The Digital Hub for Open Research in East Africa reopens!
We’re excited to launch the second cohort of the Digital Hub for Open Research in East Africa, a hub centred around a learning programme designed to support researchers in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda who want to make their work more collaborative, inclusive, and impactful through open research practices.
This programme offers five facilitated modules exploring the power of open research to address development challenges:
- Module 1: Introduction to Open Research for Development Impact
- Module 2: Introduction to Gender Responsive Research and Open Data
- Module 3: Open Research Design for Citizen Engagement
- Module 4: Using Open Research Tools and Platforms for Enhanced Collaboration
- Module 5: Communicating Research and Achieving Impact through Open Approaches
Participants can choose which modules they want to focus on, or complete the entire programme to earn a special certificate of achievement.
Each module is available on the Digital Hub Moodle space, with added learning support including live webinars, peer discussions in WhatsApp, and optional drop-in Q&A sessions. Module 1 launches on the 22nd of July!
For early-career researchers in East Africa
This programme is tailored for early-career researchers in East Africa, especially those working in development-focused fields in Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda. When you join the programme, you also become an official member of the Digital Hub for Open Research in East Africa - a WhatsApp community with researchers like you who want to make a positive impact. Whether you’re new to open and gender responsive research or already experimenting with inclusive, participatory approaches, the Digital Hub gives you the tools to strengthen your research practice and community impact.
Earn a certificate
Choose the modules that best fit your needs, or complete all five to earn a special Rising Scholars certificate marking your commitment to open, gender responsive research for development.
Sign up here: https://learn.inasp.info/course/view.php?id=392