Research
First-Ever Mak-UiB Research School Comes to a Lively End
Officially opened on Monday 28th November 2022, the first ever Makerere-University of Bergen Research School (MBRS) came to a lively end as student participants cheered each other on at a certificate award ceremony presided over by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Finance and Administration), Prof. Henry Alinaitwe. Held on Thursday 8th December, 2022 in the Multimedia/e-Learning room of the Frank Kalimuzo Central Teaching Facility, the ceremony was moderated by the Mak-UiB Collaboration Coordinator for Makerere University Dr. Ronald Semyalo. Also present at the award ceremony were UiB’s Prof. Tore Sætersdal, Prof. Inger Måren, Nils Gunnar Songstad, Anja Christine Rørnes Tucker as well as other officials from Makerere and UiB.
In his remarks, Prof. Alinaitwe, who represented the Vice Chancellor Prof. Barnabas Nawangwe, congratulated the facilitators from Makerere and UiB as well as the student participants upon successfully completing the two-week course. “Makerere takes great pride in collaborations and as our Vice Chancellor often says, we are the University that collaborates most in the whole world; we literally collaborate with institutions on all continents without discrimination.”
Turning to the University’s aspirations to become research-led, Prof. Alinaitwe, Prof. Alinaitwe appreciated UiB for choosing to host the PhD School at Makerere, noting that it augurs well with the institution’s research strategies. The MBRS was held as part of activities to celebrate Makerere’s 100 years of excellent service to humanity and 35 years of close collaboration with UiB.
Prof. Alinaitwe added that activities such as the MBRS help make the PhD journey more engaging and will be remembered by participants long after they complete their respective programmes. He noted that the COVID-19 pandemic had put physical conventions such as the MBRS on hold and it is good for institutions to be able to resume them. He therefore urged participants to take full advantage of the networks they forge during such engagements.
“Makerere is a very progressive institution and we are looking forward to continue collaborating with various individuals and universities,” he said. Turning to the MBRS topic; Food and Water Security in a changing World, Prof. Alinaitwe noted that although Uganda is well endowed with a variety of naturally occurring food and water resources, it would greatly benefit from technology-transfer partnerships. These partnerships, he said, would help promote technologies that enable communities to become food and water sufficient, despite varying onsets and amounts of rainfall received in the different regions of the country.
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