Rising Scholars News

Elizabeth Msoka-Bright shares some personal observations of the effects of the pandemic in Tanzania.

We ran our capture your research competition as part of our 2020 online course Research writing in the Sciences. The competition challenged participants to share a picture of them conducting …

The AuthorAID team are pleased to announce that our Discussion Group will shortly relaunch on the Google Groups platform, which will allow us to communicate easily via an email discussion …

Our latest COVID-19 researcher story comes from Tinashe Kitchen, a PhD Candidate at Africa University in Zimbabwe.

Solih Abdulhakeem has a Bachelor of Sociology and Anthropology from Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Nigeria. This post discusses the impacts of COVID-19 on family structures and social interactions in Ife-Central …

Muhanyi Nkoronko is an independent researcher, educationist and social policy analyst. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania specializing in Educational Management and Policy. …

Bothwell Mussett Chitengu is a Ph.D. student with Africa University in Zimbabwe. His research area is on peace, human rights, conflict and development. In this latest post in our series …

Nhlanganiso Sam Tshabalala, a freelance researcher and consultant from South Africa, shares his experience of research during the COVID-19 pandemic and urges that traditional knowledge from Africa is not ignored in the …

Oluwadamilare Akingbade is a Researcher at the Institute of Nursing Nigeria. He shares his experiences of running a virtual conference for nurses during lockdown. This post is part of the …

Gitta Shrestha works at the International Water Management Institute in Nepal and her research area is gender and social justice in water resource governance. She shares her experiences of …