International Science Programme 60 years
ISP´s 60th Anniversary
For 60 years ISP has provided long-term funding, coordination and mentoring to research groups and regional scientific networks at universities and research institutes in low and lower-middle income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
In 2021 ISP celebrated its 60th Anniversary!
#ISP60years
ISP events 2021
building future networks - April 22, 2021

- Venue: via Zoom
- Participants: PhD students and Postdocs from Sida and ISP programs from Swedish universities
- Program:
- 10:00 Welcome by Sida
- 10:05 Information about ISP by Dr Peter Sundin, Director of ISP
- 10:30 Prof Charlotta Turner (Lund University) about Doctorateness
- Presentation by Prof Turner
- Critical reading of literature – a seminar serieby Turner & Sandahl
- 11:30 Lunch
- 12:30 NABC workshop with UU Innovation
The NABC method was developed by the Stanford Research Institute many years ago. Since then millions of researchers all over the world have used the method to present their research in an easy-to-understand way. This is your opportunity to learn how to communicate the value of your research and avoid rejections based on incomprehension.
The purpose of the workshop is to create a ”soft” understanding of how to think about research from a user perspective, and how to present research in an easy to understand and compelling way.
Gender, diversities and unconscious bias - SEPTEMBER 9-10, 2021

Gender, diversities and unconscious bias: how to master the playground rules in Academia
- Participants: ISP, Researchers from ISP supported groups and networks and Uppsala University Department of Gender studies
- Venue: Digital event
Presentations from the workshop:
Gabriele Griffin (Uppsala University, Sweden), Gender mainstreaming in Mozambique: a long way from unconscious bias
Betty Nannyonga (Makerere University, Uganda), Implicit gender-career bias in academic institutions
Katharina Berndt Rasmussen (Institute for Futures Studies and Stockholm University, Sweden), Implicit bias and discrimination
Alix Dehayem-Massop (University of Nairobi, Kenya), A STEM advocate safari: reflections on 10 years promoting gender balance in Kenya and East Africa
Minna Salminen Karlsson (Uppsala University, Sweden), Making a career in the gendered university
Leela Pradham (Tribhuvan University, Nepal), Gender balance in STEM education and research: a perspective from Nepal
Yvonne Bonzi (University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso), Challenges of gender unbalance in Academia and actions to make equality: a view from Burkina Faso
K Siddique-e Rabbani (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh), Gender equality in STEM in Bangladesh, how much we could do and how we can go further
Vanseng Chounlamany (National University of Laos, Laos), Successes and challenges in achieving gender balance in STEM disciplines in Laos
GRAND CELEBRATION - DECEMBER 14-15, 2021
ISP 60 years - A Scientific Success Story
- Program: 1,5 days to celebrate ISP´s achievements
- Participants: Open for all
- Venue: Digital event
- Program as pdf
Program:
DAY 1: Tuesday December 14
Masters of Ceremony: Dr Jennifer Blanke, ISP Board member
13:30 – 13:45: Welcome speech by Prof Johan Tysk, Vice Rector at Uppsala University, Sweden
13:45 – 14:15: ISP 60 years by Dr Peter Sundin, Former Head of ISP, Sweden
14:15 – 14:45: ISP and Sida by Carin Jämtin, Director-General of Sida, Sweden
14:45 – 15:15: ISP in a math context by Prof John Mango, Makerere University, Uganda, and Prof Mary Teuw Niane, Former Minister of HE and Research, Senegal
15:15 – 15:45: COFFEE/TEA
15:45 – 16:15: ISP in a chemistry context by Prof Jenny Ruales, Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador
16:15 – 16:45: ISP in a physics context by Dr Manjura Hoque, Chief Scientific Officer and Head of the Material Science Division, Atomic Energy Centre, Bangladesh
16:45 – 17:15: UNESCO´s International Year of Basic Sciences for Development 2022 (IYBSSD) by Dr Michel Spiro, President of International Union of Pure and Applied Physics, Chair of the Steering Committee for the proclamation of IYBSSD
17:15 – 17:30: Closing of the first day
DAY 2: Wednesday December 15
09:00 – 09:15: Welcome to the 2nd ISP Anniversary day by Prof Anders Hagfeldt, Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University
09:15 – 10.00: Keynote speech: How a girl from Malawi became a Fellow of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry by Dr Linley Chiwona Karltun, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Sweden
10:00 – 10:30: COFFEE/TEA
10:30 – 11:00: About the SDGs by Prof Maria Teresa Bejarano, Senior Research Advisor, Unit for Research Cooperation, Sida
11:00 – 11:30: ISP SDG Success stories by Dr Betty Kivumbi Nannyonga, Makerere University, Uganda (gender and mathematics)
11:30 – 12:00: ISP SDG Success stories by Prof Bernard Aduda, University of Nairobi, Kenya (solar cells)
12:00 – 13:30: LUNCH
13:30 – 14:00ISP SDG: Success stories Dr Mariamawit Yonathan Yeshak, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (bioactive metabolites)
14:00 – 14:30: ISP SDG Success stories by Dr Collen Masimirembwa, President and Founder of The African Institute of Biomedical Science and Technology (AiBST), Zimbabwe (pharmacokinetics)
14:30 – 15:00: COFFEE/TEA
15:00 – 15:30: ISP SDG Success stories by Prof Atalay Ayele, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia (seismology)
15:30 – 16:30: PANEL DISCUSSION about the future of research in low-income and lower-middle income countries by speakers and invited guests.
- Dr Betty Kivumbi Nannyonga, Makerere University
- Dr Collen Masimirembwa, AiBST
- Prof Bernard Aduda, University of Nairobi
- Dr Kerstin Jonsson Cissé, Head of the Secretariat for Research Cooperation, Sida
- Prof Anders Hagfeldt, Uppsala University
- Prof Tom Britton, Stockholm University
- Moderator: Prof Kersti Hermansson, Uppsala University
16:30 – 17:00: Closing remarks by ISP Programme Directors

