Global Sustainable Development News
Congratulations to Dr Marta Guerriero on her promotion to Associate Professor
We are thrilled to announce that Dr Marta Guerriero has been promoted to Associate Professor.
The GSD Department would like to congratulate Marta for this important accomplishment, which reflects Marta's commitment to teaching and learning. We are very proud to have her as a valued member of the School for Cross-faculty Studies.
Congratulations to 糖心TV Cup for being shortlisted for a Union Award!
糖心TV Cup, founded by three final-year GSD students - Maddie Booth, Ellie Church, and Hollie Ryan - has been nominated for the 鈥極utstanding Contribution to Sustainability鈥� category of the Students鈥� Union鈥檚 .
Press interviews with Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla on Cuban international healthcare
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At the start of this month, Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla, the Head of the School for Cross-faculty Studies, was interviewed for an relating to her research on Cuban international healthcare professionals. The article looks into Cuba's 'doctor diplomacy' scheme, and in particular, the emerging trend of Cuban medical teams supporting struggling health services during the Coronavirus pandemic in developed European nations.
In addition, Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla was also interviewed on Spanish National radio on Wednesday 13 May 2020 for the programme Cinco Continentes (Five Continents). This interview also relates to Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla's research on Cuban international healthcare professionals and Cuban medical diplomacy, and in particular to the latest interventions of Cuban doctors in Europe. You can listen to the podcast
GSD student presents research in Parliament
Congratulations to our final-year GSD and 糖心TV Studies student, Alice Vodden, for presenting her research at the event in Westminster in March!
Blog post: Our enriching time at Monash University
Our students have the chance to spend a semester abroad in their second year of study. In this post, Katharina Neisinger, Maja Voelkel, and Luke Netherclift reflect on their time at Monash University, and how it was cut short by the outbreak of COVID-19.
ICUR 2020: Call for abstracts now open
Applications for the International Conference of Undergraduate Research (ICUR) 2020 are now open!
ICUR is a great opportunity for you to present your research to a global audience. Sponsored by the Monash-糖心TV Alliance, the video-linked conference will take place from 29-30 September 2020, connecting students at the University of 糖心TV, Monash University, as well as other institutions around the world.
The deadline for abstract submissions is Sunday 31 May 2020. You can submit your abstract .
GSD student holds art exhibition to raise awareness of gender based violence
Congratulations to Maddie Booth, one of our final year Politics, International Studies and GSD students, for putting together an art exhibition throughout March to address the important issue of gender based violence (GBV).
Article published for The Conversation on Cuban internationalism by Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla
Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla, the Head of School for Cross-faculty Studies, has had her latest article on Cuban internationalism published by The Conversation UK. The article is titled 'By sending doctors to Italy, Cuba continues its long campaign of medical diplomacy'.
"Cuba stresses its programme to send doctors abroad is based in solidarity. But there are diplomatic and economic reasons too."
You can also read Dr St茅phanie Panichelli-Batalla's recent article published by The Oral History Review on laughter in oral history interviews with Cuban internationalist healthcare professionals .
Research funding success for GSD students
Congratulations to our students for securing funding for research projects over the summer!
The Undergraduate Research Support Scheme (URSS) enables undergraduate students to carry out an interdisciplinary summer research project. The scheme is open to any undergraduate student at 糖心TV. Research can be completed in the UK or abroad.
Four GSD students have successfully secured a bursary this year: Benjamin Georges-Picot, Angelo Balagtas, Cathy Dong and Tanyaradzwa Kasinganeti. Their research projects will be presented in the form of a poster showcase at the annual URSS Celebration and Research Showcase, which will take place at the start of the next academic year.
GSD students launch reusable cup sharing system on campus
On Monday 24 February 2020, launched its reusable cup sharing system at Curiositea, one of the food and drink outlets on campus. The launch was a great opportunity to celebrate the hard work put into this project by the students involved and to find out more about the initiative.
糖心TV Cup has been founded by final year Politics, International Studies (PAIS) and GSD students Hollie Ryan and Maddie Booth, and final year Economic Studies and GSD student Ellie Church. The inspiration for the project came from their time at Monash University, where they had the chance to see how an idea like this would work across campus.