UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education

What is a UNESCO Chair

The UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education (CBRSRHE) was established in 2012 under the Co-Chairs, Dr. Budd L Hall and Dr. Rajesh Tandon. Based at the University of Victoria (UVic), Canada, and the PRIA, New Delhi, India, the Chair is a partnership between a University in the Global North and a practitioner institution in the Global South, with a focus on community-based research (CBR) and socially responsible higher education.

Focus Areas

Research

Invitation for Collective Mobilisation to Transform Higher Education

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Training

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Policy Advocacy

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News & Activities

New K4C Global Consortium Flyer!

Date: 2024-01-03

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Article Published in University News Special Issue

Date: 2024-01-04

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Invitation for Collective Mobilisation to Transform Higher Education

Date: 2023-12-04

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Building the ‘Necessary University’: Budd Hall and Rajesh Tandon at the University of Ibague, Colombia

Date: 2024-02-04

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Latest Event

Projects

The DECODE Project: Co-construction, Decolonisation & Transformation Producing Actionable Knowledge for the Challenges of Our Times

The DECODE is a project led by the UNESCO Chair for Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education and funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). Our worl

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Educational Framework for Global Citizenship in Higher Education

Dr. Tandon has played a pivotal role in the new Educational Framework for Global Citizenship in Higher Education released by UGC in December 2021, as part of the UGC Expert Committee. The overall aim

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Latest Blog

I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night: Hywel Francis, Adult Educator, Activist, Historian and Politician-1946-2021

05 February 2025

Author: Budd Hall and John Gaventa

UNITE The Union leading Participatory Research: A reflection

21 June 2022

Author: Dr. Budd Hall, UNESCO Co-Chair

Yinka Shonibare and the War Library

09 May 2024

Author: Dr. Budd Hall, UNESCO Co-Chair

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