The paper “Christianity and Politics: Korea versus Kenya” contributes to the scholarly literature by process tracing the role of religious leadership in the development of democratization social movements in two post-colonial contexts, Korea and Kenya.
It is the result of an International Research Exchange Agreement signed between SRI and The Catholic University of Korea and was published in The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Global Studies, which is indexed by Scopus (Elsevier).
Does EdTech have a Role in Improving Kenya’s Learning Outcomes Amongst Primary and Secondary Students?
SRI sponsored a postgraduate student consultancy project conducted by Maty Ngom, Marta Perich-Pallaruelo and Oliver Walker who were postgraduate students at the London School of Economics and Political Science’s Department of International Development. Their research was completed at the end of March 2022.
The Myth of Ethnicity
Dr. Ko has begun research into her forthcoming book entitled “Myth of Ethnicity: Narratives of Violence.”
Read moreResearch into Political Behaviors in “Maasai Land”
In 2017, we explored the voting behavior around Kenya's 2013 general elections of sub-ethnicities within the Maasai community in Kajiado County. Additionally, we analyzed how Kenya’s 2011 constitutional reform affected the behavior of women and minority voters. The data were collected through field research among 600 participants.
Impact of Social Science (Economics) Distribution Requirement on Critical Thinking Skills in Kenya's Second and Third Year Social Science Students
Dr. Ko’s study indicates that attending a nine-week critical thinking course matters in developing overall critical thinking skills that improve the learning process and, ultimately, the acquirement of high order critical thinking skills such as inference and argument. The study used the R-programming language and the marginal effects technique.
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