Creative responses to COVID-19, new regional consolidating learning research projects, and our first international film festival – find out what Changing the Story got up to in our third year! Following the scoping, development and capacity strengthening of our first year and the launch of our funding structure and Small...
Youth, Voice and Development is a Leeds University-based programme that asks: ‘What works for putting young people at the heart of research that contributes to positive change?’ Phase One, in 2020, was a collaboration between Changing the Story and the British Council which aimed to map connections and synergies between...
PRAXIS focuses on Arts and Humanities research across the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and Newton Fund portfolio. Specifically, its aims are to consolidate learning across research projects funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), to amplify their impact and policy relevance, and to champion the distinctive contribution...
Mobile Arts for Peace (MAP) and Changing the Story (CTS) hosted a three-day conference that focused on ‘Education and Art for Peacebuilding’ from 5 – 7 August with the Institute of Research and Dialogue for Peace (IRDP) as a co-host in Rwanda.[1] Speakers included the MAP youth facilitators and master trainers alongside...
Praxis is launching PraxisCast, an arts and humanities and international development research podcast for those working in the field or those simply curious to know more! The first episode of PraxisCast will be available to listen, download and share on Friday 4 February 2020. Over the next two years, Praxis...
Author: Ian Baxter Director of Scottish Confucius Institute for Business & Communication, Heriot-Watt University & Professor of Historic Environment Management, University of Suffolk; Vice-Chair of the Built Environment Forum Scotland; Trustee of ...
This is not a question that gets asked enough. Engaging with policy is often understood as an expected requirement of funding obligations, therefore “How to engage with policy” has taken precedence over the question of “why engage with policy.” Yet, engaging with policy is so much more than just complying with the...
Throughout September we’ll be hosting a series of blog posts from the CE4AMR project’s summer workshop in Nepal. This interdisciplinary meeting looked at how community engagement and participatory arts methodologies can tackle major health challenges including antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This week we hear from three academics from very different backgrounds....