Proud to see Dr @keetieroelen.bsky.social featured in this BBC piece on building community in new housing estates—part of our work with Community Action: MK via Open Societal Challenges, @openuniversity.bsky.social 🔗 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93dzy2941eo 💡 povertyinmk #ResearchImpact #CommunityLed

🎧 New podcast alert - Part 2! 🌱 In this two-part episode, Health & Wellbeing hub lead Dr Philippa Waterhouse is joined by Dr Kerry Jones, Gulfam Tasnim & Dr Ayomide Oluseye to explore research on parenthood and mental wellbeing in Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh & the UK. Part 2: shorturl.at/Loobz

🎧 New podcast alert - Part 1! 🌱 In this two-part episode, Health & Wellbeing hub lead Dr Philippa Waterhouse is joined by Dr Kerry Jones, Gulfam Tasnim & Dr Ayomide Oluseye to explore research on parenthood and mental wellbeing in Nigeria, Ghana, Bangladesh & the UK. Part 1: shorturl.at/rc0PB

Coomerene Muilerman-Rodrigo presents next week at UKFIET 2025! Collaboration in motion: How does mobility shape curricula in TNHE? 🗓️ Thurs 18 Sept | 09:00–10:30 | 📍 Room 8 ukfiet2025.exordo.com/programme/pr... #UKFIET2025 #PhDResearch #MobilityStudies #HigherEd

Simon Cross, Freda Wolfenden & Khanyisile Mbatha lead a hands-on PCF11 workshop on using 360° video in teacher training. Explore immersive media for inclusive, equitable TPD. 📍 Tomorrow - Fri 12 Sept, 10:45, Okavango 2 🔗 Schedule and events | PCF11 #PCF11 #360Video #TPDatScale

Join Dr Alexandra Okada (OU) & Janelle Zwier-Marongedza (World Vision) at #UKFIET2025! 🗓️ Wed 17 Sep | 1:30–3:00 PM | 📍 Room 10 Exploring World Vision’s Catch-Up Programme boosting learner well-being & skills in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe & Chile. #CatchUpEducation #LearnerWellbeing

Join Prof. Alison Buckler, Prof. Freda Wolfenden, Portia Dery & Samuel Awuku at #UKFIET2025! 🗓️ Wed 17 Sep | 11:00 AM–12:30 PM | 📍 Room 11 Exploring how learning teams support children’s learning across communities. #LearningTeams #EducationInnovation

Join Prof. Freda Wolfenden, Lilla Oliver, Dr. Carolina Alban & Luke Stannard at #UKFIET2025! 🗓️ Wed 17 Sep | 9:00–10:30 AM | 📍 South School Sharing insights on scaling ICT-supported teacher PD in LMICs via GPE KIX projects. #TPD #EdTech #ScalingEducation

Freda Wolfenden, Jennifer J. Agbaire & colleagues from the Empowering Teachers Initiative join a PCF11 panel on scaling equitable, tech-enabled teacher communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. 📍 Thurs 11 Sept, 14:30 CAT 🔗https://pcf11.org/schedule-and-events/ #PCF11 #TPDatScale

Join Dr Kris Stutchbury & Dr Jennifer J. Agbaire at #UKFIET2025! 🗓️ Tue 16 Sep | 🕓 4:00–5:30 PM | 📍 Room 1 Exploring NGO–school–ministry collaboration in Zambia using systems thinking to boost teacher development. #Zambia #TeacherDevelopment #SystemsThinking

Deborah Cooper, Freda Wolfenden, Saraswati Dawadi & Zahid Majeed presenting at PCF11 research on inclusive leadership & OER in South Asia. Explore how school leaders tackle inequality through networked communities. 📍 Thurs 11 Sept, 11:00 CAT 🔗 pcf11.org/schedule-and... #PCF11 #InclusiveEducation

Join Prof. Freda Wolfenden & Dr. Dante Castillo-Canales at #UKFIET2025! 🗓️ Tue 16 Sep | 🕦 11:30–1:00 PM | 📍 Room 11 Exploring how to adapt teacher education for diverse Global South contexts. ukfiet2025.exordo.com/programme/pr... #TeacherEd #SystemChange

✨ What inspires us to become who we are? Join @oucsgd.bsky.social at @openuniversity.bsky.social for an online seminar with futurist Shakil Ahmed 📅 Thurs 25 Sept | 🕥 10:30–12:00 BST 💭 Explore origin stories & futures thinking 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1658915985... #FuturesStudies #Storytelling

At #INCEDI2025, Prof. Kwame Akyeampong calls for African-led education reform! His powerful message: sustainable change must be rooted in local contexts & knowledge. dailystatesman.com.gh/incedi-2025-... #EducationReform #AfricanLeadership #DecolonisingEducation @openuniversity.bsky.social

📢 New Positioning Paper from CSGD: Centring Inclusive & Collaborative Research for Gender Equality in sub-Saharan Africa—with insights from #CSW69. By Basirat Razaq-Shuaib, Margaret Ebubedike & Laud Ebenezer Freeman. wels.open.ac.uk/research/cen...

