Wishing everyone a happy and fruitful 2026!

Have you signed up for our January and February seminars? Learn more about Advancing African Epistemic Leadership - more info: parc.bristol.ac.uk/our-work/sem... #AfricaResearch #AfricaCharter @bristoluni.bsky.social

ICYMI - a season of widening engagement with the Africa Charter’s transformative agenda, at events in the UK & Europe. Read more on our blog: parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/12/10/e... #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation

Interested in what Northern universities can do to support African epistemic leadership? Join us for a seminar series beginning 13th January. Read more: parc.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/our-work/sem...

PARC chair Isabella Aboderin has spent the last few weeks widening engagement with the Africa Charter’s transformative agenda at events in the UK and Europe. Read more on our blog: parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/12/10/e... #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation @bristoluni.bsky.social

Save the date - on 13 January the first speaker of our seminar series will be Professor Kenneth Matengu, Vice Chancellor of the University of Namibia 🌍 📢Advancing African epistemic leadership Read more 👉

📢NEW! Seminar series starting 13 January 2026 - Advancing African epistemic leadership. Read more 👉https://parc.bristol.ac.uk/our-work/seminar-series/

A trip to the 2025 Academic Conference on Africa - PARC's Eyob Balcha Gebremariam was at UN headquarters earlier this month speaking about the #AfricaCharter 🌍 media.un.org/photo/en/ass... #AcademicAfrica2025 #PerivoliFoundation @bristoluni.bsky.social

PARC's Eyob Balcha Gebremariam is at UN headquarters today speaking at the 2025 Academic Conference on Africa #AcademicAfrica2025🌍 #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation

Fantastic event happening later today at @bristoluni.bsky.social, co-organised with @brisblackhums.bsky.social & @frenchatbristol.bsky.social: “Translation in (post)colonial context” with Professor Souleymane Bachir Diagne of Columbia University 📚

Great to bring together so many colleagues working on Africa-facing research at @bristoluni.bsky.social this week - many insights into the challenges and opportunities of international partnerships! 🌍📚🤩 parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/11/20/c...

Many research careers start with a PhD. Our new award will support healthcare professionals to take that step. We’re funding a new round of doctoral programmes to train the next generation of clinically-active research leaders. Applications are open now. Find out more: wellcome.org/research-fun...

We are looking forward to coming together with other @bristoluni.bsky.social colleagues working on Africa-facing projects at our event next Tuesday! 🌍 #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation parc.bristol.ac.uk/event/buildi...

Next week, from November 19-20, stakeholders from across Africa and the world will convene for the 2025 Africa Health and Development Annual Research Symposium which will be held at APHRC Nairobi campus and online. Register now and be part of Africa leading its future! buff.ly/73kymDb

Interested in decoloniality in higher education? This open-access book offers some fascinating case studies: Can Higher Education Be Decolonised?: A Situated Case Study of an Elite University in the Global North 🌍

Co-creating with communities – read more about PARC's Leon Tikly working with UCT partners on Engaged Research #AfricaCharter #AfricaResearch #PerivoliFoundation

Cardiff University is the first Welsh university to sign the #AfricaCharter and we are delighted to have them on board 🙌 www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/29...

'Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.' Join Prof Justin Williams at @wshed.bsky.social on Thursday 6-9pm for a new documentary on Hip-Hop in Tanzania The event is free, open to all & includes a Q&A, food & music! 🎟️ bit.ly/42oG7Ja

If you are interested in the intellectual underpinnings of the Africa Charter, take a look at our Publications page. 📚 We have open access papers looking at epistemic justice, equitable partnerships and more. #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation

ICYMI - a fantastic ‘living example’ of the Africa Charter principles in action. Check out our first podcast, interviewing the researchers behind the Perivoli Schools Trust Research Project in Namibia 📢 parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/08/29/i... #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation @bristoluni.bsky.social

We are delighted that all four @gw4alliance.bsky.social universities are now signatories of the #AfricaCharter! 🙌🌍📢 Read more: parc.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/10/09/a... @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk @bristoluni.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social

Great to see news about @gw4alliance.bsky.social universities signing the #AfricaCharter in the latest GW4 newsletter! ➡️ gw4.ac.uk/news/gw4-new...

What does an enhanced research culture look like in practice? GW4 Re-Culture is a creative, skills-based programme exploring how a flourishing research culture might be built across GW4 universities: gw4.ac.uk/gw4re-culture/ @gw4alliance.bsky.social

Researchers from the Universities of Namibia and Bristol team up with @perivoliarc.bsky.social to transform waste into learning resources for under-funded communities. Read more: tinyurl.com/npjh8dnj

Have you seen this excellent open access book - Can Higher Education Be Decolonised? - with contributions from PARC's Leon Tikly and Eyob Balcha Gebremariam? 📚 #decolonisation #AfricaCharter bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...

Great #AfricaCharter writing workshop at #ASAA25, with real experiences of the 'inner layers' of the Africa Charter (epistemic justice, language, extraversion and the development frame) parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/10/03/a... @divinefuh.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social

If you're in Bristol on 15 October, this interesting public lecture looks at how education initiatives pioneered in Africa could be used in the UK to tackle gambling harms. A great panel of speakers, chaired by PARC's Isabella Aboderin @bristoluni.bsky.social www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...

