University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England
As the world keeps changing and moving forward, the University of Portsmouth keeps on discovering.
We don’t fit the mould, we break it. We’re closely involved with our local community and we take our ideas into the global marketplace. We partner with businesses, industries, and governments to set the course for a better future. And we educate and transform the lives of our students to help them achieve their potential. We stand out, not just in the UK but in the world. We excel in research areas from cosmology and astrophysics to cybersecurity, forensics, international development research, and even sports science. Since the first day we opened our doors, we’ve looked towards the future. And we’re here to help you shape it.
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Development Dreamers, England, United Kingdom
In October 2014, Jon Gregson set up Development Dreamers Ltd, as a company through which he is currently working as an international development consultant. With the dream is to do worthwhile work in international development in this digital era Jon brings a wide range of skills and interests which can be used to make a difference. So, Development Dreamers is involved in any of the areas of Digital Research Education Authoring Multimedia Evaluations Reviews, but it is also about enthusiasm, getting people to tap into what they would love to see happen, and finding the best ways to achieve that outcome.
Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Coordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre), UCL Social Research Institute, University College London
The EPPI-Centre is based in the Social Science Research Unit in the Department of Social Science, UCL Institute of Education, University College London. The centre began its work in 1993.
The EPPI-Centre is a specialist centre for developing methods for systematic reviewing and synthesis of research evidence and developing methods for the study of the use of research. They are involved in producing short courses, publications on research synthesis and research use.
The EPPI-Centre’s work focuses on many areas of social policy including education, health, social care, developing economies, sport, environment, and crime.
The centre has provided methodological support for, systematic reviews addressing women’s economic empowerment, education for girls, sexual health, and violence against women and girls in areas affected by conflict.
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LIKIKIRI COLLECTIVE, Juba, South Sudan
Likikiri Collective is a multimedia arts and education organisation that uses the arts and humanities, cultural heritage and creativity to work with communities on social issues. The term “likikiri” means “stories” in Bari, a language spoken across several communities in South Sudan.
Likikiri are part of a broader South Sudanese oral tradition, historically a vehicle for the intergenerational transmission of social and cultural information and values. Inspired by this system of informal education, our organisation seeks today to activate these resources in the service of grassroots education, cultural production, communication and entertainment.
By selecting the name Likikiri, we recognize the important place of the “local” in the making of South Sudan and elevate the place of culture and the imagination in the social and economic development of the nation.
Our community-based approach demands that our projects are reflective of and connected to the economic and social realities of everyday life in the region as well as people’s struggles, desires, conflicts and hopes. We believe that culture plays an essential role as a resource for nation-building, and to this end, we are dedicated to working with a diverse range of cultural producers–from amateurs and students to scholars and professionals in every field–and to empowering and mentoring marginalized voices. We’re reimagining our nation by collaborating with people of this place and demonstrating the power of arts, humanities and cultural heritage to create meaningful social and economic change.
Likikiri uses a creative arts-based approach to explore a variety of social issues. Most recently, we carried out a 12-month project with Sadaka Primary School in Juba on storytelling and gender norms, which resulted in a 10-episode radio series and a teaching anthology titled The Father Who Ate His Children and Other Stories of Gender Norms and GBV: A ReStorying Teaching Anthology. We were a core partner in the collaborative research project, Art Heritage and Resilience in South Sudan, which had a special focus on the gendered dimensions of both art practice and resilience-building. Currently, we are a core partner on an AHRC-DFID sponsored project on Tackling VAWG in times of conflict: Listening to Youth Voices in South Sudan.