African Brain & Cognitive Development Network
@AfriBCD_Network
AfriBCD is a network bringing together researchers who study child development in Africa. We are fostering collaboration for a global developmental science 🌍🧠
🚨Have a look at this brilliant talk in our latest instalment of the AfriBCD Seminar Series. Hear Dr Ivan Kroupin talk about "Urban-rural transitions in Namibia and Angola as case study for cultural-cognitive change" youtu.be/mLnGGOfzPSs
Are you a passionate #Gambian researcher ready to take your career further? Apply for a fully funded PhD studentship with the @CHIMEforPMH project, to explore how music can improve maternal mental health in 🇬🇲. To apply, 📩[email protected] to request the application form.
📢We are excited to share this call for a Special Issue in Infancy on Nurturing Care & Neurocognitive Development in the First 1000 Days. We particularly welcome submissions from authors from the Global South🌍🧠Please see link for info& distribute widely: bit.ly/infancy-si
Opportunity PROGRAMME COORDINATOR supporting the Democratizing Education for Global Sustainability and Justice Programme (fixed term) @LucyCavColl @mccordonier 3-4 days/ week 📅 closing date - 7 Feb 2025 #career #vacancy lucy.cam.ac.uk/vacancies/prog…
Join us for an international webinar on perinatal mental health! Speakers: Maria Muzik, Daisy Singla, Nancy Byatt, Tatiana Salisbury, Louise Howard, Alain Gregoire. Sign up here: bit.ly/PMH_webinar
With @KEMRI_Wellcome, we conducted a longitudinal study on maternal and newborn health delivery in Kenya. We spoke to 1,000 women at various stages of their pregnancy. Read about how we mitigated participant attrition in our latest case study: bit.ly/3C55rJY
🔔 REMINDER 🔔 Less than 2 months left to submit your abstract for the Special Issue of Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology! 🗓️ Deadline: 1st February 2025 Submit your abstract: forms.gle/t44n1hZ8YoQo8v… More details: apa.org/pubs/journals/…
🚨CALL FOR PAPERS 🚨 Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology invites manuscript submissions for a Special Issue co-edited by @alma_jeftic, @feadeh & @GhawinRiver. 🗓️Submit an abstract by 1st Febraury 2025: forms.gle/t44n1hZ8YoQo8v… More details: apa.org/pubs/journals/…
Great funding opportunity for our members, please see below for details
🚨 Q&A webinar: Visiting Fellowships for Scholars from the Global South Join us online on 13 January 2025 to find out more about this funded Fellowship, how to apply, and what we are looking for in applications. Register to receive the webinar link crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/45288
This is a fantastic funding opportunity for our members!
📢Calling all Early Childhood Development researchers in sub-Saharan Africa! Together with @ESSA_Africa, supported by @hiltonfound, we are offering grants of up to $15,000 to boost #ECD research in SSA. Learn more & apply by 28 February 2025: essa-africa.org/node/1972
The AfriBCD team made it to UNESCO! It was such an honour to present our network to the meeting of the Global Alliance on the Science of Learning for Education. It was great meeting so many researchers, policy makers and knowledge brokers from around the world.
One of our papers on the qualitative work done for the co-design of our Mazi Umntanakho tool is out! The main message: more needs to be done about the mental well-being of little people in South Africa @ceres_jacobs link.springer.com/10.1007/s10826…
Very much looking forward to this panel discussion & webinar hosted by @IntChildHealth research & advocacy groups : -Weds 30th Oct 6pm GMT - strategies to improve #MentalHealth in children & Young adults in Africa -#worldmentalhealthday
Celebrate World Mental Health Day with the International Child Health Group (ICHG) at a special webinar focusing on strategies to improve mental health in children and young adults in Africa. app.medall.org/event-listings… #mentalhealth #worldmentalhealthday
The @ABRIR_Psy panel session will be sharing insights on the barriers faced by psychological researchers & students from the #GlobalSouth. Registration is free for those from Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia 🌏 so register now at bigteamscienceconference.github.io See you there! 👋
What a great way to begin the forum. We are excited to be participating. Join us in our sessions today.
Honored to open the International Forum of @UNESCO Chairs and Partners on #TransformingKnowledge for #Africa’s #Future, co-organized with the @_AfricanUnion. Thanks to HE @SahleWorkZewde for her leadership and commitment ! unesco.org/en/transformin…
AfriBCD invites you to be a part of advancing cognitive science in Nigeria! Organised by our members @AdebunmiOyekola @EzeugwuChika1 To register, please go to: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… For inquiries, contact us at [email protected]
While administering or adapting a test to assess children’s development, it is important to bear in mind that the test is not void of the developer’s culture. In simple terms, cars designed for 🇺🇸roads may soon face the reality of different road & driving conditions in Nigeria.
Funding opportunity for our members in Ghana from the Jacob's foundation. See below for details.
🇬🇭 Calling all early and mid-career #researchers in Ghana and Colombia 🇨🇴 Applications are now open for the LEARN program which aims to strengthen research capacity and international networks in #education and #ChildDevelopment in #Ghana and #Colombia!
Another fantastic webinar organised by @AfricArxiv aimed at supporting researchers with coding and data management. Have look at the link to learn more! info-africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/2024/09/20/emp…
This looks like a very helpful training opportunity for our members. See flyer for more details! To register go to: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
Our #Africa Hub is organising training on #OpenScience as a part of our larger project that aims to strenghten both #opensci and #bigteamsci in the majority world. If you are based in Africa, join our amazing colleagues @AdeyemiAdetula1 and @RulindaIII!
📢 Next AfriBCD seminar series talk: Cognition across cultures When: October 2 2024, 9-10am EST / 2-3pm BST / 4-5pm EAT Register here: qmul-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regist…
