Communiqué from the high-level convening on early-career researcher development in the post-PhD phase
April 4, 2023At the International Convening on Higher Education Capacity Enhancement (held on 6 and 7 December 2022 alongside the World Science Forum in Cape Town, South Africa), a set of guidelines entitled, Designing and Implementing Impactful Post-PhD Support Programmes in Africa – Lessons learned from 10 African programmes was launched. The guidelines were developed as an […]
Guidelines for designing and implementing impactful post-PhD support programmes in Africa: Lessons learned from 10 African programmes
April 4, 2023The guidelines are a key output from the peer-learning for emerging researcher’s knowledge and advancement (PERKA) project. They intend to provide guidance for and share the experiences of African programmes in implementing such initiatives, describe partnership models for funding, and provide action points and recommendations for enhancing post-PhD support across the continent. The guidelines were […]
Policy Brief: Knowledge Production for Development in Africa – how should policymakers respond
November 22, 2022The policy brief emanates from a report titled ‘Politics and Policy Developments in Knowledge Production for Development’. The report recommends that the research community disseminates their research products through other non-academic platforms to benefit the broader community. It recommends that the research community communicates their findings to policymakers through policy briefs, and on the part […]