Celebrating our partnerships
We collaborate with other researchers in the University of Glasgow and beyond with the aim of integrating discipline-specific knowledge and methods into tackling international and national educational challenges, especially in the Global South.
This focus means we have been particularly successful in securing grants – 21 in total - within the Global Challenges Research Fund from UKRI and the British Academy for inter-disciplinary collaborative projects supporting capacity-strengthening work with multiple global south partners; 20% of all GCRF grants awarded in the field of Education involved our researchers as principal or co-investigators. Notable amongst these awards is the Centre for Sustainable Cities and Neigbourhoods (SHLC), working with 8 partners in 7 countries in Asia and Africa, and the Migration for Development and Equality Hub (MIDEQ) working with 12 partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Overall 71 of our projects incorporate external partners, 39 of which involve 37 different Development Assistance Countries (DACs).
We participate in the University’s global networks and, through these, established the European Centre for Advanced Studies in Lüneburg, Germany. The Centre leads a Scottish/Lower Saxony ECR scholarship programme funded by the Lower Saxony government.
We lead two international networks which offer opportunities for researchers to interact with leaders and practitioners internationally:
- PASCAL Observatory, a global alliance of academics working collaboratively with city and regional leaders
- Sustainable Futures in Africa, an interdisciplinary network of research and practitioners with hubs in five African countries
We also host the UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration.
We’ve worked with the City of Glasgow and other Scottish local authorities through the School’s Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change and in collaboration with Policy Scotland specifically in the Network for Social and Educational Equity and the (now concluded) Children’s Neighbourhoods Scotland.
Our Centre for Research and Development in Adult and Lifelong Education, works closely with international agencies such as UNESCO’s Institute for Lifelong Learning (UIL), its International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) and the Asia-Europe Foundation.