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GSD welcomes Dr Thi Bogossian as their new Teaching Fellow

The Global Sustainable Development (GSD) department are thrilled to announce the appointment of Dr Thi Bogossian as their new Teaching Fellow, effective from October 2025.
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Dr Maurice Beseng joins Global Sustainable Development as Teaching Fellow

We are delighted to announce that Dr Maurice Beseng has joined the Global Sustainable Development (GSD) department at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV as a Teaching Fellow.
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GSD academic publishes special edition with acclaimed human trafficking journal

A special edition guest edited by one of our teaching faculty has been published in the Journal of Human Trafficking, Enslavement and Conflict-Related Sexual Violence.
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Welcoming Dr Camilo Uribe Botta as Teaching Fellow in Liberal Arts

Dr Uribe Botta is an environmental historian whose work is deeply interdisciplinary, bridging history, cultural studies, and the material world. He specialises in the role of plants — particularly orchids — as actors in global and colonial history.
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Liberal Arts welcomes new Head of Department as Dr Bryan Brazeau receives promotion

The Head of our Liberal Arts department Dr Bryan Brazeau has now completed his tenure as departmental lead; a responsibility which he has held since 2021. He has now passed on the mantle to Dr William Rupp, who has been an Associate Professor in the Liberal Arts department for four years.
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SCFS host international ‘Nurturing Hope’ conference on Liberal Education, Democracy, and Designing Sustainable Futures
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On 8th-9th May 2025, the Liberal Arts department and the School for Cross Faculty Studies ran an international conference titled ‘Nurturing Hope: Liberal Education, Democracy, and Designing Sustainable Futures,’ which aimed to demonstrate how even 2,000 years later, Liberal Arts education can still provide valuable critical tools for addressing modern-day problems from the very local (ÌÇÐÄTV) to the global. The conference was planned as part of the University of ÌÇÐÄTV’s 60th year anniversary celebrations and looks forward to the Liberal Arts department’s 10th year anniversary – which it will be entering in 2026.