Authors
- Archives call number
- SS/448 SS/448/Prov.
- Call Number (library)
- 342.7:5.001(6) AFR
- Catalog Number
- 0000391148
- Collation
- 131 pages : illustrations
- ISBN
- 978-92-3-100703-3
- Imprint
- [30215] Paris : UNESCO, 2024
- Media type
- Paper Electronic
- Notes
- Includes bibliography Foreword by Gabriela Ramos, Assistant Director-General for Social and Human Sciences, UNESCO
- Pages
- 132
- Published in
- France
- Rights URI
- https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/igo/
- Source
- UNESCO
Table of Contents
- Foreword 5
- Acknowledgements 9
- Introduction —The Vision for Science and Scientific Freedom in Today's Africa 13
- 1. Introduction 14
- 2. What is science and the right to science? 14
- 3. Historical overview of science and scientific freedom in pre-modern Africa 16
- 4. Colonialism and the place of science and scientific freedom 16
- 5. University education and the place of science 17
- 6. The post-colonial African higher education system under the Organization of African Unity 17
- 7. Emergence of the concept of sustainable development 19
- 8. Legal and policy framework of science and scientific freedom under the African Union 19
- 9. Agenda 2063 and the Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 19
- 10. Assessment of scientific and academic freedom in Africa 20
- 11. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the UNESCO Recommendation on Science and Scientific Researchers 23
- 12. Conclusion 24
- 13. Recommendations 25
- Perspective on Scientific Freedom in Ghana 31
- 1. Introduction 32
- 2. The environment for scientific freedom: Constraints and enablers 32
- 3. A brief methodological note 33
- 4. Overview of Scientific freedom in Ghana 34
- 5. The regulatory framework 35
- 6. The organizational framework 37
- 7. Some factors affecting scientific freedom in Ghana 38
- 8. Conclusion and recommendations 40
- Perspective on Scientific Freedom in Namibia 45
- 1. Introduction 46
- 2. Overview of Namibia’s higher education sector 46
- 3. Methodological approach 47
- 4. The research, science, and technology ecosystem in Namibia 47
- 5. Namibia’s medium- and long-term development plans 48
- 6. Namibian legal and policy frameworks on scientific freedom 49
- 7. An enabling environment for scientific freedom 49
- 8. Key institutions and their roles 50
- 9. Perceptions of academics and researchers on the state of scientific freedom 51
- 10. Trends, monitoring and evaluation: balancing freedoms with responsibilities. 52
- 11. Gender equality and empowerment 53
- 12. Recommendations 53
- 13. Conclusion 54
- Perspective on Scientific Freedom in Congo 57
- 1. Introduction 58
- 2. National legal and political frameworks 58
- 3. Favourable environment for scientific freedom 61
- 4. Key institutions and their roles 63
- 5. Trends in the implementation of STI policies 65
- 7. Taking gender issues into account 67
- 8. Results of the survey on scientific freedom 68
- 10. Conclusion 73
- Perspective on Scientific Freedom in Sierra Leone 77
- 1. Introduction 78
- 2. Entrenchment of scientific freedom and responsibility in national legal and policy frameworks 78
- 3. Enabling environment and key institutions 82
- 4. What gaps exist compared to other countries in Africa? 83
- 5. Gender equality and scientific freedom 85
- 5. Key findings 86
- 6. Challenges 87
- 7. Conclusion 87
- 8. Recommendations 88
- Perspective on Scientific Freedom in Tanzania 91
- 1. Study design and methodology 92
- 2. Tanzania’s legal and policy framework for scientific freedom 92
- 4. Assessment of scientific practice and freedom in Tanzania 95
- 6. Findings on academic freedom 97
- 7. Gender equality and youth in science, technology, and innovation 103
- 8. Conclusion and Recommendations 104
- Perspective on Scientific Freedom in Zimbabwe 107
- 1. Introduction 108
- 2. Methodology 108
- 3. National legal and policy frameworks 108
- 4. Enabling environment for scientific freedom 110
- 5. Key institutions and their roles 114
- 6. Implementation trends in science, technology and innovation policy 114
- 7. Gender and scientific freedoms 116
- 8. Conclusions and recommendations 118
- Conclusion 121
- 1. Introduction 122
- 2. The state of science in Africa 122
- 3. Legal and policy frameworks 122
- 4. Key institutions 124
- 5. Monitoring and evaluation, and indicators 125
- 6. The enabling environment 125
- 7. Gender considerations 126
- 8. Academic freedom and scientific freedom 126
- 9. Gaps and recommendations 129
- 10. Concluding remarks 131
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