| Date 19-Jul-2021 to 19-Jul-2021 |
Location Virtual |
Format International |
The COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, the calls for decolonisation, the persistence of gender violence, the rise of authoritarian nationalism, and the challenge of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals have taken on new urgency and given rise to larger questions about the social relevance of higher education.
In this new chapter for humanity, higher education institutions can play a vital role in a great transition or civilisational shift to a newly imagined world. Central to the new discourse on social responsibility of HEIs is the recognition, appreciation and valuing of diversity of knowledges, their underlying epistemologies (ways of knowing) and knowledge cultures (norms, values, principles).
Join us for a webinar to discuss this and more!
The webinar is inspired by the book “Socially Responsible Higher Education: International Perspectives on Knowledge Democracy”, co-edited by the UNESCO Co-Chairs Dr. Budd Hall and Dr. Rajesh Tandon. The webinar will address the transformative role that higher education can play in integrating and co-producing multiple forms of knowledge through respect for diverse epistemologies.
Prof. Emeritus Tan Sri Dato’ Dzulkifli Abdul Razak
Rector of the International Islamic University Malaysia
Immediate past president of the International Association of Universities (IAU).
Dr. Rajesh Tandon
Co-Editor of book
Founder-President, PRIA & Co-Chair
UNESCO Chair in Community Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education
Ms. Kanya Padayachee
Ph.D Candidate engaged in Community Based Participatory Research in Early Childhood Development (ECD) at Durban University of Technology, South Africa
Mentor at DUT Hub of UNESCO Knowledge for Change Consortium.
Dr. Muzaimi Mustapha
Associate Professor in Medical Neuroscience at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), School of Medical Sciences, USM Health Campus, Kelantan
Mentor at USM Hub of UNESCO Knowledge For Change (K4C) Consortium.
Dr. Sarita Anand
Assistant Professor, Department of Education
Visva-Bharati Santiniketan.
Dr. Ana Persic
Acting Chief of Science Policy and Partnerships Section at the Division of Science Policy and Capacity Building at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris since 2018.
This book shares the experiences of a broadly representative and globally dispersed set of writers on higher education and social responsibility, broadening perspectives on the democratisation of knowledge.