Launch of the Africa Charter: a pioneering Africa-led mission to level up global research
Global institutions are today being called on to back the Africa Charter, a bold, transformative plan for Africa to take its rightful role in research alliances, driving forward social justice, advancing science, and supercharging global scholarship.The ambitious...
Welcome to our new website!
Welcome to our new website! You will notice it looks a little different to the former site, but it has all the same content and more. With the upcoming launch of our Charter for transformative research partnerships, we felt a modern site was needed to better get...
Next steps with UNFPA
On 12th June, the University hosted a visit from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) London Representation Office, both to showcase our joint research and to look at the future direction the partnership will be taking. Since 2019, this mutually beneficial...
Transformative research collaborations with Africa – starting with the UK
The Charter Initiative is concerned with the urgent need to work towards rebalancing the profoundly unfavourable positioning of Africa in the global science ecosystem – beginning with transforming the ways in which Africa-UK research collaborations are configured....
Connecting Africa-focused environmental researchers
A half-day symposium was held at the University of Bristol this week, encouraging researchers from environmental research and other disciplines to connect with colleagues working in Africa.