PASGR Blog

Utafiti Sera, a work in progress, supports, contributes to building and enhances a community of researchers and policy actors working together to ensure that appropriate and negotiated policy actions and uptake occur through programmes, legislations, policies or administrative and other forms of civic actions around issues for which research has provided evidence or for which […]

With research findings now available from a wide range of sources including the social media, policy actors want the assurance that this evidence is credible and reliable. In addition, research consumers represent a wide variety of policy actors that include legislators, governors, county administrators, chiefs, NGO managers, civil society and community activists. This has implications […]

About PASGR The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) is an independent, non-partisan pan-African not-for-profit organisation established in 2011 and located in Nairobi, Kenya. PASGR’s vision is a ‘vibrant African social science community addressing the continent’s public policy issues’. PASGR seeks excellence in social science research for public policy. In partnership with individual […]

August 8, 2017 was a sad day for many scholars around the world following the passing of Professor Abdul Raufu Mustapha. We at PASGR extend our sincere condolences to his family as we share these fond memories (posted in response to this tribute) by some of our colleagues and partners who worked with him over […]

Open, Perceptive and Public-Spirited: A Tribute to Abdul Raufu Mustapha (1954-2017) By Dr Yusuf Bangura   Dr Yusuf Bangura the author The late Prof Abdul Raufu Mustapha For the 37 years that I knew him, Abdul Raufu Mustapha, who departed this life on 8 August 2017, lived a life of courage, commitment and fulfilment. A […]

Social and political action is increasingly being recognised as a pathway to empowerment and accountability in development. This, especially, in the wake of new developments in digital technologies, has revolutionised citizens’ social mobilisation endeavours to demand accountability in governance. The governments, on the other hand, can easily collect and utilise data about their citizens. It […]

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Course dates: November 16 to November 18, 2017 Training location: Nairobi, Kenya Contact person: ddryding@www.pasgr.org (Questions/clarifications only) The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) is offering an 3-day professional development course in Engendering Social Science Research Methods. This training is relevant to African academics, researchers and PhD students interested in practical implementation of […]

Course dates: November 8 to November 18, 2017 Training location: Nairobi, Kenya Contact person: ddryding@www.pasgr.org (Questions/clarifications only) The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) is offering an 11-day professional development course in Advanced Research Design for Policy-Oriented Research. This training is relevant to African academics, researchers and PhD students interested in enhancing their […]

Course dates: November 20-23, 2017 Training location: Nairobi, Kenya Contact person: ddryding@www.pasgr.org (Questions/clarifications only) The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) is offering a 4-day professional development course in Comparative Case Study Analysis. This training is relevant to African academics, researchers and PhD students interested in examining comparative case study designs and the […]