Activities and projects from the Commission for Research Partnerships with Developing Countries (KFPE) in 2022.

150 participants came together on the 5th of May in Bern to discuss challenges and opportunities for decolonizing Swiss research collaborations. The summaries of the parallel sessions and the presenters’ slides are now available online

Key insights from an interactive virtual workshop underline the need for a profound reconfiguration of the current science system to integrate postcolonial thought and open science principles.

article for KFPE by O. Ravaka Andriamihaja of the University of Bern on how to combat the fact that North-South collaboration in research create dependence and invisibility, undermining the chances of finding solutions for global challenges

interview with CDE director and KFPE president Thomas Breu about the need for Switzerland to open up to new approaches to research cooperation with Africa