Can you tell us about PASGR’s previous work in African cities, and the expertise PASGR brings to the consortium? PASGR has been researching urban governance and city transformation in Africa since 2015, through a project that looks at how the development of new and growing urban centres in Africa could be shaped, and issues of […]
The Partnership for African Social & Governance Research (PASGR) in collaboration with the African Platform for Social Protection (APSP), have the great pleasure of cordially inviting you for the Inclusive and Just Social Protection in Africa (IJSPA) conference. The hybrid conference will be held at The Tamarind Tree Hotel, Nairobi over two half-days: Thursday, August […]
Introduction The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) is an independent, non-partisan Pan-African not-for-profit organisation established in 2011 and located in Nairobi, Kenya. Currently engaged in more than 26 African countries, PASGR works to enhance research excellence in governance and public policy that contributes to the overall wellbeing of women and men. In […]
Introduction The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) is an independent, non-partisan Pan-African not-for-profit organisation established in 2011 and located in Nairobi, Kenya. Currently engaged in more than 26 African countries, PASGR works to enhance research excellence in governance and public policy that contributes to the overall wellbeing of women and men. In […]
Encouraging COVID-19 survivors to share their stories has been identified as one of the ways to tackle the disbelief and misinformation about COVID-19 in Lagos State. This was recommended in a research titled, “COVID-19 (Mis)information Sources and Low Adherence to Preventive and Vaccine-related Measures”. The research was conducted by Partnership for African Social and Governance […]
Two Kenya-based international higher education think tanks have joined forces to advance equitable access to quality higher education in the pandemic environment. The African Network for Internationalization of Education and the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) have partnered to form the Utafiti Sera House (Swahili for Research Policy House). The research community […]
This study of the cost of politics in Kenya analyses the expenditure of individuals who contested for political office at Senate, National Assembly and County Assembly level in Kenya in 2017. Drawing on data from a survey of 300 aspirants as well as focus group discussions and key informant interviews with prominent political participants and […]
The MIASA Publishing Workshop for African scholars, jointly organised by Africa Spectrum (published by the GIGA Institute for African Affairs) and the Contemporary Journal of African Studies (published by the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana), will take place virtually on 21 and 22 October 2021. The workshop will also benefit from […]
Youth unemployment remains a major challenge in Kenya, perpetuating the country’s socioeconomic problems such as poverty and hunger. Unchecked, the International Labour Organization fears that youth unemployment, currently estimated at 35 per cent of the population, will double by 2045. The problem of joblessness in Kenya has been fuelled by the global COVID-19 pandemic, whose […]