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Keynote Speakers: Tade Akin Aina Executive Director, Partnership for African Social Governance and Research (PASGR), Nairobi, Kenya. Tatiana Carayannis Director, Conflict Prevention and Peace Forum, Understanding Violent Conflict, China-Africa Knowledge Project, Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Brooklyn, USA. Bhekinkosi Moyo Director, The Centre on African Philanthropy and Social Investment (CAPSI), Wits Business School, Johannesburg, South […]

The maiden edition of The Policy Forum programme held on Monday, the 28th of October, 2019; by 12 noon prompt at Four Points by Sheraton, Oniru Chieftaincy Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos. Of all the 5 growth drivers – strong institutions, human capital, entrepreneurship, culture, and public policy, public policy provides the framework for the development […]

This message reverberated among teaching staff of the University of Dar es Salaam as PedaL pitched camp at the University for six days in the new year; from 20-25 January 2020.  PedaL is a training programme that introduces intentional and integrated interventions in design, context, processes and content of teaching and learning aimed at maximizing learning outcomes among […]

Job title: National Research Coordinator Place of work: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Pay: Range between ETB 505,000 – 653,920 per year depending on experience Reports to: Director, Partner lead (tbc) / Accountability for Water – Programme Management Team Travel: Frequent periods of travel in Ethiopia with occasional regional and global travel Term: 2 years, extension subject to performance and funding Improved […]

Job title: National Research Coordinator Place of work: Morogoro, Tanzania Pay: Tsh 40,238,000 – 51,380,000  per annum commensurate with experience Reports to: Director, Shahidi wa Maji / Accountability for Water Programme Management Team Travel: Frequent periods of travel in Tanzania, including to remote field locations, with occasional regional and global travel Term: 2 years, extension subject to performance […]

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) has an obligation, as a transnational intellectual platform, to help Africa tell its own stories, generate its own knowledge and be free. Addressing the Second Biennial Conference of ARUA from 18-20 November in Nairobi, University of the Witwatersrand Vice-Chancellor Professor Adam Habib challenged the alliance, made up of over […]

The aim of the African Research Universities Alliance or ARUA to increase Africa’s contribution to global research output and its commitment to strengthening the continent’s research base are ‘fundamental’ to nurturing and supporting the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) in Africa. Professor Margaret Dallman, vice president (international) and associate provost at Imperial College London, told University World […]

Dr. Pauline Ngimwa, Professional Development and Training Manager and Head at PASGR interview during the Advanced Training for Multi-Method and Policy-Oriented Research held from September 4- 9, 2019 at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture( IITA) in Ibadan, Nigeria. Click to view full interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt9yApY0ZQg

Starting at the University of Nairobi   Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.) In Public Policy The Department of Political Science and Public Administration, The University of Nairobi, in collaboration with Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), invites applications for admission into the January 2020 intake for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Public Policy. […]

Long accused of being inflexible, African universities have, through a partnership-based research initiative focused on public policy, helped uncover a long-hidden truth: “Universities are not only open to innovative ideas and programmes but can also domesticate, own, finance and nurture them.” This is according to Beatrice Muganda, programme manager for the Partnership for African Social […]