Rosarii Griffin is the Director of the Centre for Global Development through Education based at Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. Prior to taking up this position, Rosarii worked in the Centre for Adult Continuing Education, University College Cork where she was also a member of UCC’s Governing Body (2003-2007). Prior to this, Rosarii worked at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels; Hull University, UK, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick and Oxford University, UK where she also undertook her Doctoral work in the area of International and Comparative Education.

Rosarii has been the recipient of many scholarships and awards including the ESRC British Council Scholarship; the European Wiener-Anspach Fellowship; the Prendergast Bequest, Oxford and the Vice Chancellor’s Award at Oxford for undertaking a Doctorate of distinction. Rosarii has published many works in the area of Education, Development and International and Comparative Education including: Education in the Muslim World: Different Perspectives (2004); Education in Transition: The Politics and Processes of Change (2002) and International Perspectives on Special Educational Needs (2000) (co-edited with Colin Brock).

Rosarii’s research interests include development education, international and comparative education, international and comparative research methodologies, and gender education.

Jim Gleeson is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Education and Professional Studies at the University of Limerick where he is Course Leader for the Master’s in Education Leadership. He has extensive experience in curriculum development, working as Project Leader of the SPIRAL 2 project on Transition from Adult to Working Life and the Leaving Certificate Applied.

He has been responsible for the external evaluation of various curriculum projects including ‘European Studies’ and ‘Exploring Masculinities’. He is Director of the Curriculum Evaluation and Policy Research Unit at UL where he is currently supervising eight doctoral students.

Jim is a member of the Teaching Council and has experience as an External Examiner in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Ireland. He is a member of the Limerick – Rwanda Education Partnership.

Maria Campbell is a Lecturer in the Education Department of St. Angela’s College, Sligo. She coordinates the Graduate Programme at St. Angela’s College and lectures in the areas of Sociology, Development and Information and Communication Technologies. Her previous research interests have explored the relationship between pedagogy and technologies which included critiquing the deployment of technologies in educational contexts.

Her current research continues to explore the use of technologies in teaching and learning contexts, while also engaging with teacher education discourses in the current context of Irelands changing demographics and in exploring the relationship between teacher education and development.

Ms Janet Florence Aguti is a teacher by profession. She worked as a primary teacher trainer before taking up an administration and management post at the Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda. 

In her current position, she plans, oversees and guides the implementation of Primary Teacher Education institutions in terms of facilities, personnel and capacity building through continuous development programmes. She also guides the implementation of Primary Teacher Education policy activities, and liaises with education partners on activities that support quality teacher education and primary teacher effectiveness through outreach activities.

Neil Alldred has been appointed Director of the International Development Programme at the UNESCO Centre, and he is acting as a member of the Steering Committee during Roisin McEvoy’s maternity leave.

Neil’s main career has been in Africa where he spent well over 20 years – initially in teaching, lecturing and research, at secondary, further and higher levels. He then worked in a number of non-governmental organisations managing development programmes for agencies such as Oxfam, ActionAid and indigenous African organisations.

His main work has been in capacity-building and the development of human resources to address development issues.

Dr. Linda Clarke taught Geography for some 15 years in a in both private and public sector schools in Northern Ireland and in England. Since 2001, she has been a Lecturer in Education at the University of Ulster and Course Director for PGCE Geography.

Her main research interests relate to teacher education, the use of ICT (Information and Communications Technologies) to enhance teaching and learning, global citizenship and, closer to home, the issues surrounding teaching geography in a divided society. In October 2009 she was appointed as Head of the School of Education.

Dr Micheal L Collins lectures at the Department of Economics, Trinity College Dublin. Originally from Ennis in Co. Clare, Dr Collins has studied at NUI Galway, UCC and Trinity College Dublin. He was awarded his PhD for a thesis entitled “Perspectives on Social Exclusion” at TCD in 2006.

Dr Collins currently holds a lectureship focused on Development issues. This lectureship is shared with the School of Education and is funded by Irish Aid.

