About AAUN
Become part of a thriving community of 25+ leading universities committed to transformative research, leadership development, and cross-continental partnerships.
Connecting researchers to find innovative solutions to global challenges.
The AAUN is a group of leading universities in Australia and Africa, connecting academics through institutional partnerships.
The Australia Africa Universities Network (AAUN), established in 2012, is the flagship network of 29 universities from across Australia and the African continent who collaborate through equal partnership on research, capacity-building and academic diplomacy.
Key programs include the AAUN Partnership & Research Development Fund (PRDF) research seed grants, the AAUN Early Career Researchers (ECR) Group, the Annual AAUN John Hearn-Cheryl de la Rey ECR Prize, the AAUN Emerging Leaders in Australia-Africa Diplomacy (ELAAD) Program, the Annual AAUN John Hearn Memorial Lecture, and the annual high-level AAUN Forum.
Network Leadership
Under this leadership, the AAUN fosters growing relationships by building on current educational links between the continents.
Sustainable solutions to joint challenges.
AAUN is the flagship institutional network bringing together member universities from across the Australian and African continents through equitable, innovative and impactful partnerships. Established in 2012, AAUN facilitates quality collaborative research and policy advocacy to address common and comparative challenges facing science and societies, builds knowledge and research capacity in people and institutions, and pursues academic diplomacy and science communication through engagement with key stakeholders to support the deepening of Australia-Africa literacy and cooperative relations
Network Leadership
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Steering Group (Africa)
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Contact: Thabo Dikgale — Thabo.Dikgale@ump.ac.za
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Contact: Ayanda Muthethwa — ayanda.mthethwa@uct.ac.za
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Contact: Deborah Akeyampon — keyampon@ug.edu.gh
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Contact: Dr Priscilla Mensah — Priscilla.Mensah@mandela.ac.za
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Contact: Bodita Ramano — bramano@uom.ac.mu
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Contacts: Sedwyn Anthony — sedwyn.anthony@up.ac.za June Rose Ngcobo — June-rose.ngcobo@up.ac.za
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Contact: Djamali Nambajimana — adm.rm@ur.ac.rw
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Contacts: Prof Thomas Ochuku Mbuya — tmbuyat@uonbi.ac.ke Simon Kiplangat Bett — simonk@uonbi.ac.ke
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Contacts: Kimberly Cornfield — cornfieldk@ub.ac.bw Olebile Bolobiwe — bolobiweo@ub.ac.bw
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Contact: Prof Robert Wamala — robert.wamala@mak.ac.ug
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Contact: Caiphus Motadi — MotadiCC@tut.ac.za
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Contacts: Animut Tadele — animuttadele2013@gmail.com Higemengist Astatkie — Higemengist.Astatkie@bdu.edu.et
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Contacts: Yankhoba Seydi — yankhouba.seydi@ucad.edu.sn Baidy Sall — baidy.sall@ucad.edu.sn
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Contacts: Yankhoba Seydi — yankhouba.seydi@ucad.edu.sn Baidy Sall — baidy.sall@ucad.edu.sn
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Contacts: Mohamed Heban — heban447@amoud.edu.so
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Contacts: Prof Harmony Musiyarira — hmusiyarira@nust.na
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Contacts: Asrat.Atsedeweyn@uog.edu.et
Board Members (Australia)
- matthew.neuhaus@anu.edu.au
- directorgulbali@csu.edu.au
- aus-chair@aaun.network
- k.adusei@ecu.edu.au
- Jacqueline.Lo@murdoch.edu.au
- mathews.nkhoma@rmit.edu.au
- a.dansie@unsw.edu.au
- janet.dzator@newcastle.edu.au
- k.sturman@uq.edu.au
- kadambot.siddique@uwa.edu.au
- I.Anderson@westernsydney.edu.au
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To serve as the flagship platform promoting equitable, innovative and impactful university partnerships between the continents of Australia and Africa.
To facilitate quality collaborative research and policy advocacy to address common and comparative challenges facing science and societies across Australia and Africa.
To build knowledge and research capacity in people and institutions across Australia and Africa, including the next generation of scholars.
To utilise academic diplomacy and science communication through engagement with key stakeholders in academia, government, industry, and communities to support the deepening of Australia-Africa literacy and cooperative relations.
To maintain network sustainability through demonstrating value and impact, securing external support and partnerships, a managed evolution of membership, and practicing collegial, inclusive, active and transparent leadership and governance.
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AAUN acknowledges the following partners for their sponsorship, enabling us to marshal the expertise required to address global challenges.
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