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Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings

"Research partnerships between high-income and lower-income settings can be highly advantageous for both parties. Or they can lead to ethics dumping, the practice of exporting unethical research practices to lower-income settings."

Keeping to time

Keeping to time in a conference presentation should be fairly simple but it happens in panel after panel.

Survey on research data!

Funding institutions increasingly require scientists to make their research data accessible and reusable in research data repositories. However, the management of research data in African studies is just in its beginnings, and in part accompanied by uncertainties about how it should be implemented. Not least, in African studies, research data are particularly sensitive with regard…

Workshop “Research Data Management” – Few places available!

For the workshop "Research Data Management in African Studies" (10-11 October 2018 in Bayreuth) few places are still available!

Is you conference family-friendly?

A well-planned conference can greatly contribute to the compatibility of family and work in its organization and design. It starts with family-friendly times of beginning and end, sufficient breaks during the day, and flexibility of the programme. Furthermore, it includes the opportunity for partners and relatives to attend lectures at no charge or at reduced…

Workshop-Programme: Research Data Management in African Studies

The programme for the workshop "Research Data Management in African Studies" (10-11 October 2018 in Bayreuth) is now available!

AfricArXiv

A digital archive (repository) for pre-print publication in African studies

Power dynamics of global knowledge production: research collaboration

The limited presence of researchers working at African universities in the leadership of international research projects is an important issue in African Studies. But research collaborations can also marginalize the contributions of researchers based in Africa.

Gender Balance Assessment Tool

Would you like to find out how gender balanced your bibliography and / or syllabus is ? The Gender Balance Assessment Tool (GBAT) helps to automatically estimate of what percentage of the authors on a syllabus are women.

Checklist for Starting a New Journal

It is not easy to start a sustainable journal. The competition among academic journals is great - and new ones are constantly being born. It’s a lot of work.

Category Archives: Community

Global Code of Conduct for Research in Resource-Poor Settings

Keeping to time

Survey on research data!

Workshop “Research Data Management” – Few places available!

Is you conference family-friendly?

Workshop-Programme: Research Data Management in African Studies

AfricArXiv

Power dynamics of global knowledge production: research collaboration

Gender Balance Assessment Tool

Checklist for Starting a New Journal

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