Under the leadership of DLE Research Services & Career Development at the University of Vienna, the project brings together partners from a total of eight universities in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The aim is to jointly develop a training programme for the supervision of doctoral students and to specifically adapt it to local conditions and needs in East Africa.
At the first project meeting in Kenya, which was joined by Lucas Ziner and Angela Meyer, the jointly designed training modules were tested in the group. The next step will be a pilot series of courses at the participating East African universities in autumn before the project partners meet again in March 2026 to finalise the training programme.
Find out more about EAST SPARK: https://phdsupervision.net/
Supported by OEAD and Bundesministerium Bildung, Wissenschaft und Forschung
