Balancing Acts: Reflections on Designing the Study and Researching the Racialisation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana

By Nii Kwartelai Quartey, 29th July 2020 Comprehending the role of racism when analysing the impact of Coronavirus among African-descended people, in this pandemic, is an essential step in providing a framework for global health inclusivity. Community researchers can play a significant role in shaping the critical understanding on this global issue. The essence ofContinue reading “Balancing Acts: Reflections on Designing the Study and Researching the Racialisation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana”

Research Collaboration is Respect: Using COVID-19 Pandemic as an Opportunity to Implement Ethical Research Practices

Allen Kiconco, 21st July 2020  In my previous blog, I talked about my participation in this University of Liverpool collaborative research which investigates the racialisation of COVID-19 risk and prevention in Africa, particularly Kenya, Ghana and South Africa. The project brings together three community researchers and two academics, with four of these based on the continent. For three monthsContinue reading “Research Collaboration is Respect: Using COVID-19 Pandemic as an Opportunity to Implement Ethical Research Practices”

Can Research be ‘Anti-Colonial’?

Leona Vaughn, 8th July 2020 This research project ‘COVID 19 and Racialised Risk Narratives in South Africa, Ghana and Kenya’, was devised in a way that tried to reflect my personal and professional commitment to anti-colonial research. The ambition to not only ‘decolonise’ how we design and deliver research (make it less Euro-centric) but alsoContinue reading “Can Research be ‘Anti-Colonial’?”

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