College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2020 45 We have an ambitious agenda, but one that we firmly believe in. Prof Erika Kraemer-Mbula DST/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Chair in Transformative Innovation, the 4IR and Sustainable Development overview The second year of the Trilateral Chair was marked by COVID-19, which raised fundamental questions core to the Chair’s programme of work. COVID-19 has made evident the need to redirect our systems towards low-carbon and social inclusion. Moreover, the pandemic has put a spotlight on scientific knowledge and innovation. Our collective ability to pave the way towards a more sustainable and inclusive future depends on how we respond to this crisis, both through policy and through behavioural changes at the community and individual level. The Chair has responded to these fundamental challenges by embedding them into our research programme and by embracing flexibility, adaptation and changes in the way we work, collaborate, and co-create. 2020 has been a productive research year, resulting in 3 books, 10 journal articles and 10 book chapters published. Our researchers have been involved in many presentations and conferences throughout the year, advancing the field and making our research visible. growing our CommuniTY The Chair’s partners: Prof Erika Kraemer-Mbula (UJ), Dr Ann Kingiri (African Centre for Technology Studies, Kenya) and Dr Rob Byrne (Science and Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex, UK), developed multiple joint activities throughout the year, strengthening their collaboration and deepening their partnership. In 2020 the Chair recruited nine PhD students. Six at the University of Johannesburg (Amanda-Leigh O’Connell, Wondia Mireille Yeo, Gaboile Mabeba, Sigfried Tivana, Gerard Ralphs and Liesel Kassier); two at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) in Kenya (Mbeo Ogeya and Ann Numi) and one at the University of Sussex in the UK (Nora Ndege). Postdoctoral Fellows hosted at the Trilateral Chair in UJ during 2020 were Dr Larry Onyango, Dr Pamela Mreji, Dr Bertha Vallejo and Dr Afeez Jaiyeola. In 2020 we also welcomed several new Visiting Professors (Professor Johan Schot, Prof Edward Lorenz, Prof David Walwyn, Prof Jacob Park and Prof Fred Gault), Visiting Associate Professors (Prof Rasmus Lema), Professors of Practice (Dr Michael Gastrow) and Senior Research Associates (Dr Sibusiso Manzini, Dr Blanche Ting, and Dr Kehinde Medase). This growing community has provided a fertile ground for the exchange of ideas, mentorship and learning. sTrong foCus on CaPaCiTY Building and PuBliC engagemenTs 2020 opened new possibilities for online engagements, and we made the most of them by offering several online training events to our students and designing online workshops to build their capacity and keep our research community connected. Some examples include: • Participation of our students in a two-week online African Doctoral Academy (ADA Online Winter School 2020 - The University of Stellenbosch). • The Trilateral Chair designed a training workshop for our PhD students (PhD Engagement Week) to provide a platform for students and senior researchers to meet each other, as well as discuss the theoretical pillars of the Chair. • Our students undertook a 3-month Online
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