Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)

The Research programme facilitates knowledge production and evidence uptake for policy relevant Social and Governance Research in africa through collaborations with researchers based in their home institutions. The programme supports Research on aspects of Governance (such as accountability, service delivery, voice) to influence the design and implementation of African Social policy. The programme provides high quality policy relevant Research to varied audiences; integrates policy actors into the different phases of the Governance Research process and institutionalises research-policy communities to facilitate uptake of Research evidence in study countries.

The higher education program works with African universities to strengthen the provision of graduate-level education by enriching the teaching and practice of Social science Research for public policy in africa. In 2023, pasgr secured funding from deutscher akademischer austauschdienst e.v. (daad), to support 27 students scholarships in its partner universities in kenya, tanzania and nigeria to deliver the collaborative master of Research and public policy (mrpp). The collaborative doctor of philosophy (phd) in public policy program offeredi n kenya, south africa and nigeria partner universities has so far enrolled 101 students in the three African pioneer universities with 58 being on full scholarships thus meeting the need for quality doctoral programmes in Social sciences and humanities in africa.

The professional development and training (pdt) programme fosters individual and institutional Research capacity and the utilisation of Research. The pdt programme supports the Research and higher education programmes by providing a range of capacity building activities designed for different audiences. The initiative has developed a multi-method Research course (mmrc) which is a high-level professional development course that targets two main constituencies, both seeking to broaden their understanding of a range of conceptual and methodological approaches to their Research and teaching work. Pdt works with partners to: design and deliver high quality, experiential professional development that builds policy actors and researchers' skills and competencies; deepen delivery partners' institutional impact and reach.