Coming up this autumn... further work on building a community of @bristoluni.bsky.social Africa-facing researchers and scholars, supporting each other in #AfricaResearch 🙌 parc.bristol.ac.uk/event/buildi... #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation

Wits University, Johannesburg, has become the newest signatory of the Africa Charter for Transformative Research Collaborations. Read more: www.wits.ac.za/news/latest-... #AfricaCharter

🎧 Listen to the DSA Australia webinar on Decolonial Reflections on the Future of African Development where DSA council member Eyob Balcha Gebremariam argues that development has historically been defined for Africans, not by Africans. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjKJ...

'Tackling the World-Wide Gambling Epidemic. What Can We Learn from Africa?' If you're in Bristol, come along to this free public lecture chaired by PARC's Isabella Aboderin ➡️ 15th October, 6.00-7.30 PM, Wills Memorial Building. Register here: www.bristol.ac.uk/research/gro... #AfricaResearch

🌍 The Global Social Challenges Development Fund is here! Help us support #GlobalSouth scholars, #ECRs & #OpenAccess research that drives real change. 📚 Make research accessible. Fight misinformation. #SDGs #EquitablePublishing 👉 Donate:

🚨WEBINAR: How to Turn the Tide on the Racial Backlash Against #EDI. Amid rising culture wars, equity, diversity, and inclusion face pushback. Join us to explore ways to counter resistance and keep inclusion moving forward. ➡️Thurs, 25 Sep, 4:00 pm: buff.ly/GBeVp1s

"For me personally, the most enjoyable aspect was actually the collaboration itself" - Dr Vicky Sharley 📢 We interview the researchers behind the Perivoli Schools Trust Research Project in Namibia 👇 parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/08/29/i... #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation

📢 Call for Panels: @eadi.bsky.social / IOB 2026: Shaping Sustainable Futures: Global Challenges, (G)local solutions? 📅 29 June – 2 July 2026 📍 @iobua.bsky.social , University of Antwerp, Belgium ⏰ Deadline for submissions: 7 September 2025 www.eadi.org/eadi-events/...

If you're interested in #InclusiveResearch, take a look at @bristoluni.bsky.social's new Inclusive Research Hub (the Africa Charter features under 'Equitable Partnerships') inclusive-research.org/section/equi... #EquitablePartnerships #ResearchCulture

Newly launched! 🙌 The Inclusive Research Hub has been launched by @bristoluni.bsky.social‬'s Inclusive Research Collective, with the Africa Charter featured under 'Equitable Partnerships' ⬇️ inclusive-research.org/section/equi... #EquitablePartnerships #ResearchCulture

What an interesting time we've had interviewing the co-principal investigators of the Perivoli Schools Trust Research Project! 🌍 Interview coming soon, but in the meantime you can find out more on their website: pstproject.blogs.bristol.ac.uk #AfricaResearch #PerivoliFoundation

🚨WEBINAR: How to Turn the Tide on the Racial Backlash Against #EDI. Amid rising culture wars, equity, diversity, and inclusion face pushback. Join us to explore ways to counter resistance and keep inclusion moving forward. ➡️Thurs, 25 Sep, 4:00 pm: buff.ly/GBeVp1s

🚀 The University of Bristol has been named Research University of the Year 2026! 🎓 We’ve also jumped to 8th in the overall league table! Learn more about the Daily Mail University Guide 👉 brnw.ch/21wUUUA

Reflecting on some highlights of the 16th AAU general conference in Morocco, a great opportunity to work closely with #AfricaCharter partners, UCT & UNISA. More on our blog 👇 #gencon2025 #PerivoliFoundation parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/08/01/t...

Some relief for medical researchers hit by US federal funding cuts in South Africa: South Africa unveils funds for research hit by US cuts www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-afri...

Plenty of food for thought on this @bristoluni.bsky.social Reparative Futures panel last month. More on our blog: parc.bristol.ac.uk/2025/08/01/r... #ReparativeFutures

Exciting step towards greater global engagement in South Asia and across the global South 🙌

New interview - our Chair Isabella Aboderin talks with CISPA 👇

Construction is underway... on the Africa Charter independent website, managed by UCT, UNISA and PARC. Want to know when it will go live? Sign up here: africacharter.org 🌍 #AfricaCharter

Today PARC, UCT & UNISA are co-hosting a side session at AAU #GENCON25 on being a Charter signatory - what it means and a roadmap of actions #AfricaCharter 🌍

Together with the University of Cape Town and UNISA, we'll be co-hosting three events on the Africa Charter at the Association of African Universities (AAU) General Conference in Morocco this week. Look forward to seeing friends and colleagues there! #GENCON25

Next week the PARC team will be joining African partners, colleagues and friends at #GENCON25, the AAU 16th General Conference, 'Shaping the Future of Higher Education for Innovation and Sustainable Development of Africa' #AfricaCharter #PerivoliFoundation events.aau.org/gencon/index...

Our new Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for international mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK, providing up to £4m over a five-year period. Find out more: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/farad...