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Working Title – Public Policy in Africa:  An Overview of Key Thematic Issues and Concepts Background African universities aspire to world class status with cutting edge content, technology, methods and practices defining and redefining trends in knowledge creation and linkages to national priorities as well as overall sustainable development.  PASGR’s experience with 12 African universities […]

The Steering Committee of the collaborative Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) shall convene in Arusha on 21st March 2016 for their eighth meeting.  The one-day meeting will focus on cumulative achievements of the programme since its launch and how to sustain gains made so far. Members will also deliberate on the way forward […]

Collaborative learning came to life at the University of Sierra Leone as students joined staff at a professional development workshop of the Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP).  The meeting, held on March 1-4, was opened in a colourful ceremony by Prof. Ekundayo Thompson, the Vice Chancellor.  He was accompanied by a host of […]

Over fifty participants from government bodies, international and regional organisations, civil society, media, the private sector, as well as universities and think tanks around the globe attended a two-day forum on Building Capacity for African Data.  The meeting was hosted by PASGR with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. As laid out in the concept […]

The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS), in collaboration with Uganda Martyrs University (UMU) invites applications for scholarships for various programmes, including the Master of Research and Public Policy. The application deadline is 27 May 2016. Download the call for applications for more details on the scholarships and how to apply. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Uganda Martyrs […]

The first 2016 professional development course in Advanced Research Design for Policy Oriented Research is scheduled for March 30 to April 9 in Nairobi. Thirty eight academics, researchers and policy actors from thirteen African countries are enrolled in the course, which consists of three core modules: Multi-Method Research, Critical Policy Engagement and Designing Social Inquiry. […]

PASGR staff members and selected university and institutional partners attended a gender sensitization workshop in Nairobi on March 16-17.  Associate Professor Josephine Ahikire, Dean of the School of Women and Gender Studies at Makerere University in Uganda, facilitated the meeting. Prof Ahikire’s expert leadership made it possible for the participants to share their own experiences […]

Nairobi, 1 Apr. 2016: The African Institute for Development Policy (AFIDEP) and PASGR  discussed potential areas of collaboration between the two pan-African organisations. AFIDEP’s Executive Director Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu and Rose Oronje, Director for Science Communications and Evidence Uptake met with PASGR’s Tade Aina (Executive Director) and Nicholas Awortwi (Director, Research).  Several similarities and areas […]

Discussions between the University of Nairobi (UoN) and the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) regarding UoN’s participation in the Master of Research and Public Policy programme (MRPP) are at an advanced stage. This was revealed yesterday at a meeting between PASGR and members of faculty from the University’s Department of Political Science […]

The Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), the African Research and Resource Forum (ARRF) and PASGR co-hosted a 3-day methodology workshop in Nairobi on October 14-16, 2015.  It marked the launch of a new programme on African Diaspora Support to African Universities and the selection of the first batch of […]