Supporting Holistic & Actionable Research in Education (SHARE) invites all staff and students to a webinar whose theme is Innovation for Transformation and Impact in the society under the sub-theme Cross-Cutting Issues.
The University of Nairobi (UoN) is the Local Implementing Partner of an inter-University, inter-Faculty and inter-Disciplinary project titled Supporting Holistic & Actionable Research in Education (SHARE) - Co-Creating for Change: Learning Becomes Service to Justice. SHARE was sub-awarded to Resilient Africa Network (RAN) by University of Notre Dame (UND) – Pulte Institute for Global Development under Notre Dame’s Cooperative Agreement No. AID-7200AA20CA00025 and funded by United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
SHARE is being implemented from January 1, 2022 – to June 30, 2023, as three separate but related studies namely: Language of Instruction Transition in Education Systems (LITES) study and; Higher Education Institutions Generating Holistic and Transformative Solutions (HEIGHTS) studies, that is: HEIGHTS - Innovation Ecosystem (HEIGHTS - IE) HEIGHTS - Financial Sustainability (HEIGHTS - FS). The studies are being undertaken concurrently and include an ecosystem diagnostic process (Phases 1 &2); field research design and implementation (Phase 3) and capacity building.
This webinar shares insights from SHARE research design with important implications for the Nairobi Innovation Week’s Theme Innovation for Transformation and Impact in the society under the sub-theme Cross-Cutting Issues. We contribute to the following expected outcomes: Mainstreaming innovation and entrepreneurship mindset in Higher Institutions of learning in Kenya; Building and strengthening innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem networks locally and internationally; Creating awareness on Intellectual protection of research output and commercialization of innovations.
The studies answer the following four questions
1. What are the objectives and anticipated outcomes of the study?
2. What is innovative about the study?
3. Why the interest in the domain ecosystem?
4. How does the study address local partner capacity gaps?
SPEAKERS
LITES: Dr. TJ D’Agostino and Dr. Jeongmin Lee (PI – LITES); Aimee Lyons (Program Manager – LITES); Prof. Hellen Inyega (PI- SHARE & LITES); Edward Jurkovic (Ecosystem and Diagnostic Process); Dr. Maria Estela Rivero Fuentes (Capacity Exchange/MEL).
HEIGHTS -FS: Nathan Tumuhamye, Program Manager – HEIGHTS; Dr. Peterson Obara Magutu (PI- FS); Nancy Rydberg, Neil Boothby, Harold Toro Tulla and Paul Perrin (PIs- HEIGHTS); Edward Jurkovic (Ecosystem and Diagnostic Process); Dr. Maria Estela Rivero Fuentes (Capacity Exchange/MEL).
HEIGHTS - IE: Andrea McMerty Brummer (Program Manager- HEIGHTS); Prof. Nzioka John Muthama (PI - IS) Nancy Rydberg, Neil Boothby, Harold Toro Tulla and Paul Perrin (PIs- HEIGHTS); Edward Jurkovic (Ecosystem and Diagnostic Process); Dr. Maria Estela Rivero Fuentes (Capacity Exchange/MEL).
