Calestous Juma

October 27, 2006

We Must Redesign Our Economies for Take-Off

Op-Ed, The Daily Nation, (Kenya)

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

October 21, 2006

Feeding Africa: The Biggest Crop Required is Knowledge

Op-Ed, The Des Moines Register

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

October 16, 2006

"Engineering Education Vital for Africa's Growth"

Op-Ed, The East African

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

"The development policies advocated for Africa in the past two decades have generally failed to draw from experiences elsewhere. As a result, critical lessons regarding the role of engineering in development were either ignored or their application discouraged."

October 3, 2006

Redesigning African Economies: The Role of Engineering in International Development

Paper

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

Fall 2006

Rejuvenating African Economies: The Role of Engineering in International Development

Journal Article, Africa Policy Journal, volume 2

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

Summer 2006

Reinventing African Universities

Magazine or Newspaper Article, Falmer, (The University of Sussex Magazine), issue 44

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

June 13, 2006

Merge Academia with Scientific Research

Op-Ed, The Daily Nation, (Kenya)

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

April 6, 2006

"Reinventing African Economies: Technological Innovation and the Sustainability Transition"

Conference Paper

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

Dr. Calestous Juma, the 2006 Pesek Scholar, presented this paper at the John Pesek Colloquium on Sustainable Agriculture which was held at Iowa State University on April 6–7, 2006. The colloquium was sponsored by the Henry A. Wallace Endowed Chair for Sustainable Agriculture.

February 9, 2006

'Satan's Drink' and a Sorry History of Global Food Fights

Op-Ed, Financial Times

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa

January 11, 2006

"Political Parties as Tools of Democracy"

Op-Ed, The Daily Nation, (Kenya)

By Calestous Juma, Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa and Allison DiSenso, Former Research Assistant, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Former Faculty Assistant to Calestous Juma

"Building modern political parties and associated think-tanks is, therefore, the most urgent political agenda facing the continent. Failure to do so will result in the abortion of democracy, political chaos and economic decay."