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Arthur Odima and James Origa are the first students to graduate from the University of Nairobi, in the Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)’s Collaborative Doctoral in Public Policy (DPP) Programme.  The Doctoral programme is currently offered in three universities i.e. University of Pretoria, University of Nairobi and University of Ibadan.   The […]

Challenges and Opportunities The Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR), in partnership with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), and the National Research Foundation’s Future Earth Africa Hub Leadership Centre invites young African graduates and scholars to submit abstracts for the 19th Africa Young Graduates and Scholars Conference (AYGS 2025 Conference). The AYGS […]

­­­­­­­­­ ­­­­­­­­In a significant stride towards fostering sustainable development in Sub-Sahara Africa,  Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR) in partnership with the German Exchange Programme (DAAD), has announced the call for Master of Research and Public Policy Scholarship Applications for 2024 in the following universities: Egerton University and  University of Maseno in Kenya; […]

The Master of Research and Public Policy (MRPP) is a unique collaborative graduate programme offered in multiple universities in Africa since its launch in 2014. With a dual focus on social science research and public policy (as distinct from public administration or public management), the programme is suitable for young researchers, and early career policy […]

Addressing Africa’s developmental challenges calls for a unique African perspective in the contextualization of policy priorities to spur the continent into sustainable trajectories of growth and development. As a Pan African institution established in 2011, PASGR is mandated to enhance research excellence in governance and public policy. With a footprint in over 20 African countries; […]

BACKGROUND  I am a Physiotherapy educator with no background training in education and pedagogy. The only orientation I had when I was employed was on what was expected of me and how to balance my teaching with research to facilitate promotion. Teaching for me was therefore, learning on the job and ensuring contents were covered. […]

BACKGROUND  I was appointed in 2018 by the Maseno University Chief Executive to be a Learner Support Assistant (LSA) for School of Arts and Social Sciences’ (SASS) programs for e-Campus online learners. This appointment came as a surprise to me since though I was competent in using computers I was not aware of anything dealing […]

In the University of Jos, when I was recruited as an academic staff, there was no form of any intervention training on Course Design, Course Facilitation and Authentic Assessment. This was the scenario until the intervention from the Partnership for Africa Social and Governance Research (PASGR) through PedaL that aimed at innovative transformative pedagogy in […]

BACKGROUND  When COVID-19 struck the world, various States never predicted the devastating effects the pandemic was going to cause to our economies. Most frustrating happened when learning came to a standstill due to the closure of learning institutions. At my University (Riara University-Kenya) we had started online classes before the pandemic but lessons were not […]

BACKGROUND  public universities in kenya, and in most african countries, have grown exponentially in numbers in the last three decades. this may not be matched with prerequisite resources for quality teaching and learning. the choice of pedagogical methods therefore becomes tricky for most faculty. studies have shown that in such environment, the more preferred option […]