In this episode, our guest Dr. Nelly Isigi Kadagi joins us to talk about helicopter research and data collection modes in the global South, and methods of engagement. Helicopter research describes when researchers from wealthier countries fly to a developing country like Zimbabwe, take samples, fly out, analyze the samples elsewhere, and publish the results with little involvement of local scientists. At best, local scientists are used to provide logistics, and may not even be acknowledged. We illustrate this issue with anecdotes, and explore some successes of research engagement from the global south.

This is our very first podcast where we all about some of our experiences in research, being women, African, working from the West, and describing some funny work situations. There are some technical issues related to the fact that we are literally 12,000 km appart. This is Ife and Dyhia and this is AfriCan Geopardy.