Category: Global Event

Dr Rajesh Tandon shared the journey of participatory research with faculty and students of University of Durham on December 8, 2016. Dr Sarah Banks and her colleagues have been promoting field research aimed at community actions for social justice. Their … Continue reading →

Dr Budd Hall, UNESCO Co-Chair contributed to the ‘Global Engagement Speaker Series’, hosted by Michigan State University, USA by delivering a lecture on November 9, 2016. Read more on Dr Hall’s account of his trip at: https://unescochair-cbrsr.org/pdf/UOE_at_MSU.pdf

Budd Hall was a contributor to the Symposium organised by the US Coalition of Lifelong Learning Organisations in Washington, DC of October 3, 2016. The focus of the symposium The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Budd’s contribution was on Adult Education, … Continue reading →

UNESCO Co-Chair, Dr Rajesh Tandon contributed to the ‘Global Engagement Speaker Series’ hosted by Michigan State University, USA by delivering a lecture on Engaged University: Global Citizenship & Democratic Citizenship in Uncertain Futures, on October 20, 2016. Dr Tandon shared … Continue reading →

In the International Conference on University-Community Engagement “Collaborative Creations Leads to Sustainable Change” held at Surabaya, Indonesia during 2-5 August 2016, the session on engaged university on the morning of 4th August had an external perspective from a partnering civil … Continue reading →

Dr Rajesh Tandon, UNESCO Co-Chair delivered a keynote address at the inaugural plenary of an International Conference on University-Community Engagement “Collaborative Creations Leads to Sustainable Change” at Surabaya, Indonesia during 2-5 August 2016.  Dr Tandon applauded the policy of `Kuliah Kerja Nyata’ (KKN) that … Continue reading →

Living Knowledge, the International Science Shop Network, organized the 7th Living Knowledge Network Conference in Dublin, Ireland from the 22nd to the 24th of June, 2016. The topic of this  year’s conference was "Inspire – Integrating Community Based Partnership into … Continue reading →

Drs Budd Hall and Rajesh Tandon attended the Advisory Council meeting of EnRRICH project in Dublin June 20-21, 2016 held at Dublin Institute of Technology. This project brings 13 universities of Europe to work together to design curriculum for integrating … Continue reading →

Presentation by Dr Rajesh Tandon on findings from the IDRC supported study on Community University Research Partnerships (CURP) at the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), London on November 30, 2015.  It was attended by 25 participants, including a dozen scholars … Continue reading →

GUNI hosted, along with University of Barcelona, a seminar for UNESCO Chair on CBR & SR to launch their new book on Strengthening Community University Research Partnerships globally. The seminar was moderated by Prof Frances Xavier Grau  (Academic Director of … Continue reading →