Using AI to reduce knowledge inequity – a transdisciplinary approach
How can digital tools and artificial intelligence (AI) break some barriers in scientific collaboration, communication, and the use of research...
Improving the culture of evidence-informed decision-making in the Brazilian public sector
How can the culture of evidence-informed decision-making be improved in the Brazilian public sector? Davi Romão discusses some findings from using the Context Matters framework to consider this question.
Exploring the cracks in our knowledge systems
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and emphasised many of the inequities in our current knowledge systems, but it has also provided an opportunity to reflect on what could be improved, as Maha Bali, Chalani Ranwala, Joy Kiiru and Jon Harle discuss.
“Finding the figures we need”: supporting data use for SDGs at the Parliament of Ghana
Agnes Titriku of ACEPA shares recent progress on the exciting two-year Data for Accountability Project – which helps the Parliament of Ghana to improve the national quality of life through evidence, using data to oversee progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
How social entrepreneurs are contributing to higher-education change in East Africa
A key component of ensuring students leave university with appropriate skills for employment when they graduate is fostering links with employers. Vincent Otieno Odhiambo, Regional Director of Ashoka East Africa in Kenya, shares some examples of how social entrepreneurs are providing that link in supporting the Transforming Employability for Social Change in East Africa (TESCEA) partnership.
Employer engagement and its role in higher-education course redesign
Strengthening links between universities, employers and the wider community is important for ensuring that graduates leave university with the skills they need for employment and positive participation in society. David Monk of Gulu University in Uganda explains the role of Joint Advisory Groups in the TESCEA partnership.