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 […]
Are you eager to undertake research in Africa and to collaborate with EPFL? The Junior Faculty Development program of the Excellence in Africa initiative, jointly launched by Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco and EPFL, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne in Switzerland have launched the Excellence in Africa initiative with the aim of supporting the training […]
Registration Following the successful organization of the first IPPA Summer school on public policy in the African continent (Yaounde 2019), IPPA is pleased to introduce the second edition, this time in Nairobi, Kenya. The International Summer School on Public Policy – Nairobi Edition 2020 will be organized in partnership with the University of Nairobi and the […]
Professional Development and Training (PDT), popularly known as the PASGR Institute, is one of the anchor programmes of the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR). Previously known as thePolicy Outreach Training (POT) Programme, the PDT Programme represents an innovative arrangement between PASGR and its partners to design and deliver high quality, experiential professional […]
DFID-World Bank-UNHCR “Building the Evidence on Protracted Forced Displacement: A Multi-Stakeholder Partnership” – YOUNG FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM – Up to 10 Fellowships, July 2020-June 2021 Deadline for applications: March 6th, 2020. Note: File updated on February 21st with the revised application link. To download the PDF version Background In 2016, the UK Department for International Development (DFID) […]
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 students. […]
Around the world energy prices, subsidies, and availability have very often become flashpoints for social mobilisation, protest, and demands for government response whether in the gilet jaune movement in France, and or in passionate protests in Zimbabwe. Focusing in Mozambique, Nigeria, and Pakistan, as well as more broadly, this seminar will report on emerging findings […]
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 […]
Newton International Fellowships are awarded by three of the UK’s national research academies – the Royal Society, the British Academy and the Academy of Medical Sciences. The Fellowships provide an opportunity for some of the most talented post-doctoral researchers working overseas to carry out world-class research in UK institutions across all disciplines of natural sciences […]
The training workshop was organized collaboratively by Moi University, Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) and the entire partnership for Pedagogical Leadership in Africa (PedaL). It was held in Eldoret, Kenya on November 11-15, 2019. Besides Moi University, the workshop trained over 150 participants from several Universities and University Colleges in Kenya.