Open AIR Research
Open AIR is a unique collaborative network of researchers spread across 22 African countries, Canada, and elsewhere in the world, answering two overarching questions:
Exploring the Conditions for Responsible AI Innovation Transfer Between Canada and Africa
Context and rationale
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly recognized as a major driver of economic transformation and social innovation. Countries such as Canada have emerged...
Black Undergraduate Student Researcher Opportunity with Open AIR
About Open AIR
Are you a self-identified Black undergraduate student interested in exploring how law, technology, innovation, and economics shape responses to global challenges such...
Professor Chidi Oguamanam on Traditional Knowledge and Biomedical Innovation
Over the past few years, Professor Chidi Oguamanam, a member of Open AIR's Steering Committee, has continued to shape the global discourse on Intellectual...
Intersection of Philosophy with Intellectual Property and Capitalism
Researchers Omowamiwa Kolawole and Caroline B. Ncube have published a research article entitled Rethinking Ownership, Power and Policy in Drug Patents: The Case for...
Intersection of International Law with Intellectual Property
Researchers Jeremy de Beer and Rosa de Koker have published a paper which delves into international health law and intellectual property. Negotiation of new...








