The St Andrews Africa Research (StAAHR) Health Network has a mission of using interdisciplinary approaches to address interactable global health challenges. Led by Dr Wilber Sabiiti and Dr Katherine Keenan, the network will offer training to increase south-south data analysis and research dissemination skills and build a digital resource centre hosting the network’s outputs and … Read more
Working Together to Give Children in Tanzania a Better Start GCRF Funding Cycle2018-19 Principal InvestigatorMargaret Leighton SchoolsEconomics and Finance ODA countriesTanzania Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 4 Early childhood care, development and pre-primary education has brought a researcher from the School of Economics & Finance to partner with Save the Children on an intervention designed and implemented by the … Read more
PI: Professor Andrew Brierley The Lake Victoria fishery supports c. 35 million people in the East African Community (EAC). Fisheries ecologists from the School of Biology are working with human-health and fishery partners around Lake Victoria in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya on connected, multidisciplinary projects to sustainably manage fish stocks, and to examine the potential … Read more
PI: Dr Melissa DemianTowns and cities in Papua New Guinea (PNG) are characterised by rapid in-migration from the rural areas of the country, insecure housing, a youth bulge, and precarious livelihoods that depend heavily on the informal economy. Due to ongoing structural inequalities in access to education and to land-based resources, women in PNG are … Read more
The University of St Andrews research contributing directly to United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals In year 2018-19, through the SFC ODA GCRF funding stream, the University of St Andrews has funded 50 projects involving 48 ODA-listed countries. Browse projects by our priority area are: COVID-19 Energy and innovation Global health and inequality Sustainability and environmental … Read more
