Perivoli Africa Research Centre (PARC)

Academic Conference on Africa 2025 Eyob Balcha Gebremariam, educator, researcher and policy analyst, Perivoli Africa Research Centre at the University of Bristol, speaks during the Academic Conference on Africa 2025. The Academic Confe...

A trip to the 2025 Academic Conference on Africa - PARC's Eyob Balcha Gebremariam was at UN headquarters earlier this month speaking about the #AfricaCharter 🌍 media.un.org/photo/en/ass... #AcademicAfrica2025 #PerivoliFoundation @bristoluni.bsky.social

Academic Conference on Africa 2025 | Office of the Special Adviser on Africa Theme: Seizing the Moment: The African State and Its Promise When: 1 to 3 December 2025 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. New York time Where: Conference Room 2, UN Headquarters, New York - Broadcasted for…

PARC's Eyob Balcha Gebremariam is at UN headquarters today speaking at the 2025 Academic Conference on Africa #AcademicAfrica2025🌍
#AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation

“Translation in (post)colonial context” A conversation with Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Columbia) « All Events

Fantastic event happening later today at @bristoluni.bsky.social, co-organised with @brisblackhums.bsky.social & @frenchatbristol.bsky.social: “Translation in (post)colonial context” with Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne of Columbia University 📚

Coming together – Africa-facing research at Bristol

Great to bring together so many colleagues working on Africa-facing research at @bristoluni.bsky.social this week - many insights into the challenges and opportunities of international partnerships! 🌍📚🤩 parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/11/20/c...

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Building a Community of Africa-Facing Researchers at Bristol This is an opportunity to tell us about your goals and challenges, and feed into a discussion about how we can support each other in our Africa-facing research. You can also hear about plans for PARC’...

We are looking forward to coming together with other @bristoluni.bsky.social colleagues working on Africa-facing projects at our event next Tuesday! 🌍 #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation parc.bristol.ac.uk/event/buildi...

Next week, from November 19-20, stakeholders from across Africa and the world will convene for the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium which will be held at APHRC Nairobi campus and online.

Register now and be part of Africa leading its future!
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Can Higher Education Be Decolonised? Or

Interested in decoloniality in higher education? This open-access book offers some fascinating case studies: Can Higher Education Be Decolonised?: A Situated Case Study of an Elite University in the Global North 🌍

Working with communities – engaged research See all news

Co-creating with communities – read more about PARC's Leon Tikly working with UCT partners on Engaged Research #AfricaCharter #AfricaResearch #PerivoliFoundation

Cardiff signs Africa Charter University joins GW4 partners in committing to equity in research partnerships with Africa

Cardiff University is the first Welsh university to sign the #AfricaCharter and we are delighted to have them on board 🙌 www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...

'Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.'

Join Prof Justin Williams at @wshed.bsky.social on Thursday 6-9pm for a new documentary on Hip-Hop in Tanzania

The event is free, open to all & includes a Q&A, food & music!

🎟️ bit.ly/42oG7Ja

Inquiry and thought-leadership Our latest papers (all open access) are:

If you are interested in the intellectual underpinnings of the Africa Charter, take a look at our Publications page. 📚 We have open access papers looking at epistemic justice, equitable partnerships and more. #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation

Innovation in early childhood development – a transformative research collaboration

ICYMI - a fantastic ‘living example’ of the Africa Charter principles in action. Check out our first podcast, interviewing the researchers behind the Perivoli Schools Trust Research Project in Namibia 📢 parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/08/29/i... #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation @bristoluni.bsky.social

A commitment to equitable research partnerships – GW4 signs Africa Charter This week, Cardiff University signed the Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations, meaning that all four GW4 Alliance universities (Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter) are now…

We are delighted that all four @gw4alliance.bsky.social universities are now signatories of the #AfricaCharter! 🙌🌍📢 Read more: parc.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/10/09/a... @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @bristoluni.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social

Great to see news about @gw4alliance.bsky.social universities signing the #AfricaCharter in the latest GW4 newsletter! ➡️ gw4.ac.uk/news/gw4-new...