Paul Conway is a lecturer in the Department of Education in University College Cork. His current research interests include theories of learning and development particularly socio-cultural/Vygotskian theories, teacher learning and professional development, literacy and learning and information and communication technology policy in the context of educational change.

Dr Conor Galvin is a Lecturer and Researcher at UCD School of Education & Lifelong Learning where he works on various education, ICT, public policy and research methods programmes.

His research interests include social capital, professional knowledge, innovation transfer in an information age, e-learning, schools ICT and the impact of new and emergent technology on learning and society.

Ms Louise Long is part of the Education Studies Team in St. Mary’s University College. She plans, implements and evaluates programmes of study on educational psychology including child development and cognitive psychology. She is also lead tutor for programmes of study on Personal Development and Pastoral Issues as well as a specialist SEN module on dyslexia. She is a chartered Educational Psychologist and a member of the British Psychological Society.

Mr Nkhotha Machachamise is the First Secretary at the Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho in Ireland. He holds a B.A. Degree in Public Administration and Political Science from the National University of Lesotho, which he obtained in 2004. Before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Machachamise worked for the Ministry of Local Government and the Ministry of the Public Service in Lesotho.

Roisin McEvoy is currently Lecturer (International Development) based in the UNESCO Centre, School of Education. She is working on the University’s new International Development Programme – an initiative that has being funded by the Department for International Development (DFID). Her work includes Course Directorship and teaching on the new undergraduate Minor in International Development currently being offered on the Coleraine campus; contributing to the teaching of the Minor in Education; organising public seminars and lectures for all staff related to the work of the project; working collaboratively with various stakeholders throughout the university to profile good practice related to the international development agenda and coordination of community outreach and partnerships with local non-governmental development organisations and the broader education community to support the delivery of the programme.

Prior to taking on this role, Roisin was a Lecturer (International Exchanges) in the UNESCO Centre where she managed the US-based HECUA education partnership and delivered an exchange programme for US undergraduate students on Northern Ireland: Democracy and Social Change. She has also taught modules at postgraduate level in Human Rights and Educational Practice and Education for Sustainable Development.

Patricia Mulcahy is the CGDE administrator. She has a wide range of experience in supporting research and is responsible for all administrative aspects of the centre. She is the first point of contact for anyone wishing to correspond with the centre. She has over fifteen years of administrative experience in the University of Limerick.

Her experience includes project management, database administration, Quality Management Systems and web site development.

Ms Allen Nalubega is currently employed as CGDE’s administrative assistant/secretary in Uganda, based at the Ministry of Education and Sports, Kampala.

Dr. John Oliphant is a Mosotho and a Lesotho citizen. He is a teacher by profession and taught in secondary schools from 1981 to 1994 before joining the Lesotho National Teachers Training College (now known as Lesotho College of Education) in 1994. John has the following educational qualifications: Secondary Teachers’ Certificate, Diploma in Education (Secondary) and Bachelor of Education degree all obtained in Lesotho. He has a Master of Education degree from the West Sussex Institute of Higher Education in the University of Southampton and a PhD from the University of Cape Town in South Africa. 

John is currently the Rector of Lesotho College of Education (LCE). He was the Director of the College before it became autonomous from 1994 to 2000. Previously, he has been a high school deputy principal, an O level examinations examiner and team leader for English Literature, and an external examiner for Development Studies for LCE for three years up to 1994.

Dr Otaala is currently a lecturer at Kyambogo University, in Uganda. He holds a PhD (Purdue) with a specialisation in Science Education. He also holds a MS (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), also with a specialization in Science Education.

Prior to joining the academic staff at Kyambogo University, he taught science at the Primary school, Primary Teachers’ College and National Teachers’ College levels. At Kyambogo University, he coordinates the Science Education program, graduates of which qualify to teach Science with Health Education at Primary Teachers’ Colleges and in the Primary schools.

His research interests lie in two areas; Children’s cognitive development; and teacher cognition and knowledge.

Prof. Teresa O’Doherty, B.Ed, M.Ed.(NUI), Dip. Religious Studies (MIC), Ph.D (UL) is the Dean of Education at Mary Immaculate College.

