia. It operates as an independent research and publishing forum that produces and distributes social science scholarship, including books, monographs, working papers and policy-oriented studies. Its catalogue focuses on Ethiopian and wider African social, economic and political development, serving researchers, universities, policymakers and civil society readers. As a publisher, FSS commissions, edits and issues titles in print, and it also functions as a discussion platform where academics and practitioners present and debate research findings. Its output is closely tied to the Ethiopian higher-education and policy community, and its publications are used as reference material in universities and research institutes. The organisation is headquartered in Addis Ababa and maintains an online presence at fssethiopia.org, where its catalogue and institutional information are published. It is not a listed company and operates as a non-profit-oriented scholarly publisher rather than a commercial trade house.

The Forum for Social Studies is documented as a publishing company based in Ethiopia. It emerged within Ethiopia's scholarly and civil-society landscape as a forum that combines research discussion with book and report publishing. Its work centres on commissioning and disseminating social science research on Ethiopian development, governance, economy and society. Over time the organisation has built a catalogue of titles used by universities, research institutes and policy actors in Ethiopia. It maintains an institutional website, fssethiopia.org, through which its publications and activities are communicated. Detailed founding dates, founders and ownership structures are not established in the available evidence and are therefore not asserted here.

Independent Ethiopian scholarly publisher and research forum focused on social science and development policy.

• Social science books and monographs

  Scholarly titles on Ethiopian and African social, economic and political development.

• Working papers and policy studies

  Research and policy-oriented publications aimed at academics and policymakers.

1. 1Forum for Social Studies — Wikidatawikidata.org
2. 2Forum for Social Studies official websitefssethiopia.org