Health and Intellectual Property
Researchers Omowamiwa Kolawole, Caroline B. Ncube, and Jeremy de Beer analyze whether technology transfer can be a path forward towards knowledge and vaccine transfers...
Waiting for An Inclusive Pathogen Access And Benefit Sharing Policy
By Anthony Oguguo, QEScholar and PhD Student, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada
The inadequacies of the global health law framework during the pandemic...
Police Power Doctrine and Security of Investment: Balancing Regulation with Innovation
By Dr. Otitodiri Ogadinma OnyemaQES Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Law, Open AIR
In October, 2025, I had the privilege of presenting my research at the International Conference...
Appel à soumissions : Perspectives africaines sur la régulation de l’innovation
Le Réseau Open AIR est heureux d’annoncer un appel à soumissions pour un atelier international et une publication sur le thème de la régulation...
Open AIR Awarded CAD 750,000 to Transform Artificial Intelligence Related Intellectual Property Law and Policy in Africa
Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded almost CAD 750,000 for a new three-year research project, Catalyzing AI’s Potential in Africa...
Researchers from the Award-Winning Open AIR Network Land Second $2.5M SSHRC Partnership Grant to Lead the Canada–Africa CAP on IP for Climate Action
Researchers from the Open African Innovation Research (Open AIR) network have been awarded $2.5 million CAD through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council’s Partnership Grants program...
Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform societies through new forms of knowledge creation, data use, and technological capability. Realising this potential requires...
Intellectual Property for Climate Action
The global response to climate change depends on the rapid development and equitable diffusion of clean technologies. Achieving these objectives requires innovation systems that...
Kenya and the WHO Pandemic Agreement
Authored by: Nelly C. Rotich, Doreen Aoko Abiero, Josephine Kaaniru Reuben, Chebet Koros and Melissa Omino
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed critical weaknesses in global health...
