{"id":1410,"date":"2023-03-27T19:15:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-27T17:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2023-03-29T12:17:03","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T10:17:03","slug":"mid-seminar-domingos-langa-on-universities-and-innovation-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/2023\/03\/mid-seminar-domingos-langa-on-universities-and-innovation-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Mid-Seminar: Domingos Langa on Universities and Innovation in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-content-wrapper\"><h4>Mid-Seminar: Universities and innovation in Africa: Contemporary histories of innovation policy and practice in a selection of African universities<\/h4>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1419 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/files\/2023\/03\/Domingos-12A4062-625x938.jpg\" alt=\"A picture of Domingos, standing infront of a book case.\" width=\"256\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/files\/2023\/03\/Domingos-12A4062-625x938.jpg 625w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/files\/2023\/03\/Domingos-12A4062-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/files\/2023\/03\/Domingos-12A4062-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/files\/2023\/03\/Domingos-12A4062.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/>Doctoral student:<\/em> Domingos Langa<br \/>\n<em>Supervisors: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/profile\/sorlin\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"> Sverker S\u00f6rlin,<\/span> <\/a><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">KTH;<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.du.se\/en\/profile-page\/?userId=1998846689\">Urban Lundberg<\/a>,<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Dalarna University College;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technopolis-group.com\/sv\/expert\/erik-arnold\/\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Erik <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Arnold<\/span><\/a><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">, Technopolis;<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Teboho Moja<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">, New York<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">University<\/span><br \/>\n<em>Opponent:<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/charlesedquist.com\/\">Charles Edquist<\/a>, researcher and Holder of the Ruben Rausing Chair in Innovation Research at CIRCLE, Lund University, Sweden<\/p>\n<p>Join and let&#8217;s discuss Domingos&#8217; work!<\/p>\n<p class=\"calendarevent__info--fixed\"><strong>Time: <\/strong> Mon 2023-04-03 13.15 &#8211; 14.45<\/p>\n<p class=\"calendarevent__info--fixed\"><strong>Location: <\/strong> <span class=\"inactiveLink\">the seminar room at the Division (Teknikringen 74 D, level 5)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"calendarevent__info--fixed\"><strong>Language: <\/strong> English<\/p>\n<p><strong><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Brief introduction of the Kappa and its structure<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">The primary goal of this study is to understand how university innovation policies and practices <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">have evolved in three African countries: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Mozambique, Kenya, and Uganda. In this thesis, I <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">present a review of the literature on higher education and innovation in Africa, as well as the <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">study objectives and research questions, key concepts, methods, and sources for the first two <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">papers related to the Mozambican case study, a summary of the firs<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">t two papers, and the full <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">papers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.pixabay.com\/photo\/2013\/12\/04\/09\/17\/shield-223326_960_720.jpg\" alt=\"Kostenlose Illustrationen zum Thema Schild\" width=\"417\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 S\u00f6rlin, 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1305,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,4,3],"tags":[238,119,77,120,244,138],"class_list":["post-1410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-higher-seminar-series","category-research","category-the-division","tag-africa","tag-education","tag-infrastructure","tag-innovation","tag-midterm","tag-resilience"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":871,"url":"https:\/\/www.kth.se\/blogs\/hist\/2021\/07\/higher-seminars-at-the-division\/","url_meta":{"origin":1410,"position":0},"title":"Higher Seminars at the Division","author":"Sofia Jonsson","date":"2021-07-12","format":false,"excerpt":"While many people slow down and prepare for vacation, the higher seminar coordinator is in heavy planning for the fall. 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