If you can't imagine it, you can't do it with Helen Underhill (Episode 90)

Helen Underhill is the manager of the Research for Transformation Lab at the University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute. She is also an independent researcher working on a variety of social justice and international projects from fire safety in refugee camps to young people and museums.

Sarah and Helen talk about

What it means to do research for transformation and why it’s a slow processPower and politics in global research partnerships and why we still have a long way to goHer ‘portfolio’ career which meandered through computer programming, adventure travel and school teaching before landing in social justice research How she fell in love with the idea that knowledge can be a pathway to creating change

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Find full show notes, the transcript and timestamps on the episode webpage Connect with Helen on LinkedIn Find out more about the Research for Transformation Lab and Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester

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