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Partnership Announcement: ResearchRound x AIPA

Partnership Announcement - ResearchRound and AIPA

 ResearchRound and AIPA announce the two organizations have entered into a strategic partnership to train researchers and students on the relevance of IP. ResearchRound, an organization providing training and support to African researchers, has entered into an agreement with AIPA, a company promoting African innovation by managing and protecting Intellectual Property. The two organizations will […]

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“People have been set with the expectation that the traditional knowledge systems of people from non-western cultures is naturally inferior.” – In Conversation with Dr. Chisomo Kalinga

Dr Chisomo Kalinga is a Wellcome Trust Medical Humanities postdoctoral fellow at the Centre of African Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Her current project examines literary traditions and health narratives in Malawi and its border countries. She is also collaborating with the Art and Global Health Centre Africa and the University of Malawi to launch

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“As for the reason why farmers may not want to patronize private extensions; a number of them see extension service as a public good.” – In Conversation with Dr Olushola Fadairo

Dr OLUSOLA FADAIRO - ResearchRound

ResearchRound’s Habeeb Kolade and Awosusi Oluwabukunmi were in conversation with Dr Olushola Fadairo, a researcher at the University of Ibadan. He is a lecturer at the University of Ibadan in the Agric Extension & Rural Development. His research focuses on corruption in the agricultural value chain and the effectiveness of climate change financing systems. Dr

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We Cannot Legislate People Out of Poverty – Dr Muyiwa Adigun, in Conversation with ResearchRound.

Dr Muyiwa Adigun- ResearchRound

ResearchRound’s Oyin Komolafe was in conversation with Dr. Muyiwa Adigun whose research focuses on International Law. Dr Adigun is the author of the book; The International Criminal Court and Nigeria: Implementing the Complementarity Principle of the Rome Statute (Routledge Research in International Law). He focuses on constitutional law, international law, criminal law, arbitration, and international

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Top Educational Research Organisations in the World

Top Educational Research Organizations in the World

Doing as much as these research organisations and maybe even more, are leading world universities through which several of the world’s most famous discoveries have been made. Some of the top research universities in the world are Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California at Los Angeles, John Hopkins University, Texas A & M University,

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Characteristics, Peculiarities and Approaches of Educational Research

Characteristics, Peculiarities and Approaches of Educational Research ResearchRound

In continuation with our last piece which was an introduction to Educational Research, this piece provides more information on the nuances of educational research, approaches to educational research, and the peculiarities of educational research. Educational research sets itself apart from other forms of research mostly due to the people it caters for. In most higher

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In Conversation with Dr Senayon Olaoluwa – Acting Director of Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan.

Dr Senayon Olaoluwa - ResearchRound

On Friday, August 14th, 2020, ResearchRound’s Ajibola Adigun and Ololade Faniyi were in conversation with Dr. Senayon Olaoluwa, Acting Director of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan. Dr Senayon Olaoluwa is a Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of a postgraduate programme in Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the Institute of African Studies in

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The Error with Randomized Controlled Trials

In Kenya, some foreign economists thought it wise to disconnect some residents of a Nairobi slum from access to public water supply to test the hypothesis that – drumroll- it induces landlords to pay water rates. Randomized Control Trials (RCTs) is an experimental design that has curiously become popular with American and European social scientists

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Introduction to Research and 10 Purposes of Research

10 Purposes of Research | Introduction to Research | What is Research | ResearchRound

What is Research? Jonathan O’Donnell of the Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne, Australia, defined research on The Research Whisperer as “the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies and understandings”. Research deals a lot with bringing previously unknown

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