PASGR Blog

The Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) is governed by a Steering Committee (SC), which guides all aspects of development and implementation of the collaborative programme. It operates through working groups with technical and academic expertise from each of the 12 universities in seven countries and PASGR-appointed external resource persons. The Committee comprises senior […]

Prof Funmi Olonisakin   Professor at King’s College London and Founding Director of the African Leadership Centre. Prof. Alcinda Honwana   Anthropologist, lecturer, researcher and writer on children, youth and armed conflict in Mozambique and Angola.   Prof Karuti Kanyinga   Development scholar and Associate Director of the Institute of Development Studies, University of Nairobi. […]

Professor Rwekaza Mukandala is the newest member of the PASGR Board of Directors. The Political Science scholar with a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, is Vice-Chancellor, University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), Tanzania. He was involved in the consultations that led to PASGR’s creation. The man at the helm of UDSM since 2007 […]

PASGR is governed by a Board of Directors currently chaired by Prof Ernest Aryeetey, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ghana, Legon. The members are eminent personalities reflecting African leadership as well as regional and international credibility in African policy-making, research and higher education. The Board is responsible for providing high level strategic guidance during […]

A key aspect of PASGR’s sustainability goal is to diversify its funding, enhance value for money in all activities, and increase cost effectiveness and efficiency. The year under review was a step further in this direction as PASGR gained recognition as a charity under US laws. PASGR applied for tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of […]

Wangui Kimari, our first-ever intern, describes her one-year attachment to the Professional Training and Development (PDT) Programme as “very dynamic”. The PhD candidate at York University in Canada says “PASGR does a lot, but what it does is not always explicit.” PASGR’s social protection work, for instance, is not research to be kept on a […]

Rethinking and revamping its programmes and activities in line with PASGR’s Strategic Plan 2014-2018 was a major preoccupation of the Professional Development and Training programme (PDT) in 2015. Innovations in the design of delivery, content, pedagogy and the coordination of the courses were key elements that emerged in the latter part of the year. The […]

Prof Funmi Olonisakin is the newest member of PASGR’s Research Committee. She replaces Prof Achola Pala Okeyo, whose tenure ended in the year under review. A holder of a PhD from King’s College London, Olonisakin is a Professor of Security, Leadership and Development at King’s College. She is the founding director of the African Leadership […]

The year 2015 saw the Research Programme (RP) reconfigure its operations to enhance and ensure high quality, cost effective programmes. The programme maintained its efforts at ensuring quality control for all its products and integrating policy actors into its work to facilitate the use of research findings. In this regard, 14 policy research reports were […]

When 417 people turn up for a conference planned for 250 participants, that is success! This was what happened at the First National Forum on Harnessing the Data Revolution on Sustainable Development, which Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto opened. The conference, held from August 28 to 29, was a landmark activity of the Professional Development […]