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...
The Primacy of Epistemic Justice
The Primacy of Epistemic Justice for a Transformed Knowledge Production Ecosystem in Africa – Eyob Balcha Gebremariam Cape Town hosted a series of “carnival of ideas” at the fourth biennial conference of the African Studies Association of Africa (ASAA) between 11th –...
Centring African research actors’ perspectives in research partnerships
by Eyob Balcha Gebremariam Asymmetrical power relations among multiple actors shape the research and knowledge production ecosystem. Several actors based in the “global north” dominate the knowledge production and research ecosystem, particularly in the African...