Over 100 people joined 'We Make Milton Keynes' at MK Int'l Festival to co-create bunting & share views on life in MK. We explored living on low incomes in new housing areas. Emily Darlington MP & Cllr Trendall backed the project. More 👉 sites.google.com/view/poverty...

Join @keetieroelen.bsky.social & Community Action: MK for We Make Milton Keynes at the MK International Festival! 📅 Sun 20 July, 12:30–2pm 📍 Workshop Marquee, Campbell Park Explore local poverty research & co-create a community art piece! #MKInternationalFestival ifmiltonkeynes.org/event/we-mak...

🌍 Reimagining Development Join Peter Sutoris & Uma P. for an online seminar exploring bold, decolonial, and sustainable directions for global development. 🗓️ 15 July 2025 | 🕐 13:00–14:00 UK/BST 💻 Online via Zoom 👉 Register: lnkd.in/ecTMwd65

Join @keetieroelen.bsky.social & Community Action: MK for We Make Milton Keynes at the MK International Festival! 📅 Sun 20 July, 12:30–2pm 📍 Workshop Marquee, Campbell Park Explore local poverty research & co-create a community art piece! #MKInternationalFestival ifmiltonkeynes.org/event/we-mak...

CSGD & IKID #GlobalDevelopment Doctoral Day — always a calendar highlight! A joy to co-host with colleagues in Innovation, Knowledge & Development at FASS. Thanks to all OU #DoctoralResearch students & supervisors who came to connect & inspire. #PhDCommunity #CSGD #IKID #ResearchMatters

🌍 Online Seminar – Reimagining Development 🌍 Can development reinvent itself for today’s world? To stay relevant, it must: ⚡ Confront colonial legacies ⚡ Amplify diverse voices ⚡ Commit to real sustainability 📅 Tue 15 July 2025 🕐 13:00–14:00 BST | 💻 Online Register: shorturl.at/UwwlS

Dr Keetie Roelen @keetieroelen.bsky.social will be speaking at the Development Studies Association Conference @devcomms.bsky.social this Thursday at 11:00 AM She’ll be presenting “Poverty, Dignity and Stigma in Urban Bangladesh”. 🗓 View the full programme: www.devstud.org.uk/conference/c...

Join Dr Kris Stutchbury, CSGD member & TESSA Academic Director, for an informal & interactive session that explores how TESSA has shaped our understanding of teacher professional development. 📅Thursday, 26 June 2025 🕒14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK/BST 💻Online 👉 lnkd.in/e-9Hh4de

Curious about global feminism and what needs to change? 🌍✨ Check out CSGD’s Early Career Researcher Co-lead, Laud Freeman’s powerful take on Kavita Ramdas’ seminar “Feminism Remains Foreign – What Needs to Change for a New World Order.”🔥 A must-read! 👉 lnkd.in/eaEqNeS2 #Feminism #GlobalJustice #CSGD

CSGD invites you to a webinar to discuss Peter Sutoris & Uma Pradhan's new book, Reimagining Development, to rethink development, confront its colonial roots, incorporate diverse voices, and focus on true sustainability. Tuesday, 15/09/2025 Time: 13:00–14:00 UK/BST💻 Online 👉 Register: lnkd.in/ecTMwd

If poverty is something we all want to see less of, why is it so hard to tackle — and can empathy help fix it? 🤔💔 @keetieroelen.bsky.social, @oucsgd.bsky.social, discusses her book The Empathy Fix 💬 in the latest @ids.ac.uk podcast 🎙️ 🎧 Listen here: www.ids.ac.uk/news/podcast...

Join Dr Kris Stutchbury, CSGD member & TESSA Academic Director, for an informal & interactive session that explores how TESSA has shaped our understanding of teacher professional development. 📅Thursday, 26 June 2025 🕒14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK/BST 💻Online 👉 lnkd.in/e-9Hh4de

We Make Milton Keynes – Join Us! Be part of something special. Date: 20 July 2025, at 12:30 pm Led by Dr Keetie Roelen, CSGD Deputy Director, in collaboration with Community Action: MK 🎨Participate in a vibrant community art installation 📍Workshop Tent, Campbell Park, MK9 4AT All ages welcome

Dr. Keetie Roelen is spearheading a groundbreaking research project with her team, exploring the opportunities and challenges of living in new housing developments and towns. Their mission? To tackle poverty and inequality. Learn more about the project here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Economic inclusion initiatives enable households to engage in productive activities and establish new income streams, ultimately promoting sustainable well-being. 📄 Dive into the full document here: bit.ly/42TWxd4 for this research by Thaís de Carvalho & Dr. Keetie Roelen of the Open University

CSGD and World Vision present an insightful webinar titled "CATCH-UP THEN WHAT? ALIGNING EDUCATION SYSTEMS WITH CHILDREN'S REALITIES." Join the discussion Date: Tuesday, 27th May 2025 Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM UK Live French & Spanish Translations available. lnkd.in/enD7bnUu

CSGD and World Vision present an insightful webinar titled "CATCH-UP THEN WHAT? ALIGNING EDUCATION SYSTEMS WITH CHILDREN'S REALITIES." Join the discussion Date: Tuesday, 27th May 2025 Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM UK Live French & Spanish Translations available. lnkd.in/enD7bnUu

This inspiring blog explores how World Vision’s Catch-Up Program, through play-based, flexible learning tailored to the realities of children in Chile, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe, shapes what success looks like and how formal education systems can support it.

