New online course on Indigenous research and evaluation methodologies by renowned scholar Professor Bagele Chilisa

Professor Bagele Chilisa is a leading African scholar, thought leader, speaker and author who has written extensively on decolonising research and evaluation methodologies. Her book Indigenous Research Methodologies is used in many universities across the globe. Her latest contribution to African and Indigenous scholarship is a free online course titled Indigenous research and evaluation methodologies.

This free course on Indigenous research and evaluation methodologies will enable you to explore approaches that challenge dominant research and evaluation paradigms and support relational, culturally responsive, and decolonising ways of researching with people, communities, and their stories. It also provides opportunities for you to reflect on the ethics, politics, and practice implications of your work and strengthen skills in research and evaluation as liberatory practices.

Bagele is hoping this course will be relevant for researchers, evaluators, practitioners doing community work, development partners working with communities, funders, commissioners, and graduate students pursuing their degrees.

It’s a unique course where you will:

• view a series of videos filmed in Bagele’s garden in Gaborone, Botswana, in August 2026 and videos from Indigenous scholars from across the globe
• read interviews and articles by Bagele and other distinguished Indigenous scholars
• learn about contexts where indigenous research and evaluation  have been applied
• and relate the content to your own context and research and evaluation projects.

All the resources are available at no cost. You can start and work through the course whenever suits you.

To learn more about the course, register and attend the launch that will happen on 29 October at 8am in Botswana.

You can check your local date and time using this link

Please register here: https://unimelb.zoom.us/meeting/register/wclS1Kb7QICbLRvxDX0mMQ

And you will then receive the Zoom link.

Event organised by the Narrative Practice Research Network narrativepracticeresearch.org