Prof John Ouma Mugabe

Prof John Ouma-Mugabe
+27 (0)12 420 4871
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  • PhD in Political Science, University of Amsterdam
  • Bachelor of Science (Agriculture), University of Nairobi
  • Fellow, World Academy of Arts and Sciences (WAS)
  • Fellow, African Academy of Sciences (AAS)
  • Fellow, Academy of Engineering and Technology of the Developing World (AETDW)
  • Senior Associate Faculty, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex
  • Innovation Policy for Development
  • Sustainability Oriented Innovation (SOI)
  • Political Economy of Science and Innovation Policy Making
  • Organization and Innovation
  • Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
  • Innovation for Industrialization in Africa
  • Development of African Union (AU) Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy for Africa (STISA) 2034
  • Political economy of science and innovation policy making in Africa
  • Research and Innovation Funding Mechanisms in Africa: A Handbook
  • Transformative Innovation Policy in Africa
  • John Ouma-Mugabe, Anthon Botha, Petrus Letaba (2024), Institutionalizing foresight in science, technology, and innovation in sub-Saharan Africa. Dev Policy Rev. 2024;00:e12789. https://doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12789
  • Josephine Kaviti Musango and John Ouma-Mugabe (2024) A generic technology assessment framework for sustainable energy transitions in African contexts. Technological Forecasting & Social Change 204 (2024) 123441
  • Martin Mbaya and John Ouma-Mugabe (2023) A systematic literature review and mapping of systemic barriers to digital learning innovation in Africa in the context of changing global value chains. African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2023 https://doi.org/10.1080/20421338.2023.2287803
  • Jussi S. Jauhiainen & John Ouma Mugabe (2024): Innovation research in and on Africa: A literature analysis in 2015–2021, African Journal of Science, Technology Innovation and Development, DOI: 10.1080/20421338.2024.2329017
  • John Ouma-Mugabe, Kenneth Matengu, John Sifani and Selma Lendevlo. An Analysis of Barriers to Public Sector Innovation in Namibia. Journal of Public Administration • Volume 57 • Number 3 • September 2022
  • John Ouma-Mugabe, Petronella Chaminuka and Ana M. P. Melo (2018) Characterising partnership for research and innovation in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons from the case of the Africa–EU ProIntensAfrica Initiative. South African Journal of International Relations. https://doi.org/10.1080/10220461.2018.1551152
  • Albert Edgar Manyuchi, John Ouma Mugabe, (2018) "The production and use of indicators in science, technology and innovation policy-making in Africa: Lessons from Malawi and South Africa", Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management, Vol. 9 Issue: 1, pp.21-41, https://doi.org/10.1108/JSTPM-06-2017-0026
  • ‘Unlocking systemic barriers to health innovation in Africa’ (with Manyuchi, A.) pp. 83-111 in Kraemer-Mbula, E., Hanlin, R., Byrne, R., Daniels, C., and Kingiri, A., 2023. Transformative Innovation in Times of Change: Lessons for Africa from the 2020 Global Pandemic. African Minds, Cape Town, South Africa.
  • Three chapters co-authored in Ciarli, Tommaso (editor), 2022. Changing Directions: Steering science, technology and innovation towards the Sustainable Development Goals, STRINGS, SPRU, University of Sussex.
  • ‘How the Technology and Innovation Provisions of the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement Affect its Implementation’ in UNECA (2022), Existential Priorities for the African Continental Free Trade Area. United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa.
  • ‘Innovation Systems Approaches to Agriculture and Rural Development’ in Francis, J. et al (2016), Innovation Systems: Towards Effective Strategies in Support of Smallholder Farmers. Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CTA), The Netherlands.
  • Turning Health Research into Innovations in Africa: Assessment of the Effectiveness of National Policies in Eastern and Southern Africa. Graduate School of Technology Management, University of Pretoria, 2014, Research Monograph.

 

 

 

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