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UNESCO Chair Renewal 2020 – 2024

This is indeed a proud moment for us. The UNESCO Chair in Community- Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education has been renewed with our Co- Chairs Dr. Rajesh Tandon,...

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How Do We Radically Reimagine Access To Science In India?

By Niharika Kaul: Over the past few decades, scientific research has increasingly become inaccessible for the citizenry and away from public debate and engagement. The divide between the Global North...

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STIP Consultation

Dr. Tandon, Founder-President, PRIA and UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education was part of the consultation on the way forward with regard to the Draft...

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Interview with Dr. Florence Piron

Watch full interview of Dr. Florence Piron taken by Dr. Hall and Dr. Tandon. Dr. Piron is an exceptionally accomplished anthropologist and ethicist. She is Professor at Université Laval and teaches...

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How Do We Make Higher Education Truly Diverse & Inclusive?

At the recent 16th FICCI Higher Education Summit 2021, Professor Sonajharia Minz, Vice Chancellor of Sido Kanhu Murmu University in Dumka, Jharkhand, while speaking on diversity in higher education,...

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Knowledge, Action and Hope: A Manifesto

  UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education based at the University of Victoria (UVic) and the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA),...

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To Change the World: Latin American Contributions to the Development of...

Dr. Budd Hall, Professor Emeritus, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, Canada and UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education gave a talk...

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Remembering Florence Piron

Dr. Budd Hall, our Co-Chair and other colleagues gathered in memory of Dr. Florence Piron to offer a few words. Read English version here Read French version here

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A Call for Dialogue Between Knowledges

We call for science to be a dialogue between knowledges rather than a knowledge that exists only insofar as it silences or eliminates other knowledges. We call for science that is based on values of...

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New Book Published!

We are delighted to share that the UNESCO Co-Chairs’ edited book “Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy” is now published. The main homepage for the...

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Dr. Hall awarded Hiram E. Fitzgerald Distinguished Engaged Scholar Award

We are delighted to announce that our Co-Chair Dr. Budd Hall has been awarded the Hiram E. Fitzgerald Distinguished Engaged Scholar Award by the Engagement Scholarship Forum on September 13, 2021 for...

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Season 2 of the Unsettling Knowledge Inequities Podcast

Season 2 of the Unsettling Knowledge Inequities Podcast has hosted our UNESCO Co-Chairs Dr. Budd Hall and Dr. Rajesh Tandon in Episode 2.  The season explores key themes from the ‘UNESCO Recommendation...

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New Book: The Knowledge for Change Global Consortium

The UNESCO Chair team has pieced together this new book The Knowledge for Change Global Consortium, which details the journey of the K4C Consortium and the work of its hubs starting from 2017, when it...

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Latest UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science 2021

Read the latest UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science towards which our UNESCO Chair has contributed substantively through our several international dialogues on Open Science across different...

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Bridging Knowledge Cultures Update

The Bridging Knowledge Cultures Program has now reached its mid way mark. The locally based hubs have completed their case studies and shared their first draft with the review team of BKC. The review...

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UGC Master Trainers Training Programme

The UGC has identified seven universities covering different States/UTs as Regional Centres for Capacity Building of faculty as Master Trainers for Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) under...

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Publication of presentations by University of Sassari

Find below, the link to the publication of presentations and relevant background readings for the cycle of webinars carried out so far by the University of Sassari. Find out more here:...

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Latest developments of our UNESCO Chair

Read about the latest developments and initiatives that our Chair has been involved with here.

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K4C Mentor Lesley Wood’s newly released book

K4C Mentor Lesley Wood recently edited a book “Community-based Research with Vulnerable Populations: Ethical, Inclusive and Sustainable Frameworks for Knowledge Generation.” Read it here!...

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Call For Video/Audio Contributions

International Youth Perspectives: Re-Imagining Higher Education  We invite you to submit short Audio/video clips (30-60 seconds) to the UNESCO World Higher Education Conference 2022.  UNESCO World...

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