Seminar: South-North research cooperation at Aalborg University Copenhagen

DDRN Public seminar

Registration (free): Send an e-mail with your name to: [email protected]

Programme

15.00-15.05: Welcome by Reza Tadayoni, Assoc. Prof., Communication, Media and Information technologies (CMI), AAU.

15.05-15.10: Welcome by Arne Wangel, Editor in Chief, DDRN: Rationale and key issues in the DDRN research communication project.

15.10-15.35: Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Prof., Department of Communication & Psychology:

Transforming education trough information and communication technology (ICT) and problem- and project-based learning (PBL). Experiences from the Building Stronger Universities Programme (BSU III) with Gulu University, Uganda.

15.35-16.00: Key note: Idongesit Williams, Post Doc, Communication, Media and Information technologies (CMI), AAU.

16.00-16.25: Knud Erik Skouby. Professor, Communication, Media and Information technologies (CMI): The long-term record of cooperation with Ghana on development of telecommunication

16.25-16.35: Break with refreshments

16.35-16.50: Augustine Yelfaanibe, PhD student, Department of Culture and Global Studies: Migration and Social Protection in Ghana.

16.50-17.15: Vibeke Andersson, Assoc.Prof. & Helene Balslev Clausen, Assoc. Prof. Department of Culture and Global Studies: Examples of South-North Research cooperation.

17.25-17.55: Panel discussion:

• Challenges in South-North research cooperation

• Mutual South-North learning?

• Do we need a tracer study and what should be the focus?

Brief introduction by each panellist: Reza Tadayoni, Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld, Idongesit Williams, Knud Erik Skouby, Augustine Yelfaanibe, Vibeke Andersson & Helene Balslev Clausen followed by comments and questions from the audience

17.55-18.00: Closing remarks by Morten Falch, Assoc. Prof., CMI