The Centre for the Study of Global Development - CSGD

Milton Keynes residents share mixed opinions on new estates Researchers interview people living on three new-build estates in Milton Keynes.

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

Becoming a Futurist, Educator and Storyteller What inspires us to become who we are? Join Shakil Ahmed to explore the path of a futurist, educator, and storyteller.

✨ 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

INCEDI 2025: Prof. Kwame Akyeampong calls for African ownership of education reform narratives - The Daily Statesman Newspaper Professor Kwame Akyeampong, Professor of International Education and Development at the Open University, U.K., has urged African scholars,

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

Policy Briefs and Papers Series The CSGD Policy Briefs and Papers profile our work across the field of global development and human wellbeing. CSGD Policy Briefs offer concise summaries of research and policy recommendations based o...

📢 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...

Group of students and supervisors sat down and stood up in a semi circle facing the camera.

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

Reimagining Development - Bold Directions Towards a Thriving World Can development remake itself for today’s world?

🌍 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

25-27 June 2025: Panel timetable Accepted panels for DSA2025 conference at Bath

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

OU academic Dr Keetie Roelen is leading a team of colleagues and partners… | The Open University OU academic Dr Keetie Roelen is leading a team of colleagues and partners to research the opportunities and challenges of living in new housing developments and towns, especially for those on a lower ...

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