OUR VISION
TO BECOME A COLLECTIVE VOICE AND HOME FOR AFRICAN SCHOLARS TO FLOURISH
OUR MISSION
- To support, nurture and develop the growth of African researchers
- To collaborate and exchange research ideas and activities
- To drive the research development, academic freedom and flourishing of African scholars
- To enable a major research network, successful in promoting the profile of research in and on Africa
OUR OBJECTIVES
- To identify and share opportunities for research resources and funding
- To identify and seek to address barriers to career progression
- To facilitate and encourage communication, collegiality, exchange, and mobility of African scholars at Queen’s and beyond
- To address the isolation and misrepresentation of African scholars
- To advocate for the recognition and legitimacy of African research
- To recognise and celebrate the achievements of African scholars
- To create an environment that fosters the production of individual and multi/disciplinary research, its dissemination, and impact
- To engage as public intellectuals serving the local, regional and international communities
AFRICANSRN COUNCILLORS
Councillors |
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School within Queen's |
Position |
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Dr Felicity Kalu
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Lecturer |
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Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid
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Senior Lecturer |
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Dr Linda Oyama
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Lecturer |
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Oluwadamilola "Dami" Osekita
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PhD student |
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Dr Chirangano Mangwandi
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Lecturer |
CRITERIA FOR MEMBERSHIP
This network is specifically for developing a network for African scholars engaged in research. Please read below on how this is defined, for the purposes of this project.
**The term 'African' here indicates those persons who are Africa-born and those of Africa descent from the Caribbean, the UK, EU, USA et cetera. As the intention is to form a research network, it is specifically for those who undertake research, including those reading for their postgraduate degree, researchers and academics.