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Activities 2015

An overview of joint MAGAART activities in 2015

SDR Seminar (# 1.1.1)

Seminar theme: ‘Stability, Democracy and Rights’. 

  • Place: Kenya, MSU
  • Time: 7-8 December 2015
  • Responsible: Organising committee with 1 person from each partner university.

Read more about the seminar and find programme, abstracts and presentations 

Academic writing (PhD) (# 1.2.1)

TU will have DK input at one workshop, while GU and MSU conduct a joint ws without DK input. 

  • Place: Nepal (GU & MSU on their own)
  • Time: Q4 - TBC
  • Responsible: Jørgen Elklit, AU.
  • eLearning responsible: Lillian Buus, AAU. MSU: TBC.

Project report (by Jørgen Elklit)

Experience sharing WS for study stays grantees (# 1.3.1)

Workshop for visiting BSU PhD students

  • Place: RUC
  • Time: 24 April
  • Responsible: RUC (host)

Notice: This activity was canceled due to a low number of enrolled participants. 

E-learning Capacity Building workshop at GU (# 2.3.1)

MSU conducted an eLearning training programme on eLearning pedagogy eLearning training programme on eLearning pedagogy.

Time. February-March 2015

Place: Gulu University

Read activity report    

Proposal development & literature search WS (PhD) (# 2.4.1)

Workshop for PhD students at TU. Focus on early project development, i.e. not for current BSU PhD students. 

  • Place: Nepal
  • Time: April
  • Responsible: Hanne Adriansen, Karen Valentin & Jens Seeberg, AU
  • eLearning responsible: Heilyn Nunez & Ann Bygholm, AAU. MSU: TBC.

Project report (by Hanne Adriansen and Karen Valentin)

Practical Conflict Management (# 2.4.2)

One workshop at MSU, together with GU, and one workshop conducted at TU: both with DK input. 

Place: Nepal (TU) and Kenya (MSU + GU)

- Read TU project report (PDF)

- Read MSU project report (PDF)

Time: August 2015 (TU), November 2015 (MSU)

Responsible: Christian B. N. Gade, Jens Seeberg, and Martin D. Larsen

eLearning responsible: Heilyn Nunez & Lillian Buus, AAU. MSU: TBC.

Notice: This conflict management workshop has replaced the originally planned activity 2.4.2: Research methods & methodology (PhD).

Data Analysis (PhD) - module 1 (# 2.4.3)

1st workshop to be conducted at MSU

Read project report (for all 3 combined workshops)

  • Place: Kenya
  • Time: 7-12 September
  • Responsible: Preben Kaarsholm & Ulla Ambrosius, RUC
  • eLearning responsible: Pär-Ola Zander & Lillian Buus. MSU: TBC.

Data Analysis (PhD) - module 2 (# 2.4.4)

2nd workshop to be conducted at GU

Read project report (for all 3 combined workshops)

  • Place: Uganda
  • Time: 26-31 October
  • Responsible: Preben Kaarsholm & Ulla Ambrosius, RUC
  • eLearning responsible: Pär-Ola Zander & Lillian Buus. MSU: TBC.

Data Analysis (PhD) - module 3 (# 2.4.5)

3rd workshop to be conducted at TU

Read project report (for all 3 combined workshops)

  • Place: Nepal
  • Time: 23-27 November
  • Responsible: Preben Kaarsholm & Ulla Ambrosius, RUC
  • eLearning responsible: Pär-Ola Zander & Lillian Buus. MSU: TBC.

Evaluation of eLearning/PBL pilot project (# 2.5.1)

Evaluation to be conducted during late 2015 and early 2016, including evaluation activity at the SDR seminar in Kenya, December 2015

Read evaluation report

  • Place: South partner universities 
  • Time: August-January 2016
  • Responsible: Pär-Ola Zander, AAU (lead).