IAD Weekly Seminar - How to Identify the 'Best' Policy Practices?: The seminar will explore promising avenues to improve the science policy interface in Africa. Multiple themes under this broad umbrella will be covered, including:

Reviews of productive modes of interfacing science and policy.Detailed explorations of the regional policy-making process, including current obstacles to building strong S/P interfaces.Efforts to train the region's scientists in policy communication.The role of mass media, new media, and civil society in the process.The role of national and regional think tanks.Advocacy efforts directed at policy-makers to promote an evidence-based culture.

Registration link https://cornell.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAvd-6hqz4iGNPIdRl_GB32lKdm8k…

In this seminar, we will explore promising avenues to improve the science policy interface in Africa. The seminar will cover multiple themes under this broad umbrella, including (a) reviews of productive modes of interfacing science and policy, (b) detailed explorations of the policy-making process in the region, including current obstacles to building strong S/P interfaces, (c) efforts to train the region’s scientists in policy communication, (d) the role of mass media, new media and civil society in the process, (e) the role of national and regional think-tanks, (f) advocacy efforts directed at policy-makers to promote an evidence-based culture.

Are you interested in the history and political development of countries in the region of southern Africa? Learn more about our Cornell Summer Program in Zambia – History and Politics of Southern Africa in partnership with the University of Zambia and the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research (SAIPAR). This study abroad examines the history of European settlement in southern Africa, the liberation wars and the independence process, Apartheid and post-Apartheid democracy in South Africa, as well as the turn to electoral democracy in Zambia, Botswana and Malawi.

Learn more about our Cornell Summer Program in Ghana – AU Agenda 2063 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals that focuses on African development that engages the interface between the UN 17 SDGs and AU Agenda 2063 and their respective priority areas. Held at one of Cornell's Global Hub partner institutions, the University of Ghana, students will link readings and discussions with visits to relevant historical and cultural sites, including Cape Coast castle, that will provide learning milieus to satisfy academic as well as cross-cultural objectives.

Are you interested in the history and political development of countries in the region of southern Africa? Learn more about our Cornell Summer Program in Zambia – History and Politics of Southern Africa in partnership with the University of Zambia and the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research (SAIPAR). This study abroad examines the history of European settlement in southern Africa, the liberation wars and the independence process, Apartheid and post-Apartheid democracy in South Africa, as well as the turn to electoral democracy in Zambia, Botswana and Malawi.

Learn more about our Cornell Summer Program in Ghana – AU Agenda 2063 and the UN Sustainable Development Goals that focuses on African development that engages the interface between the UN 17 SDGs and AU Agenda 2063 and their respective priority areas. Held at one of Cornell's Global Hub partner institutions, the University of Ghana, students will link readings and discussions with visits to relevant historical and cultural sites, including Cape Coast castle, that will provide learning milieus to satisfy academic as well as cross-cultural objectives.

Lunch will be provided.

Are you interested in the history and political development of countries in the region of southern Africa? Learn more about our Cornell Summer Program in Zambia – History and Politics of Southern Africa in partnership with the University of Zambia and the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research (SAIPAR). This study abroad examines the history of European settlement in southern Africa, the liberation wars and the independence process, Apartheid and post-Apartheid democracy in South Africa, as well as the turn to electoral democracy in Zambia, Botswana and Malawi.