Taskeen Adam is a Cambridge-Africa scholar pursuing doctoral research at the Centre for Development Studies, Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS).

Her research interest is on educational technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the role of African Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in helping the most marginalized. Her MPhil in Engineering for Sustainable Development thesis focused on the Sustainable Implementation of the One Laptop per Child project in Rwanda.

Taskeen’s research mainly tackles the Sustainable Development Goals 4 (Quality education), 8 (Decent growth and economic growth) and 10 (Reduced Inequalities) through the improvement of access to quality decolonised education, by reducing unemployment and by the bridging of inequalities. 

Location

Cambridge

Disciplines

• Political Science

Affiliation

University of Cambridge