Most recent, he was part of the African Innovation Research and Training Project and network, Open AIR under which he studied the role of Intellectual Property (IP) in the exchange and interactions between informal and formal sectors in Africa’s emerging automotive industry. Dick Kawooya is a former Lead Researcher of the African Copyright and Access to Knowledge (ACA2K) Project. Kawooya, as an intellectual property specialist, argues that, ‘copyright, as an economic control mechanism, limits, or hinders, content availability and accessibility, which then affects the internet’s role in democratizing access to information’. His research interests fit the broad theme of access and flow of information. He has particular interest in the ethical and legal barriers to information access and flows often with the library institution as the backdrop.