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COVID-19, a double-edged sword!
In our fourth post in the series of the impact of COVID-19 on researchers, Chiedza Angela Hari, an environmental management researcher from Zimbabwe, shares the positives and negatives of the …
Whither to with COVID-19? The agony of a Zimbabwean graduate candidate
More Panganayi is a graduate candidate at the Centre for Peace, Business and Leadership at Africa University, Zimbabwe, with research interests in peace, human security, good governance, African politics and …
Fieldwork paused but opportunities for online learning
The second post in our series about researcher experiences in light of COVID-19 comes from Mildred Zulu, a lecturer, researcher and PhD student from the University of Zambia with research …
New norms, long lockdown
In this series, postgraduate students and researchers from around the world share the new challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic is bringing for their research and give advice to other researchers …
AuthorAID MOOC participants reflect on important and inspiring takeaways from the course
Samuel Yigzaw, Adetoun Oyelude, Al-Kassim Hassan Mohammed and Atebeh Lekah are four participants from AuthorAID’s recent MOOC on research communication. In this post, they share some of the useful lessons …
Kenyan researcher describes how she benefited from an international conference that she attended with support from AuthorAID
Guest post by Dr Geraldine Matolla, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Eldoret, Kenya
Cambodian researcher shares his experience of attending an international conference with support from AuthorAID
- Guest post by Oudom Ham, Research Coordinator, EarthRights International (ERI), Cambodia
My experience of predatory journals and how to avoid them (part 1)
In this blog (part 1 of 2), Aamir Raoof Memon shares his personal experiences of predatory journals – and explains how he educated himself to avoid them.
Driving knowledge and supporting researchers through online courses
Dr Funmilayo Doherty is an environmental toxicologist and a lecturer at the Environmental Biology Unit at Yaba College of Technology in Nigeria. We asked her about her experiences of organizing …