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2009
Book chapter
Leadership for Change
Leaders, people who have a vision and the ability to empower others to make the necessary changes to transform the vision into reality, are in the business of change management by definition. Bringing about change is inherent in leadership, and managing change is an essential leadership skill. Leaders are often...Déri, Andrea
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2009
Book chapter
Leadership for Change: How to Develop Personal Skills for Change
Force-field analysis of decentralisation in The Gambia Rationale The force-field analysis helps in visualising the opposing forces in a situation. It can assist in identifying the current balance between forces that help in moving towards the goal and forces that are a hindrance in reaching it. The visual representation of...Déri, Andrea
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2009
Technical report
Report of Survey of Councillors – Undertaken for The Department of State for Local Government and Lands, Government of The Gambia
This rapid-response-survey was conducted to characterise the current cohort of councillors in The Gambia. The current cohort represents the second cohort of councillors whose office term began in January 2008. The first cohort served their four year term during 2004-2008. No profile is available for the first cohort of councillors....Alam, Munawwar ; Nickson, Andrew ; Déri, Andrea
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2010
Magazine article
Passing Traditional Knowledge to Youth - A New Mythology
In globalizing India, the traditional knowledge-practice-belief complex passed through generations is challenged by the younger generation. CEC member Andrea Deri and Rushikesh Chavan ask, "Can Western scientific knowledge provide a new belief system and motivate decisions?"Déri, Andrea ; Chavan, Rushikesh
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2010
Magazine article
Knowledge for Resilience
What happens to traditional fishermen’s multi-generational knowledge when the young people do not follow the tradition? CEC member Andrea Déri presents a case study on how young people revitalised and re-contextualised intergenerational learning for biodiversity conservation in the Lakshadweep archipelago, India.Déri, Andrea
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2012
Blog post
Hume’s Stray Feathers
Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912), British administrator and one of the founders of the Indian National Congress, recorded an extraordinary story of resilience, the ability of people to cope with disruptions. Hume was a respected ornithologist. In January 1875 he boarded an old gunboat fitted for the Indian Marine Survey to...Déri, Andrea
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2013
Book chapter
Maps, Knowledge and Resilience: Application of ArcGIS in Building Small Islands’ Resilience to Climate Change
Small, low-lying islands are one of the most vulnerable social-ecological systems to climate change. Inundation caused by storm surges and sea level rise makes habitability a serious concern for islanders. This chapter explores how co-production of knowledge through a collaborative local and scientific inquiry could contribute to small islands’ resilience... -
2018
Blog post
Languages of Reckoning: The Gagauz Number System
The more languages you speak, the more perspectives you have on the world. Bulgarian, Czech and Hungarian proverbs capture this observation: ‘Човекът е толкова пъти човек, колкото езика знае’ (Bulgarian: a person is as many times a person as many languages knows), ‘Kolik jazyků znáš, tolikrát jsi člověkem’ (Czech: as...Déri, Andrea
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2018
Blog post
A Bioluminescent Christmas
Christmas is associated with sparkling lights that lift the eyes up to the stars in motionless awe. On Christmas 1875, a curious traveller wrote about a less-known yet equally magical light that drew his eyes below the horizon, a light that flared up with the breaking waves: sea sparkle. The...Déri, Andrea
science, Hungary, history, and South Asia