Promoting Interdisciplinary Research in West Africa: A writing workshop for Early Career Researchers, Ghana, January 2024
Addressing global challenges requires that the next generation of researchers possesses interdisciplinary expertise.
Funded by the British Academy, Prof. Henrice Altink (History) and Dr Rachel Alsop (Centre for Women’s Studies) delivered a three-day writing workshop at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana for 25 early career researchers from Ghana, Nigeria and Gambia. In collaboration with senior researchers from KNUST and staff from its Office for Grants and Research, they gave presentations outlining the publishing and grant application processes in general and highlighted major challenges in these processes when it comes to interdisciplinary research. In between presentations, attendees worked on a draft manuscript and grant concept note that they had submitted earlier and for which they received feedback from the workshop facilitators.