The following are the research projects designed, funded, and conducted at AMRC or with participation of AMRC-based researchers under the umbrella of the Cluster.
| Project Title | Project Director(s) | Research Section | Duration |
| East African Asian Writing | Peter T. Simatei | Mobilities | 18 months |
| Changing Life Projects: African Identities, Moralities and Wellbeing | Eunice Kamaara | Moralities | 12 months |
| Framing Identities from Human Agency Mobility on the Kenya-Uganda Highway | Omar Egesah † | Mobilities | 18 months |
| Regional Integration in Africa: The Case of East African Community | Kenneth K. Oluoch † | Affiliations | 24 months |
| Mediated and Mediatization of Islamic Knowledge | Hassan J. Ndzovu | Learning | 12 months |
| Indigenous Intelligence and Livelihoods | Mosol Kandagor | Knowledges | First-year funding |
| Pots, Fire and Gourds: A (Re)presentation of Cultural Knowledge Systems | Justine Sikuku | Knowledges | First-year funding |
| Ethics and Legitimacies in Modification of Moving Material Cultures in North Rift, Kenya | Joram Kareith | Mobilities | First-year funding |
| Beyond the Digital Return: “New Heritage(s)”, Sustainability, and the Decolonisation of Music Archives | Markus Coester Tom Mboya Lee Watkins |
Arts & Aesthetics | 48 months |
| Islamic Popular Culture and Public Performance Practices | Hassan J. Ndzovu | Learning | 48 months |