invaluable expertise in the field of computational physics. The Computational Material Sciences Group attributed support for an international collaboration with Taiyuan University of Technology and ten (10) peer-reviewed publications to computational work executed on the SPARK HPPC. Building on its history of enhancing the Campus’s research activity, the Library launched the Peter Abrahams Collection , and developed a Finding Aid that provides online access to the collection. The official launch of the collection highlighted the unique content, research value and opportunities for scholarship in areas that include media and communication practices in Jamaica and the Caribbean, African and Caribbean literature and writers, historical analysis of current affairs, political commentary, and racial inequalities.
by Dr Masami Ishida, Professor in the Department of International Development Studies at the Bioresource College at the Nihon University in Japan. • Partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Jamaica Office in hosting two lectures – one on Transformation of Global Heath Governance and Japan’s Role in it, delivered by Professor Kayo Takuma from Tokyo Metropolitan University, and the other, Educational Development in Modernization in Japan delivered by Dr Nobuko Kayashima, Senior Research Adviser at Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development of JICA. • Mona School of Business and Management initiated a partnership with the Jamaica Business Development Corporation (JBDC) for final projects with graduate students. • Researchers within the Department of Sociology, Psychology and Social Work finalized and validated a data appreciation tool for the UNFPA Data Appreciation Project. • Research Fellows at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) played a significant role: ° in the field of information and communication technologies in coordinating the publication of the proceedings of the AIS SIG GlobDev 2022 Workshop on ICTs and Global Development ; ° in the field of migration and development, participation in various events and working groups related to international migration and development , including attending stakeholder engagement sessions and stocktaking meetings organized by the International Organization for Migration, as well as participating in discussions on climate mobility and the 2023 World Development Report (Caribbean Background Paper on Migration); ° in the field of democracy research , serving as country experts for the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project, co-hosted by the University of Gothenburg and University of Notre Dame. The V-Dem project is a new approach to the conceptualization and measurement of democracy and is one of the largest social science research-oriented data collection programmes; ° in the field of criminal justice and corrections, serving as Technical Secretary and Chair of the Juvenile Working Group for The Bureau of Standards Jamaica’s Correctional Services Standards Technical Committee . Additionally, Fellows participated in webinars, meetings, and expert panels, such as the Howard League for Penal Reform and the International Corrections & Prisons Association Delphi Panel.
Partnerships and collaborations to increase research output
The Faculties increased and improved academic/industry research partnerships and collaborations through active engagements with various organizations and groups, among these, in the Faculty of Social Sciences: • The Department of Economics’ collaboration with the Ministry of Finance and the Public Sector to establish a Fiscal Research Centre/Institute within the Department of Economics with the GOJ’s promised endowment of $200,000,000. • The Department of Government’s Partnership with the Embassy of Japan in Jamaica to host two lectures – a lecture on the Free and Open International Cooperation ( FOIC ) Framework delivered by Mr So Umezaki, Director, Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organisation (JETRO), and a lecture on Free and Open Indo-Pacific delivered
A Faculty of Social Sciences meeting with international partners
15 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
14 UWI MONA ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023
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