Thomas Sankara Scholars

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Thomas Sankara Portrait by the Beninois Artist Youss Atacora

The GPN has decided to name its doctoral scholarships after Thomas Sankara, a prominent figure of the Global South and former President of Burkina Faso (1983-1987), whose ideas and practices of resisting neo-colonialism and promoting independent paths for countries of the Global South are considered an inspiration for the work of the Global Partnership Graduate School.

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Jawaharlal Nehru University

Name	Dissertation Topic
Anjana H Kumar	Invisible Women of Cashew Global Value System in Kerala

Haiti University

Name	Dissertation Topic
Képler Aurélien	(Postdoc) The economic stakes of the post-1986 cycle of political crises in Haiti: neocolonial economic development programs and power struggles

Haramaya University

Name	Dissertation Topic
Bikila Abdisa Geleta	Trends and Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment, Its effects on GDP, Export Performance, and implications on Regional Trade Agreement in Ethiopia
Mideksa Fufa Jilito	Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships and Engagement in Improving Rural Households Food and Nutrition Security in the Context of Sustainable Development Goals in Eastern Ethiopia

Makerere University

Name	Dissertation Topic
Geofrey Muhairwe	Smart Technologies for Effective Service Delivery: The Case of Regulating Public Transport Service in Uganda
Victoria Kiboneka	Ideology for food security? The Contest between Genetically Modified (GM) crops and Organic Farming as pathways to food security in Uganda

Rhodes University

Name	Dissertation Topic
Neil Batsirai Maheve	Rethinking development and resistance in post-colonial Zimbabwe: the case of the CAMPFIRE project in Dande 1990-2016

University of Cape Coast

Name	Dissertation Topic
Rexford Akrong	Impact of Certification Programs on Access to Export Markets by Smallholder Mango Farmers in Ghana

University of Kara

Name	Dissertation Topic
Adama Doudou Diop	Les défis des programmes d'innovations écologiques dans la coopération au développement: exemple au Sénégal sur l'éco-construction, les énergies renouvelables et l'agriculture durable. (English translation: The challenges of ecological innovation programs in development cooperation: example in Senegal on eco-construction, renewable energy and sustainable agriculture).
Oladjigbo Katchoni Georges Koba	Territorial governance and gender: challenges and perspectives in Burkina Faso and Togo

University of Tehran

Name	Dissertation Topic
Reihaneh Saremi	In/Formalizing the Informal Life: A Dialogue between Social Policy and Everyday Life in Iran

University of Witwatersrand

Name	Dissertation Topic
Dev Krishnan Anil	Cooperation in Production as an Alternative for the Global South: An Exploratory Study of the Kudumbashree Farm Collectives of Kerala

University of West Indies

Name	Dissertation Topic
Genius Ose Edokpa	Playing in the park: Exploring the dynamic performance of Jamaican Agroparks

University of Kassel

Name	Dissertation Topic
Margaret Babirye	Climate Politics: Conservation, Displacement and Education - the case of Batwa of Uganda
María Fernanda Cordova Suxo	Analysis of the construction of the discourse on identities, realities and actions from the perspective of beneficiaries of development cooperation in the Andes, Bolivia