Professor Brigitte Marie-Françoise DRIVER, OSK is currently the SSR Chair of African Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Mauritius (UoM). She holds a PhD from Massey University, New Zealand, and was a Senior African Fulbright Research Fellow at Cornell University, USA. With over 30 years of academic experience, particularly within the Faculty of Agriculture at UoM, she has led and collaborated on multi-country research projects with universities and institutions across Africa. Her work focuses on sustainable agriculture, inclusive food systems, and strengthening science-policy linkages. As SSR Chair of African Studies, she champions interdisciplinary research and fosters dialogue between the natural and social sciences to address development challenges across the continent. She has contributed to projects funded by UNDP, GEF, FAO, and the European Union, and serves on several boards and research networks.
Her current research promotes African-led approaches to evidence-based policymaking and locally grounded development strategies. She is a member of the Women for Science Working Group (WfS) of the Network of African Science Academies (NASAC) and serves as Secretary of the Mauritius Academy of Science and Technology (MAST). She is also a MAST Fellow (FMAST).
