Research and Innovation in African Higher Education - Trends, Challenges and Prospects

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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Damtew Teferra (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Springer, Berlin
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheint: 22.09.2025
• EAN: 9783031929083
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3192908-3
• Seiten: 280
• Illustration: Approx. 280 p. 32 illus.
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Pädagogik > Erwachsenenbildung; Innovation, Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Afrika, Bildungssysteme und -strukturen, Bildungsstrategien und -politik, Educational Research, Diaspora, Collaboration, International and Comparative Education, higher education, Industry, funding, Education Policy, African Economics, Human capital development, research development