We are excited to share that Nidhi S. Sabharwal (WICID Advisory Board) received an award from the Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) for her contribution to the field. Her most recent research projects include a national-level study on student diversity and social inclusion and an evaluation study of publicly supported coaching programmes in higher education. She is the Co-PI for CPRHE/NIEPA & University of Warwick project on widening access to higher education in India (WAHEI project).

WICID’s Emily Henderson (Steering Committee) and S Nidhi S. Sabharwal (Advisory Board) co-authored an article ‘Going bahar (outside) for higher education: gendered symbolic boundaries of higher education access and choice in Haryana, India’. Please check it out here.

On 28 November, the Seeds of Hope and Action (SOHA) Exhibition was launched in the Faculty of Arts Building Atrium. Speakers included Justine Marchant (SGI-UK), Elena Korosteleva (IGSD, Sustainability Spotlight) and Mouzayian Khalil (PAIS, WICID), with a welcome from Vicki Squire (PAIS) and Emma Flynn (Provost). Colleagues and students enjoyed dialogue over the panels, which use the “Learn, Reflect, Empower, Lead” formula outlined in Daisaku Ikeda’s proposal on education for sustainable development.  Co-created by Soka Gakkai International and the Earth Charter International, the exhibition features panels serving as a catalyst for positive change and a platform to move communities towards a more sustainable future.

WICID have recently set up a Bluesky account. Please check it out and follow them here. While this is still new, they will share our work here as they do with our other social media channels. They look forward to connecting with you!

WICID management team member Briony Jones spoke at the Basel Peace Forum today on a panel exploring ignorance and global politics, along with Jonathan Luke Austin (University of Copenhagen) and Maria Birnaum (swisspeace and University of Basel).

WICID management team member Briony Jones has launched a new blog called ‘JustPolitics’, you can read and subscribe to her blog here.

WICID Director Mouzayian Khalil, WICID management team member Briony Jones, and WICID steering committee member Romain Chenet are co-chairing a panel at the DSA 2025 conference ‘Academic Activism – Rethinking boundaries of knowledge, method, and discipline’. More information and panel submission can be found here.