Institute for African Development Weekly Seminar Series

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.

Faculty and staff are invited to join for an overview and open discussion of the Global Hubs initiative.

Vice Provost Wendy Wolford will explain the purpose of the Global Hubs, and faculty leads for several of the Hubs locations will discuss their experiences with institutional partners and ways for faculty and staff to be involved.

Please bring your questions about the Hubs and join us in person on March 13 at 11:30 a.m. in G10 Biotech.

Moderator:

Wendy Wolford, Vice Provost for International Affairs

Faculty Presenters:

Gustavo Flores-Macias, faculty lead for Tecnológico de Monterrey, MexicoNate Foster, faculty lead for University of Edinburgh, United KingdomYing Hua, director of Cornell China Center, BeijingLee Humphreys, faculty lead for DenmarkTom Pepinsky, faculty lead for National University of Singapore, SingaporeMark Milstein, representative for the Faculty Senate CAPP on the faculty advisory committeeRachel Beatty Riedl, director of the Mario Einaudi Center for International StudiesKen Roberts, faculty lead for Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador

A family of refugees from Sudan has landed in cold, upstate New York
just as an administration hostile to immigrants takes over and the Refugee Center overseeing their resettlement is faced with a battle for its own survival.

Join students and faculty from GDEV 2105: Critical Global Citizenship, in collaboration with the Migrations Initative, the Polson Insititute for Global Development, and the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement as we screen Utica: The Last Refuge an important and timely documentary. Directly following the screening will be a short Q&A with the filmmaker, Loch Phillipps, and Utica community members featured in the film.

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.

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.

Dr. Jacqueline Kitulu, MD, MBA, OGW, is a current Chairperson of the Board of Rocket Health, which offers telemedicine healthcare services in Kampala. She also served as a prior President of the Kenya Medical Association, and the first female Chair of this umbrella organization of doctors and dentists in Kenya. Dr. Kitulu earned her MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) from the University of Nairobi and her MBA in Healthcare Management from Strathmore Business School. Dr. Kitulu has dedicated her life to working to transform healthcare in Kenya and globally. She has been instrumental in building local and global partnerships as well as coalitions to enhance policy advocacy in the health space and to accelerate access to quality and affordable healthcare for all. She has served and continues to serve on the boards of various other medical organizations shaping healthcare strategies and policies as well as in non-medical organizations where she provides medical expertise on health governance and program issues.

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.

This takes the position that, The Critical Success Factor in the Science to Policy Interface is the Overall Policy Process. By contrasting and comparing various national and corporate policy development & deployment processes, this presentation examines this perspectives via two questions

Is the scientific credibility tested when embedding theories & stratagems into policy? Is the Policy Development & Deployment Process itself scientifically credible?

Professor Fabien Nkot is the Secretary General, Ministry of Secondary Education (MINESEC), former Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Republic of Cameroon, and University Professor, Public Law and Political Science, University of Yaounde 2, Republic of Cameroon.

The IAD Special Topic Seminar Series explores 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.