Mid-Seminar: Universities and innovation in Africa: Contemporary histories of innovation policy and practice in a selection of African universities

Doctoral student: Domingos Langa
Supervisors: Sverker Sörlin, KTH; Urban Lundberg, Dalarna University College; Erik Arnold, Technopolis; Teboho Moja, New York University
Opponent: Charles Edquist, researcher and Holder of the Ruben Rausing Chair in Innovation Research at CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden

Join and let’s discuss Domingos’ work!

Time: Mon 2023-04-03 13.15 – 14.45

Location: the seminar room at the Division (Teknikringen 74 D, level 5)

Language: English

Brief introduction of the Kappa and its structure

The primary goal of this study is to understand how university innovation policies and practices have evolved in three African countries:

Mozambique, Kenya, and Uganda. In this thesis, I present a review of the literature on higher education and innovation in Africa, as well as the study objectives and research questions, key concepts, methods, and sources for the first two papers related to the Mozambican case study, a summary of the first two papers, and the full papers.