DSAA Webinar

Welcome to The DSAA monthly webinar series! 

Development is a dynamic space, bringing together research and practice across a range of disciplines. Our webinar series explores this diversity, bringing a new speaker who shares their expertise on a critical theme of interest every month. Each session will explore diverse topics, from building a CV for the international development sector to conducting community-based research and decolonising research practices. Through these interactive webinars, we aim to support HDR and ECR students in expanding their networks, gaining real-world insights, and advancing their academic and professional journeys. 

Conversations are streamed live, every 3rd Wednesday of the month, with plenty of time for questions and answers. Our next online event will be on Wednesday 15 January 2025, with Dr Deborah Cummins Industry Member of the DSAA Executive Committee and Director of Bridging Peoples, Dili, Timor-Leste discussing Doing Community-Based Research in the International Aid & Development Sector.

Live stream on our YouTube Channel @DSA_Australia 

UPCOMING WEBINAR 

Doing Community-Based Research in the International Aid & Development Sector

This webinar will explore how to effectively use community strengths and realities, bridge the gap between development programs and local communities, and engage with traditional and local governance systems. 

Date: 15 January 2025 

Time:  1:00 pm

Where: Live on YouTube

Presenters:  

Dr Deborah Cummins

Director of Bridging Peoples, Dili, Timor-Leste

Deborah Cummins is the Founder and Director of Bridging Peoples, a research agency focused on improving community engagement practices for humanitarian aid & development programming. She has a Law Degree (Honours) from the University of Melbourne, and a PhD on local and postcolonial governance in Timor-Leste. Over the past 20 years, she has worked in Timor-Leste, Egypt, Turkey and Syria, leading major research projects to bridge the gap between large-scale programming and community lives. She currently lives and works in Dili, Timor-Leste. She has also authored many academic articles, book chapters, and research reports, and is the author of Local Governance in Timor-Leste: Lessons in Postcolonial Statebuilding, published by Routledge Publishers in 2014.

Pranjali Das
PhD candidate in Anthropology at The Australian National University, Pranjali examines corporate philanthropy’s role in shaping development partnerships in India, with a strong focus on cross-cultural communication and community-driven insights.

This session promises to offer valuable perspectives and practical insights for scholars, students, and practitioners engaged in international development.

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