Supporting the Baseline Analysis and Research Design of Tuwekeze Pamoja

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

SFC ODA Global Challenges (GCRF) FY 2020-21

“As academics working in ODA countries on Global Challenges projects, we stand in solidarity with Black Lives Matter, and with disadvantaged communities across the globe. We recognise that universities, and the research and teaching that takes place there, have been part of a wider systemic framework that has seen minority voices silenced, and that has seen racism go unaddressed. In all … Read more

Sustainable Fisheries Management in Lake Victoria

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

Co-operatives as an Organisational Model for Urban Women in Papua New Guinea

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

Current SFC ODA GCRF projects – a selection….

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