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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. Currently engaged in more than 12 African countries, PASGR works to enhance research excellence in governance and public policy that contributes to the overall wellbeing of women and men. PASGR invites […]

The Executive director of the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), Professor Tade Aina, and the director of Higher Education as well as team leader for Pedagogical Leadership in Africa (PedaL), Dr Beatrice Muganda, recently led a team of 59 resource persons from different parts of the world to Nigeria to deliver a training […]

A surprise masterstroke against graft doled out on the banks of Enkare Narok by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government yesterday struck at the heart of Kenya’s illicit financial flow system and triggered a wave of panic. The notice to withdraw the old Sh1,000 bank note announced by Central Bank Governor Patrick Njoroge was last evening hailed […]

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, UI, Professor Idowu Olayinka has urged the Nigerian government to invest in knowledge generation, knowledge transmission and research to solve the nation’s problems, adding that problem-solving researches give birth to solution-driven policies. Olayinka, who stated this at the Institution’s Postgraduate College Interdisciplinary lecture delivered by the Executive Director of Partnership […]

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof Idowu Olayinka, has stated that the Nigerian governments must invest in knowledge generation, research and knowledge transmission to solve the nation’s problems. Olayinka said this at the Postgraduate College Interdisciplinary lecture delivered by the Executive Director, Partnership for African Social and Governance Research, Prof Tade Aina, at the International […]

It is, therefore, imperative that decent dissent be encouraged. It is indeed in the interest of the government and the governed. It was initially a rabble of a few citizens; then the number grew to hundreds and then thousands. Chanting war songs and wielding all sorts of objects, they marched into the mayor’s magnificent building, […]

APRA members from Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, and Nigeria attended a two-day convening meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, which was organised by Partnership for African Social and Governance Research(PASGR). The main objective of the meeting was to bring together 120 participants from 20 countries and diverse disciplines (including practitioners, researchers, scientists, activists, government officials, and policymakers) to share […]

The Federal Government has been urged to employ the services of Nigerian social scientists to tackle the problems of insecurity, unemployment, and poverty in the country. The Executive Director, Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) Professor Tade Aina advised the government to employ social scientists in developing solutions to poverty, unemployment, and insecurity […]

Executive Director, Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) Professor Tade Aina has declared that Nigeria needs the services of Social Scientists for solution to find solutions poverty, unemployment and insecurity problem in the country. Professor Aina who said this while delivering the postgraduate college, University of Ibadan Interdisciplinary discourse lecture entitled “The social […]

Even as countries and institutions move towards basing their interventions on evidence derived from research, contextualizing this evidence is core to addressing the issue. Dr. Tade Akin Aina, the Executive Director of Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) emphasized that institutionalizing of Evidence is not absolute. Context matters in evidence research. Dr. Tade was […]