Research & Knowledge Mobilization
The Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation (GCDI) grounds its research through its practical work with students from across the world. Engagement with critical pedagogy, decolonial praxis and bridging the dichotomy between the curricular and co-curricular spaces has been central to our work. The interdisciplinary nature of our team, located in Canada, Sweden and across the African continent, has brought together insights from the fields of Design, Pedagogy, Political Sciences, Sociology and Anthropology to build a transformative student experience, while also developing scholarship on this process. Student feedback is integrated into our outputs, as we position students as participants and co-creators of our practice.
Conferences & Publications
“Design Justice” and the Textures of Transformation at ISSOTL23
A blog post from ISSOTL detailing the in-person workshop which they hosted at this year’s International Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (ISSOTL) Conference by Global Classroom co-founders Matthew Wingfield, Mukisa Mujulizi and Jesi Carson. Co-authors included Bettina Von Lieres, Marco Adamovic and Laurence Piper.
Teaching Anthropology Network (TAN) Conference 2023
The September 2023 TAN conference title “New normalities? Rethinking educational practices in times of crisis and challenge” was attended by two of our colleagues Dr Matthew Wingfield and Mukisa Mujulizi. They presented a paper titled "Pedagogical power dynamics seen from the South: A case study of the Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation".
Critical analysis of design thinking as a transformative pedagogical tool, ISSOTL 2023
Global Classroom co-founders Matthew Wingfield, Mukisa Mujulizi and Jesi Carson hosted an in-person workshop session at this years International Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (ISSOTL) Conference. Co-authors included Bettina Von Lieres, Marco Adamovic and Laurence Piper. ISSOTL 2023 was hosted in the Netherlands by Utrecht University, and the theme of the conference was “Context Matters.”
Diversity Abroad Article
This case study explores the Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation (GCDI), a virtual exchange program that repositions students as co-creators in the design and implementation process.
South African Sociological Associations' (SASA) Conference 2023
2023's South African Sociological Associations' (SASA) conference was attended by two of our founding members Dr Matthew Wingfield and Mukisa Mujulizi. They presented a paper titled "Pedagogical power dynamics seen from the South: A case study of the Global Classroom for Democracy Innovation".
First International Work Integrated Learning (WIL) Conference 2022
Laurence Piper and Bettina von Lieres presented ‘Learning to become change agents through international collaboration: insights and challenges from the Global Classroom Initiative’ at the First International WIL Conference 2022, Trollhättan, Sweden, 7-9 December 2022.
International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSOTL) 2022 Conference Presentation
Members of the GCDI team met in-person for the first time when they co-presented at the International Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference (ISSOTL 2022) in Kelowna, BC, Canada.
“The Unbounded Global Classroom”
GCDI Co-founder, Bettina Von Lieres, presented our work at SFU’s Unbounded Classroom Symposium. Watch the recorded session!