Sheila O’Driscoll, B.Soc.Sc. H.Dip. (Guidance Counselling), Masters in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (MATLHE) works in the Centre for Adult Continuing Education University College Cork.  As co-ordinator of the Diploma in Disability Studies she has been responsible for the development of this Diploma since 2004 in Cork City and outreach centres throughout Munster. 

She is one of the lecturers on the course and teaches on the Diploma in Women Studies and the Diploma in Social Studies.   Currently Sheila is participating in an ISS21 interdisciplinary research clusters in UCC on Ageing and in an EU Grundtvig Learning Partnership with seven other countries across the EU entitled Ageing Challenges Education.

Gerry O’Reilly (PHD (Durham), MA, HDE, BA (NUI)) lectures in the Geography Department, St. Patrick’s College (DCU) in Humanitarian Action, Sustainable Development, and the Muslim World. Before returning to live in Ireland in 1993, Gerry worked, researched and held posts in the Developing Countries, North Africa, France, UK and USA.

He is also the coordinator for the European interuniversity Geopolitics and Humanitarian Action strand in Ireland of the ECHO (EC Humanitarian Office) sponsored NOHA (Network on Humanitarian Action) PG Programme.

Dr. Carmel O’Sullivan lectures in the School of Education, University of Dublin, Trinity College. She is director of the International Summer School in Drama in Education at Trinity College and chairperson of ADEI (the Association for Drama in Education in Ireland). Carmel works with both undergraduate students and post-graduate research students, and is involved in a number of funded research projects.

Her current research interests include Drama and special needs education, induction to teaching and learning at third level, and active and participatory modes of teaching and learning in formal and non-formal educational settings

Dr. Margo O’Sullivan currently works in the Teacher Education Department, Ministry of Education and Sports in Uganda, which mainly involves her supporting the writing and implementation of revised Primary Teacher Education curricula. Irish Aid supports the curricula writing and implementation process. She is on leave of absence from Mary Immaculate College, where she is a lecturer in Educational Methodology and Comparative and International Education. She spent the year prior to moving to Uganda as Acting Associate Vice President of the college.

She began her career as a primary teacher, teaching for a number of years in Ireland, England, Nigeria and Malaysia. She then managed Teacher Education projects in Namibia, Albania and Malaysia. She has also worked as a Teacher Educator in the Solomon Islands and Dubai and since 2002 has conducted Education consultancies in Uganda, Ethopia and Senegal for Irish Aid, Concern and the World Bank.

She has published widely, mainly in the field of International and Comparative Education, a field about which she is passionate. She believes that Education is critical to development and has devoted much of her career to this.

A geographer by trade, Colm has post-graduate qualifications from Simon Fraser University and McGill University in Canada. He is currently coordinator of 80:20 Educating and Acting for a Better World; has worked in development education for over 30 years in Ireland, the UK, Australia, the US and Zambia. He is editor of internationally popular development resource 80:20 Development in an Unequal World, now in its 5^th edition.

He has written extensively on development and development education and has worked in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Brazil and Zambia.

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Laurence Siberry is a Senior Lecturer in Education in Stranmillis University College; Belfast; Northern Ireland. As International Outreach Officer, she has been involved with international work since 1993 through Erasmus as the University College has signed bilateral agreements with 27 European institutions. She has also developed other international links and in particular with South Africa (Nelson Mandela Metropolitain University; Port Elizabeth) and Zambia (David Livingstone College of Education; Livingstone).

Students exchange take place between NMMU and Stranmillis on a yearly basis. Stranmillis students may also go to DALICE for a 3 month placement.

Brian is currently Senior lecturer in SESE and Development & Intercultural Education in Froebel College of Education. Brian has been involved since 1979 in development work and Development Education. He was a founding member of the Comhlámh Teachers’ Group, conducting in-service courses for Primary teachers. He worked on development projects in Yemen, Bhutan, Vietnam, Kenya and is currently involved in the Zambia – Ireland Teacher Education Project.

Brian is currently a member of the DICE Network and was formerly the Chairperson of DICE Strategy & Planning Committee.