EVENTS
How can R&D collaboration with Africa support an agenda for sustainable growth in the UK and beyond?
- June 11, 2025 5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
- The Royal Society and online
The UK benefits hugely in scientific and cultural terms from international collaboration in R&D. Traditionally, though, it has looked to its R&D links with more developed nations to support its own economic development, and supported collaboration with developing nations through Overseas Development Assistance. With the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office currently developing a new strategy for the UK working with Africa, how, if at all, can UK R&D collaboration with African nations support the UK growth agenda alongside meeting core in-country development objectives? In the year in which South Africa is chairing the G20, are there priority areas of collaboration (for example in renewable energy) which can bring economic benefits to both the UK and African countries, and underpin a prosperous Africa? And how might this shape our view of ODA funding for R&D?
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The Rt Hon the Lord Willetts FRS Chair, The Foundation for Science and Technology |
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Dr Rhona Mijumbi Co-Director at The Center for Rapid Evidence Synthesis (ACRES), Makerere University and Head of the Policy Unit at the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Programme, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine |
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Professor Ambreena Manji Dean of International for Africa, Cardiff University, and former director of the British Academy's British Institute in East Africa |
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Professor Christopher Smith Executive Chair of AHRC and UKRI International Champion |