Doctoral education and institutional research capacity strengthening: An example at Makerere University in Uganda (2000-2013)

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 195-217

  Akuffo, Hannah ^a   Freeman, Phyllis ^b   Johansson, Eva ^c   Obua, Celestino ^d   Ogwal Okeng, Jasper ^e   Waako, Paul ^f  

^a Styrelsen for Internationellt Utvecklingssamarbete   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f BUSITEMA UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

doctoral training; institutional research capacity; joint double degrees; Makerere university; research and development cooperation; research focused university

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901047486     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/hep.2014.4     Document Type: Article

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