Organisation profile
Organisation profile
The Centre for Global Development was relaunched on 7th of November 2016 in a workshop entitled: Whose voices count? Doing research on the health of the poor during the Festival of Social Sciences at the University of Aberdeen.
CGD is a centre of excellence committed to inter-sectoral and interdisciplinary working for equity, social justice and sustainable futures. The centre is a space at the University for staff, students, practitioners and the public to develop collaborative teaching and research.
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Lucia D'Ambruoso
- Business School, Centre for Governance, Accountability, and Sustainability (GAS)
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Applied Health Sciences - Senior Lecturer
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition, Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science
- Education, Centre for Global Development
Person: Academic
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A Comparative Analysis of Teacher Induction: Purposes, Practices and Curriculum Ideologies
Attard Tonna, M., Bjerkholt, E., Shanks, R. & Snoek, M., 19 Feb 2026, Making Sense of European Teacher Induction and Mentoring Practices. Helms-Lorenz, M., Heikkinen, H., Plauborg, H. & Bjerkholt, E. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 43-75 33 p. (Key Issues in Teacher Education: Policy, Research and Practice; vol. 5).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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A systematic review of definitions of rights education for children: Children's rights education (CRE), children's human rights education (CHRE), and other rights education subtypes
Gillett Swan, J. (Corresponding Author), Monta, C. & Shanks, R. K., Dec 2025, In: Review of Education. 13, 3, 25 p., e70104.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sparking ‘Aha’ Moments: A Resource for Teaching Research Methods
Nind, M., Shanks, R. K., Lee, Y., Edson Ferrie, J., Dogaru, C., English, K. K., Perez del Aguila, R., Spreckelsen, T. F., Rose, J., Jones , A., Silver, C., Morgan, H. M., Pizzolati, M., Brown, N., Edwards, R., Mancuso, J. & Johnson, R., 29 Oct 2025, National Centre for Research Methods. 83 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned Report
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Datasets
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Arab Transformations Project Data Set
Abbott, P. (Creator) & Aberdeen, U. O. (Contributor), ACSS Dataverse, 2019
DOI: 10.25825/fk2/gtr0hi, https://dataverse.theacss.org/citation?persistentId=doi:10.25825/FK2/GTR0HI and one more link, https://dataverse.theacss.org/file.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.25825/FK2/GTR0HI/6VL2UO (show fewer)
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Activities
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Are ties and blazers on the way out? Why some schools are pushing for 'active' uniforms
Shanks, R. K. (Advisor)
22 Feb 2026Activity: Other Activities/External Responsibilities › Public engagement, outreach and knowledge exchange
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Fostering a Social Practice Approach to Adult Literacies education for Improving people's Quality of Life in Western Rwanda: Sustaining and Institutionalising a Social Practice Approach to Adult Literacies Education
Mtika, P. (Speaker), Abbott, P. (Contributor), Nzabalirwa, W. (Contributor) & Byaruhanga , I. (Speaker)
28 Feb 2024Activity: Disseminating Research › Policy Research, Briefing, or Discussion
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School uniform: Affordable, comfortable and sustainable?
Shanks, R. K. (Speaker)
18 Nov 2024Activity: Disseminating Research › Invited talk