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COVID-19 and e-learning in schools and colleges: challenges and opportunities in Africa
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 …
COVID-19 opens up space for collaborative indigenous interventions
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 …
COVID-19 lockdown: My experience coordinating a virtual research conference for Nigerian nurses
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 …
The challenges of remote research in tackling sensitive questions
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 …
COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe; social construction of gender and the agonies of a graduate nursing mother of twins
Ruvarashe Chigiya-Mujeni is a social scientist pursuing PhD studies in peace, leadership and governance in Zimbabwe. She is also the mother of young twins. She shares her story of research …
The perks of remote documentation
In the latest in our series of blog posts from researchers about the effects the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their research, Sairana Ahsan, a public health professional in Bangladesh, discusses the …
Fake news and misinformation in the COVID-19 era
Adaora C. Obuezie from Nigeria is a Librarian, an Educator and a PhD student of Library and Information Science. She is concerned with the indiscriminate peddling of fake news and misinformation …
From fighting misinformation to self-improvement during COVID-19
Umar Faruk Apord Karim is a nutritionist from Ghana. He discusses the importance of fighting misinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic. He also writes about taking the opportunity to learn new …
Impacts of COVID-19 economically, emotionally and socially
Florence Mwaba is a lecturer at the University of Zambia and a PhD student researching hematology and infectious diseases of humans and animals. She shares her experiences of research during …
Researchers during COVID-19, ‘fall forward’ and not ‘fall back’
Eric Ngang is a social environmentalist from Cameroon, currently pursuing a PhD in law at the University of Birmingham, UK. His research area is environmental law with a special interest …