Perivoli Africa Research Centre (PARC)
@perivoliarc.bsky.social
PARC embodies the University of Bristol’s cross-disciplinary commitment to promoting transformation in research collaborations with Africa. Funded by the Perivoli Foundation. https://parc.bristol.ac.uk/
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...
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’...
parc.bristol.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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...
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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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Register now and be part of Africa leading its future!
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November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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!
buff.ly/73kymDb
Register now and be part of Africa leading its future!
buff.ly/73kymDb
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 🌍
Can Higher Education Be Decolonised?
Or
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November 10, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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 🌍
Co-creating with communities – read more about PARC's Leon Tikly working with UCT partners on Engaged Research #AfricaCharter #AfricaResearch #PerivoliFoundation
Working with communities – engaged research
See all news
parc.bristol.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Co-creating with communities – read more about PARC's Leon Tikly working with UCT partners on Engaged Research #AfricaCharter #AfricaResearch #PerivoliFoundation
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...
Cardiff signs Africa Charter
University joins GW4 partners in committing to equity in research partnerships with Africa
www.cardiff.ac.uk
November 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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...
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'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
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
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
'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
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
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
Inquiry and thought-leadership
Our latest papers (all open access) are:
parc.bristol.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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
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
Innovation in early childhood development – a transformative research collaboration
parc.bristol.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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
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
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…
parc.blogs.bristol.ac.uk
October 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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...
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Great to see news about @gw4alliance.bsky.social universities signing the #AfricaCharter in the latest GW4 newsletter! ➡️ gw4.ac.uk/news/gw4-new...
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
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…
gw4.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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
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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
Read more: tinyurl.com/npjh8dnj
2025: Perivoli childhood project | School for Policy Studies | University of Bristol
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October 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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
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...
Leon Tikly and Eyob Balcha Gebremariam? 📚 #decolonisation #AfricaCharter bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
Can Higher Education Be Decolonised?
bloomsburycollections.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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...
Leon Tikly and Eyob Balcha Gebremariam? 📚 #decolonisation #AfricaCharter bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...
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
An Africa Charter writing workshop
parc.bristol.ac.uk
October 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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
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...
A great panel of speakers, chaired by PARC's Isabella Aboderin @bristoluni.bsky.social www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
October: Gambling harms public lecture | News and features | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
October 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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...
A great panel of speakers, chaired by PARC's Isabella Aboderin @bristoluni.bsky.social www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...
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
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’...
parc.bristol.ac.uk
September 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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
2025-09 - Wits signs up to the Africa Charter - Wits University
www.wits.ac.za
September 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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
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🎧 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjKJ...
September 17, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🎧 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...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjKJ...
'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
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
2025: Public Lecture_BCRS_October 2025 | Research | University of Bristol
www.bristol.ac.uk
September 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
'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
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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🌍 The Global Social Challenges Development Fund is here!
Help us support #GlobalSouth scholars, #ECRs & #OpenAccess research that drives real change.
📚 Make research accessible. Fight misinformation.
#SDGs #EquitablePublishing
👉 Donate:
Help us support #GlobalSouth scholars, #ECRs & #OpenAccess research that drives real change.
📚 Make research accessible. Fight misinformation.
#SDGs #EquitablePublishing
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September 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
🌍 The Global Social Challenges Development Fund is here!
Help us support #GlobalSouth scholars, #ECRs & #OpenAccess research that drives real change.
📚 Make research accessible. Fight misinformation.
#SDGs #EquitablePublishing
👉 Donate:
Help us support #GlobalSouth scholars, #ECRs & #OpenAccess research that drives real change.
📚 Make research accessible. Fight misinformation.
#SDGs #EquitablePublishing
👉 Donate:
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🚨WEBINAR: How to Turn the Tide on the Racial Backlash Against #EDI.
Amid rising culture wars, equity, diversity, and inclusion face pushback.
Join us to explore ways to counter resistance and keep inclusion moving forward.
➡️Thurs, 25 Sep, 4:00 pm: buff.ly/GBeVp1s
Amid rising culture wars, equity, diversity, and inclusion face pushback.
Join us to explore ways to counter resistance and keep inclusion moving forward.
➡️Thurs, 25 Sep, 4:00 pm: buff.ly/GBeVp1s
September 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
🚨WEBINAR: How to Turn the Tide on the Racial Backlash Against #EDI.
Amid rising culture wars, equity, diversity, and inclusion face pushback.
Join us to explore ways to counter resistance and keep inclusion moving forward.
➡️Thurs, 25 Sep, 4:00 pm: buff.ly/GBeVp1s
Amid rising culture wars, equity, diversity, and inclusion face pushback.
Join us to explore ways to counter resistance and keep inclusion moving forward.
➡️Thurs, 25 Sep, 4:00 pm: buff.ly/GBeVp1s
"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
📢 We interview the researchers behind the Perivoli Schools Trust Research Project in Namibia 👇 parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/08/29/i... #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation
Innovation in early childhood development – a transformative research collaboration
parc.bristol.ac.uk
September 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
"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
📢 We interview the researchers behind the Perivoli Schools Trust Research Project in Namibia 👇 parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/08/29/i... #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation
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📢 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
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
📅 29 June – 2 July 2026
📍 @iobua.bsky.social , University of Antwerp, Belgium
⏰ Deadline for submissions: 7 September 2025
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
August 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
📢 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
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
📅 29 June – 2 July 2026
📍 @iobua.bsky.social , University of Antwerp, Belgium
⏰ Deadline for submissions: 7 September 2025
www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...
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
inclusive-research.org
August 28, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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
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
inclusive-research.org/section/equi... #EquitablePartnerships #ResearchCulture
Equitable Partnerships - Inclusive Research Hub
inclusive-research.org
August 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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
inclusive-research.org/section/equi... #EquitablePartnerships #ResearchCulture