Dr Perienen Appavoo has spearheaded the setting up of the Research Office at the Open University of Mauritius, and developed the relevant policies and strategies for the department. As Head of the Research Office, he is also a member of the Research Degree Committee and the Academic Council. He chairs the Research Committee and the doctoral school sub-committee. He is the Deputy Chair of the Research Ethics Committee.

His area of expertise is educational technology and online learning. He has presented many research papers in this field at international conferences and published papers in SCOPUS-indexed journals. He is a reviewer for four prestigious journals namely, British Journal of Educational Technology, IRRODL, EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education and Africa Education Review. He is also a project reviewer for the Higher Education Commission of Mauritius. He has chaired two international conferences in collaboration with UKZN, South Africa.

Dr Appavoo has a passion for research and training. He is presently supervising thesis work at Undergraduate, Master’s and Doctoral levels. And his famous quote is “The human mind is inquisitive and responding to that inquisitiveness in an empirical manner is research”

Dr Perienen Appavoo is presently the Head of the Research Office at the Open University of Mauritius. He is a member of the Research Degree Committee and the Academic Council. He chairs the Research Committee and the doctoral school sub-committee. He is the Deputy Chair of the Research Ethics Committee.

His area of expertise is educational technology and online learning. He has presented many research papers in this field at international conferences and published papers in SCOPUS-indexed journals. He is a reviewer for prestigious journals including the British Journal of Educational Technology, IRRODL, EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education and Africa Education Review.