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Research and Innovation in African Higher Education : Trends, Challenges and Prospects / edited by Damtew Teferra.
Springer Nature - Springer Education (R0) eBooks 2025 English International Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Teferra, Damtew.
- Series:
- Education Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Education, Higher.
- Education--Research.
- Education.
- Education and state.
- Africa--Economic conditions.
- Africa.
- International education.
- Comparative education.
- Higher Education.
- Educational Research.
- Education Policy.
- African Economics.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Local Subjects:
- Higher Education.
- Educational Research.
- Education Policy.
- African Economics.
- International and Comparative Education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (388 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2025.
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
- Summary:
- 'At a time when the narratives on African higher education seemed to be approaching a cul-de-sac, this book, edited by the versatile higher education scholar Damtew Teferra, opens new ways of understanding recent developments in the African higher education landscape. A must-read for scholars, policy actors and all those interested in the most recent trends and dynamics in African higher education.’ — Tade Akin Aina, Senior Program Director, Higher Education and Research in Africa Program, Carnegie Corporation of New York, USA ‘By dissecting all the pertinent issues related to promoting research and innovation in higher education in Africa, this book sheds light on not only the challenges but also on possible solutions and prospects. It is a book that should be widely used not only by researchers on higher education in Africa, but equally by African higher education policy makers and leaders.’ — Goolam Mohamedbhai, Former Secretary-General, Association of African Universities and Former Vice-Chancellor, University of Mauritius. ‘This book is an impressively curated and authoritative set of contributions from leading experts on the continent’s higher education and research systems. The future of African knowledge-making rests on the shoulders of doctoral researchers, and this book highlights the importance of transformative and impactful graduate education. From infrastructures to internationalisation, from innovation to integrity, Teferra and colleagues set out a detailed agenda for university reform and transformation.’ — David Mills, Associate Professor and Director of the Centre for Global Higher Education (CGHE), University of Oxford, UK This edited book examines the advancement of research and innovation in African higher education. Addressing a wide array of thematic issues such as graduate education, research collaboration, the role of the diaspora, open science and research integrity, the book provides rich perspectives by leading academics and experts. The book will appeal to graduate students and scholars interested in higher education in Africa, as well as university staff, NGOs and policymakers. Damtew Teferra is Professor of Higher Education at University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1: Research and Innovation in Africa: Setting the Scene
- Chapter 2: Funding Research in African Higher Education
- Chapter 3: The Significance and Implications of Internationalization on Research and Graduate Education in Africa
- Chapter 4: Conceptualizing Research Infrastructures to Advance Science Systems in Africa
- Chapter 5: The Role of the Diaspora in Advancing Research and Graduate Education in Africa
- Chapter 6: Centres of Excellence for Research Development
- Chapter 7: Research and Academic Collaborations in Africa: Imperatives, Potentials and Risks
- Chapter 8: Industry-University Partnership in African Science: Status, Barriers, and Opportunities
- Chapter 9: Graduate Education and Knowledge Production in Africa in the Context of the Knowledge Economies
- Chapter 10: Graduate Research in African Universities: The State of Research Integrity. Chapter 11: Open Science in the African Context
- Chapter 12: Research and Innovation in Advancing Knowledge for African Development.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 3-031-92909-8
- 9783031929090
- OCLC:
- 1545127224
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