UNFPA internship experience
Emmanuella Henshaw writes… As an intern at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), I had the opportunity to work on a range of exciting and meaningful projects that helped me to develop my skills and knowledge in research, policy, and communication. One of my key...
Development through data science for Somaliland
Jaap Velthuis writes... Somaliland is self-declared independent from Somalia: it has been autonomous since 1991 but is internationally unrecognised. It is democratic and has among the highest levels of poverty in the world. Somaliland’s government and industry have...
Toward a guiding framework for transforming research collaborations with Africa
The Association of African Universities, with some of Africa’s major research and higher education (HE) constituencies, including , the African Research Universities Alliance, the Inter-University Council for Eastern Africa, the Association of West African...
Coloniality, development and science: A brief reflection from PARC Research Associate Eyob Balcha Gebremariam
Africa’s relations with Europe can hardly be detached from the multiple manifestations of coloniality. Coloniality is the sustained inequities and power asymmetries at the global level that stem from nearly 500 years of European empire-building. The notion of...
PARC’s early successes celebrated on FE News
The PARC team were delighted to be featured on FE News recently – in a piece celebrating two successful years since our launch. The team at FE News celebrated our great start, as we furthered our mission to disrupt the status quo that’s seen institutions and models...