GW4 Re-Culture: Research Culture Change Programme - GW4 In 2025-26, GW4 Alliance is excited to launch a pilot cross-institutional programme that will provide opportunities for skills development, practical knowledge sharing and networking for researchers…

What does an enhanced research culture look like in practice? GW4 Re-Culture is a creative, skills-based programme exploring how a flourishing research culture might be built across GW4 universities: gw4.ac.uk/gw4re-culture/ @gw4alliance.bsky.social

2025: Perivoli childhood project | School for Policy Studies | University of Bristol

Researchers from the Universities of Namibia and Bristol team up with @perivoliarc.bsky.social to transform waste into learning resources for under-funded communities.

Read more: tinyurl.com/npjh8dnj

Have you seen this excellent open access book - Can Higher Education Be Decolonised? - with contributions from PARC's
Leon Tikly and Eyob Balcha Gebremariam? 📚 #decolonisation #AfricaCharter bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

An Africa Charter writing workshop

Great #AfricaCharter writing workshop at #ASAA25, with real experiences of the 'inner layers' of the Africa Charter (epistemic justice, language, extraversion and the development frame) parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/10/03/a... @divinefuh.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

October: Gambling harms public lecture | News and features | University of Bristol

If you're in Bristol on 15 October, this interesting public lecture looks at how education initiatives pioneered in Africa could be used in the UK to tackle gambling harms.
A great panel of speakers, chaired by PARC's Isabella Aboderin @bristoluni.bsky.social www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...

Building a Community of Africa-Facing Researchers at Bristol This is an opportunity to tell us about your goals and challenges, and feed into a discussion about how we can support each other in our Africa-facing research. You can also hear about plans for PARC’...

Coming up this autumn... further work on building a community of @bristoluni.bsky.social Africa-facing researchers and scholars, supporting each other in #AfricaResearch 🙌 parc.bristol.ac.uk/event/buildi... #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation

Wits University, Johannesburg, has become the newest signatory of the Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations. Read more: www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-... #AfricaCharter

🎧 Listen to the DSA Australia webinar on Decolonial Reflections on the Future of African Development where DSA council member Eyob Balcha Gebremariam argues that development has historically been defined for Africans, not by Africans.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjKJ...

2025: Public Lecture_BCRS_October 2025 | Research | University of Bristol

'Tackling the World-Wide Gambling Epidemic. What Can We Learn from Africa?'
If you're in Bristol, come along to this free public lecture chaired by PARC's Isabella Aboderin ➡️ 15th October, 6.00-7.30 PM, Wills Memorial Building. Register here: www.bristol.ac.uk/research/gro... #AfricaResearch

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Innovation in early childhood development – a transformative research collaboration

"For me personally, the most enjoyable aspect was actually the collaboration itself" - Dr Vicky Sharley
📢 We interview the researchers behind the Perivoli Schools Trust Research Project in Namibia 👇 parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/08/29/i... #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation

📢 Call for Panels: @eadi.bsky.social / IOB 2026: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local solutions?
📅 29 June – 2 July 2026
📍 @iobua.bsky.social , University of Antwerp, Belgium
⏰ Deadline for submissions: 7 September 2025
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Equitable Partnerships - Inclusive Research Hub

If you're interested in #InclusiveResearch, take a look at @bristoluni.bsky.social's new Inclusive Research Hub (the Africa Charter features under 'Equitable Partnerships') inclusive-research.org/section/equi... #EquitablePartnerships #ResearchCulture

Equitable Partnerships - Inclusive Research Hub

Newly launched! 🙌 The Inclusive Research Hub has been launched by @bristoluni.bsky.social‬'s Inclusive Research Collective, with the Africa Charter featured under 'Equitable Partnerships' ⬇️
inclusive-research.org/section/equi... #EquitablePartnerships #ResearchCulture