Bridging Knowledge Cultures Rebalancing Power in the Co-Construction of Knowledge

Walter Lepore, Ph.D. (2018), University of Victoria, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Public Administration at that university. Dr. Lepore has an extensive publication record on a wide range of topics within the fields of decision making in the public sector, community engagement, and community-university research partnerships.

Budd L. Hall, Ph.D. Officer, Order of Canada, Co-Chair, UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education. A founder of the participatory research movement, former Secretary-General of the International Council for Adult Education, Dean of Education at the University of Victoria, he has over 500 publications.

Rajesh Tandon, Ph.D (1978), Founder-President, PRIA, India & UNESCO Co-Chair Community-Based Research & Social Responsibility in Higher Education, former Chair of CIVICUS, former President of ASPBAE, Expert UGC India. Rajesh has trained more than 1000 activist researchers, and has more than 200 publications on civil society, democratic governance and participatory research.