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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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