News from 2012

British Council funded INSPIRE project between Peace Studies and Fatima Jinnah Women University in Rawalpindi

PhD candidates Gwyneth Sutherlin, Susan Flamig and Roberta Hollanda accompanied Dr Julia Buxton and SSIS Strategic Services Head Amanda Gilbert to Pakistan in December for the closing events of the three year British Council funded INSPIRE project between Peace Studies and Fatima Jinnah Women University in Rawalpindi.

Professor Pearce presentation on the prospects of the Colombian Peace Process to the FCO Roundtable

Distinguished Guest Lecture Dr Fennell

Distinguished guest speaker - Dr S Fennell, Cambridge University - Topic: On her book 'Rules, rubrics and riches'

Congratulations to Dr Akhtar

Julia Buxton participated in a discussion on ABC radio on Hugo Chavez and the upcoming elections in Venezuela.

Professor Jenny Pearce was invited to Mexico City by CIDE

KT Exchange with China and Pakistan

During the month of November the KT Unit, through the Bradford Centre for International Development (BCID) is hosting two programmes: the visit of 28 senior officials from the China Development Bank and the visit of 21 Registrars from some of the most distinguished Higher Education Institutions in Pakistan.

International Collaboration in Research

With the support of an International Mobility grant awarded by the University of Jyväskylä, Ms. Josephine Moate, a researcher from Finland spent a month at the University of Bradford initiating a collaborative project with Dr. Paul Sullivan (SSCJS) building on their shared interests in dialogic theory and education.

Professor Jenny Pearce spoke to women activitists in Huehuetenango

Effort towards the First European Comprehensive SOLar Irradiance Data Exploitation (SOLID): EU FP7 programme