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,...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleSTIP 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...
View ArticleInterview 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...
View ArticleHow 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,...
View ArticleKnowledge, 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),...
View ArticleTo 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...
View ArticleRemembering 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
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleDr. 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...
View ArticleSeason 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...
View ArticleNew 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...
View ArticleLatest 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...
View ArticleBridging 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...
View ArticleUGC 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...
View ArticlePublication 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:...
View ArticleLatest developments of our UNESCO Chair
Read about the latest developments and initiatives that our Chair has been involved with here.
View ArticleK4C 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!...
View ArticleCall 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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