Join Dr Kris Stutchbury, CSGD member & TESSA Academic Director, for an informal & interactive session that explores how TESSA has shaped our understanding of teacher professional development. 📅Thursday, 26 June 2025 🕒14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK/BST 💻Online 👉 lnkd.in/e-9Hh4de

🎙️First Episode Alert: The Innovating Methods Podcast, hosted by Laura Camfield and Keetie Roelen, is a space for exploring creative methods in development research. In this debut episode, we explore the power of storytelling with Joanna Wheeler and Alison Buckler 🎧Tune in now at. lnkd.in/eJGSWTWz

IDS Research Fellow Stephen Devereux speaks with CSGD Deputy Director Dr Keetie Roelen about her new book, which explores how empathy can shift how we tackle poverty. 🎧 Listen and discover how empathy might be the missing link in fighting global poverty: www.ids.ac.uk/news/podcast...

Catch-Up Then What? : Aligning Education Systems with Children's Realities ✨ Co-hosted by @oucsgd.bsky.social in collaboration with @worldvisionuk.bsky.social ✨ Chaired by Prof. Kwame Akyeampong, CSGD Director 📅 27 May 2025, 12:00 – 13:15 UK 💻 Online Register >> buff.ly/RcPq1NC

Join World Vision and CSGD's webinar as a panel from several organisations discuss their experiences with different catch-up and accelerated learning initiatives. Date: Tuesday, 27th May 2025 Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM, UK Live French & Spanish Translations worldvision.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Join this interactive talk as Jeremy D. Mayer shares an insider's perspective on U.S. political events,how they are reshaping the domestic political, legislative,and policy landscape,and their global implications. 📅Thur 22 May 2025 🕒14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK 💻Online 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ethnograph...

Join this interactive talk as Jeremy D. Mayer shares an insider's perspective on U.S. political events,how they are reshaping the domestic political, legislative,and policy landscape,and their global implications. 📅Thur 22 May 2025 🕒14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK 💻Online 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ethnograph...

CSGD's Dr Keetie Roelen and Thaís de Carvalho's new insightful Research evidence paper 📜Social Protection for Economic Inclusion in Latin America: The potential of comprehensive programming addresses key questions facing policymakers in Latin America today. wels.open.ac.uk/research/cen...

Feminism remains foreign—what needs to Change for a New World Order? Join Kavita N. Ramdas, a global advocate for gender equity and justice. 📅 When: Thursday 24 April 2025 🕒 Time: 14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK/GMT 💻 Event Type: Online 👉 For more information and to register, click lnkd.in/e2nGfUt8

Join World Vision and CSGD's webinar as a panel from several organisations discuss their experiences with different catch-up and accelerated learning initiatives. Date: Tuesday, 27th May 2025 Time: 12:00 - 1:15 PM, UK Live French & Spanish Translations worldvision.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

📚 Reconceptualising the Learning Crisis is OUT NOW! In this powerful new book, Kwame Akyeampong & Sean Higgins challenge outdated views on Africa’s “learning crisis” and offer bold, community-driven solutions rooted in Ubuntu and real-world success stories. www.routledge.com/Reconceptual...

Ethnography Workshop with Prof. Norma Mendoza-Denton Join the Language and Society Hub for an exciting workshop 📅 When: Friday 02 May 2025 🕒 Time: 15:00 – 19:00 hrs UK/GMT 💻 Event Type: Online Limited Spaces Register as soon as possible 👉 For more information and to register, click lnkd.in/ei-j-aGs

Short explainer #welfare #cuts #UK #childpoverty @oucsgd.bsky.social @openuniversity.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/posts/theope...

CSGD is thrilled to announce that Professor Kwame Akyeampong, our director, has been appointed to the Yidan Prize Advisory Committee. The Yidan Prize is a global, inclusive education award recognises changemakers who inspire educational progress for a better world. www.graphic.com.gh/news/educati...

Check out the Centre for the Study of Global Development (CSGD) March 2025 newsletter to find our latest news, publications and upcoming events. preview.mailerlite.com/w8u2g1a4l9/2... lnkd.in/ezat7Qpd

Ethnography Workshop with Prof. Norma Mendoza-Denton Join the Language and Society Hub for an exciting workshop 📅 When: Friday 02 May 2025 🕒 Time: 15:00 – 19:00 hrs UK/GMT 💻 Event Type: Online Limited Spaces Register as soon as possible 👉 For more information and to register, click lnkd.in/ei-j-aGs

Feminism remains foreign—what needs to Change for a New World Order? Join Kavita N. Ramdas, a global advocate for gender equity and justice. 📅 When: Thursday 24 April 2025 🕒 Time: 14:00 – 15:00 hrs UK/GMT 💻 Event Type: Online 👉 For more information and to register, click lnkd.in/e2nGfUt8