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The Rise of Computing Research in East Africa: The Relationship between Funding, Capacity and Research Community in a Nascent Field

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Harsh, Matthew; Bal, Ravtosh; Wetmore, Jameson; Zachary, G. Pascal; Holden, Kerry – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2018

The emergence of vibrant research communities of computer scientists in Kenya and Uganda has occurred in the context of neoliberal privatization, commercialization, and transnational capital flows from donors and corporations. We explore how this funding environment configures research culture and research practices, which are conceptualized as…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Projects, Research Administration, Longitudinal Studies