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Knowledge sharing and capacity-building
A gathering of CPAID researchers.
Collaboration with African researchers is embedded into CPAID during all stages of the research life cycle. By foregrounding local perspectives in project design through to fieldwork and analysis, CPAID’s work is driven by African understandings of public authority and how governance is experienced on the ground.
workshops, a collaborative approach to data collection and evaluation, and engagement with local organisations have widened professional networks and developed an international ecosystem of knowledge production.
Through a range of initiatives, over 20 researchers and practitioners based in Uganda, South Sudan, the DRC, Somalia, and Sierra Leone are supported to advance their scholarship and produce outputs in globally esteemed publications. Writing
Through the Safety of Strangers research project, 100,000 GBP of funding to CPAID has allowed the Centre to invest in piloting new, innovative ways for building the capacity of early career African researchers.
Courses for early career African researchers
In 2020-21, the Centre hosted an online course on humanitarian protection and research skills, with forty people attending from Sudan, South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, DRC, and Sierra Leone. Lectures were given by researchers and staff from the Centre, as well as scholars from the University of Juba (South Sudan), Makerere University (Uganda), and the University of Gulu (Uganda). Participants attended lectures, received readings, and completed four assignments. Many of the participants from the course have now won small research grants from the University of Gulu to put their learning into practice.
