Margrethe Holm Andersen stresses importance for North-South collaboration through initiatives like AfricaLics in interview with DDRN

GRS’ Margrethe Holm Andersen was recently interviewed by the Danish Development Research Network (DDRN) about the importance of North-South collaboration and her work for the African Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems, short AfricaLics.

Last modified: 18.12.2020

The aim of the initiative is to connect scholars, researchers and policy analysts in innovation and development studies in Africa.

read the interview with Margrethe Holm Andersen

AfricaLics (Part 1): South-North partnerships through the lens of AfricaLics – DDRN

African Network for Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (AfricaLics) is the African regional network of the larger network Globelics. Founded in 2012- the network aims to connect scholars, esearchers and policy analysts in innovation and development studies in Africa. Read more about South-North partnerships through the lens of AfricaLics – DDRN.

AfricaLics (Part 2): A first-hand account of the Visiting Fellowship Programme (VFP) experience – DDRN

To get the perspective of a former participant of the AfricaLics Visiting Fellowship Programme (VFP), I spoke to Justina Onumah from the University of Ghana, where Justina is a PhD candidate. Justina has studied Agricultural Economics in her undergraduate and Master’s degrees, but switched to development studies for her PhD. She also works at the CSIR-Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) in Ghana. The interview can be accessed here.