#ISP60years webinars
ISP arranges monthly webinars via Zoom.
Wednesday February 17 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (SE time):
- ISP Research and Laboratory Management Workshops by Dr Cecilia Öman, Deputy Programme Director Chemistry, ISP, Sweden.
- More information about the webinar
Tuesday March 2 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (SE time):
- COVID-19 propagation mathematical modeling: The case of Senegal by Prof Abdou Sene, University Gaston Berger, Senegal
- More information about the webinar
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Presentation and article from the webinar
March 16 at 14:00-16:00 sharp (SE time):
- Astronomy research in East Africa by EAARN (East African Astrophysics Research Network)
- More information about the webinar
- Presentations from the webinar
Tuesday April 13 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (SE time):
- Development of knowledge on environmental contamination and food safety in Bangladesh by Prof Mohammad Shoeb and Prof Md Iqbal Mamun, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- More information about the webinar
- More information about the ISP supported research group BAN04
- Ppt from the webinar
Tuesday April 27 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (CET time):
- The Nexus of Nature and Science: Evaluation of Phytochemicals from Medicinal Plants of Zimbabwe as Anti-infectives by Prof Stanley Mukanganyama, University of Zimbabwe
- More information about the webinar
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Presentation from the webinar
Tuesday May 11 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (CET time):
- Shedding light on the living world: AFSIN effort related to light technologies for a sustainable development by Prof Jeremie T Zoueu, Director of the Interdisciplinary Research Unit in Electronic and Electricity; Coordinator of AFSIN (African Spectral Imaging Network), Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivory Coast.
- More information about the webinar
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Presentation from the webinar
Tuesday May 25 at 14:00-16:00 sharp (CET time):
- Choosing journals - How to make a wise choice by Anders Wändahl, Librarian, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
- More information about the webinar
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Link to Anders webpage for the webinar: https://awandahl.github.io/isp_60_choosing_journal/
Tuesday June 15 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (CET time):
- Development of Biochemical Ecotoxicology in Zimbabwe by Dr Norah Basopo, National University of Science and Technology, Zimbabwe.
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More information about the webinar
Tuesday June 22 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (CET time):
- Strengthening Regional Collaboration on Food Safety and Environmental Research by ANFEC by Dr Santi Kongmany, National University of Laos, Laos and Dr Mohammad Shoeb University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
- More information about the webinar
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Presentation from the webinar
Tuesday September 14 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (CET time):
- Facilitating Electronic Assessment of Mathematical Sciences by Dr Jared Ongaro, School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
- More information about the webinar
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Presentation from the webinar
Tuesday October 12 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (CET time):
- Current challenges for pesticidal plants studies and promotion in Burkina Faso by Prof Yvonne L Bonzi-Coulibaly, University Joseph Ki-Zerbo, Burkina Faso
- More information about the webinar
Tuesday October 26 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (CET time):
- My experiences under ISP support: from student to researcher by Dr Emmanuel Tebandeke, Makerere University, Uganda
Tuesday November 16 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (CET time):
- A journey of lightning research and its significance in the contemporary global society by Dr Shriram Sharma, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Tuesday December 7 at 14:00-15:00 sharp (CET time):
- A two decade gentle walk through the development of mathematics in Eastern Africa by Prof John Mango, Makerere University, Uganda
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Presentation from the webinar
Sponsors of ISP 60 years
ISP is grateful for the contributions to the 60th Anniversary by