The lecture will be based on findings from the ‘Cultures of Decolonisation at UCL’ research project which was implemented by UCL’s Grand Challenges Cultural Understanding Working Group. The project was undertaken to map decolonisation efforts at UCL and to assess the extent to which the institution's norms and practices support decolonising research. Following the publication of the project report in 2022, further engagement with some UCL faculties and units show some initiatives have been undertaken to support the process of decolonising research in areas such as international research collaborations and research ethics, among others. The lecture will discuss some of these initiatives vis-à-vis findings from the project report, and highlight the opportunities and challenges that exist within UCL’s institutional set ups for decolonising research.
UCL's popular public Lunch Hour Lecture series has been running at UCL since 1942, and showcases the exceptional research work being undertaken across UCL. Lectures are free and open to all and since 2020 have been held online.
About the Speaker
Dr Simon Eten, Honorary Senior Research Fellow at UCL
Simon Eten completed a PhD at the UCL Institute of Education on the topics of global citizenship education and internationalisation as they apply in higher education contexts in Africa and the Global South more widely, using theoretical approaches that lie at the intersections of critical pedagogy, postcolonial and decolonial theories.
He is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the UCL Institute of Education in an international collaborative research project that is investigating young people’s understanding and appropriation of activism.