The University of Malawi (UNIMA) is pleased to announce that its Annual Research and Innovations Conference will be held on Wednesday, November 30 th at its campus in Zomba. The theme for the conference is: Promoting relevant research and Innovations- gateway to 2063.

 

UNIMA is therefore inviting students, staff members from various universities, policy makers, development partners, funding agencies, government departments, NGOs, CSOs and all stakeholders to this conference to discuss issues of research and innovations in Malawi and how academic institutions and all key players can work together to achieve the Malawi 2063

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Selected papers may be considered for publication in Peer reviewed journals, for example, Malawi Journal of Social Sciences, Journal of Humanities, The Malawi Journal of Economics etc; Conference proceedings booklet or Special issues

 

Themes and Sub-themes

 

UNIMA is inviting for submission of abstracts in the following Themes and Sub-themes:

 

I. EDUCATION

• Contextually relevant pedagogy

• Inclusive education in higher education institutions: policy and practice

• Governance, Management and Leadership in Education

• Research and assessment in higher education

• Pandemics and research in education

• Teacher education standards

• Educational technology

 

II. NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCES

• Pandemics, climate change and natural disasters

• Emerging research approaches in the 21 st Century

• ICT and knowledge management

 

III. LAW, ECONOMICS AND GOVERNMENT

• Policies, governance and the law

• Electronic Transactions, Ecommerce and the Digital Economy

• Corruption

• Leadership

• Regional integration and the AFCTA

• COVID19 effects, livelihoods and economy

• Disability and the economy

 

IV. HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Gender, youth and child protection

• Globalization

• Early childhood development and schooling

• Mental health

• Culture, religion and politics

• Language and sustainable development

• Language and literacy

• Language as social practice

• critical and creative thinking for Malawi children and the youth

 

V. ARTS, COMMUNICATION AND DESIGN

• Information technology and innovations

• New form of traditional, performing and fine arts

• Gender perspectives in arts and design

• Innovation in art and design

• Drama, theatre, film and cinema

• Fashion and design

The cover page of the abstract should include:

• Full name: Forename[s] and Surname

• Affiliation

• Postal address, State/Country

• Email Address

• Co-Presenters

• Conference Theme and Topic

• Preferred type of presentation: oral or poster

• Title of proposed presentation

• Keywords: 5-10 key words

Please include the following in the abstract:

• Background and Rationale

• Methodology

• Results

• Conclusion

• Recommendations

• References: up to three references

• Acknowledgements

• The Abstract should be of 300 words maximum (excluding references and acknowledgements)

 

Submission Date: October 30 th 2022