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.explore-section, .stats-inner, .cta-inner{padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px}\n    .hero{padding-top:32px;padding-bottom:48px}\n    .intro-section, .domains-section, .underpin-section, .volumes-section, .editorial-section, .explore-section, .cta-section, .stats-banner{padding-top:64px;padding-bottom:64px}\n    .appointment{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:8px}\n  }\n<\/style>\n<\/head>\n<body>\n\n<!-- HERO -->\n<section class=\"hero\">\n  <div class=\"hero-grid\">\n    <div>\n      <div class=\"eyebrow\">A decade of democratic education \u00b7 2016\u20132026<\/div>\n      <h1 class=\"hero-title\">The <em>Impact<\/em>.<\/h1>\n    <\/div>\n    <div>\n      <p class=\"hero-lede\">Where research, teaching and global partnership meet \u2014 and what they have changed.<\/p>\n      <p class=\"hero-deck\">Hosted within the <strong>School of Social Sciences<\/strong> at the University of Westminster, DEN sits on three decades of scholarly work in International Political Economy and Development. A decade of DEN has produced edited volumes with Edward Elgar and Emerald, visiting professorial appointments at Hanoi University and Kasetsart University \u2014 including a current <strong>Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training-funded research project<\/strong> on AI and Chinese language education \u2014 and, since 2021, its credit-bearing module <strong>DEIC: Democratic Engagement in an International Context<\/strong>, taught by a team that includes the University's <strong>Deputy Vice-Chancellor<\/strong> and the <strong>Head of CETI<\/strong>.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- STATS BANNER \u2014 7 stats -->\n<section class=\"stats-banner\">\n  <div class=\"stats-inner\">\n    <div class=\"stats-eyebrow\">Impact at a glance<\/div>\n    <div class=\"stats-row\">\n      <div class=\"stat-cell\">\n        <div class=\"num\">1,000<em>+<\/em><\/div>\n        <div class=\"lbl\">Students engaged<br>since 2016<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat-cell\">\n        <div class=\"num\">10<em>+<\/em><\/div>\n        <div class=\"lbl\">Disciplines &amp; sub-fields<br>across 4 clusters<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat-cell\">\n        <div class=\"num\">13<em>+<\/em><\/div>\n        <div class=\"lbl\">Partner countries<br>across 4 continents<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat-cell\">\n        <div class=\"num\">10<em>+<\/em><\/div>\n        <div class=\"lbl\">Edited volumes<br>and monographs<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat-cell\">\n        <div class=\"num\">2<\/div>\n        <div class=\"lbl\">Visiting<br>professorships<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat-cell\">\n        <div class=\"num\">8<em>+<\/em><\/div>\n        <div class=\"lbl\">Student-led<br>publications<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"stat-cell\">\n        <div class=\"num\">5<em>+<\/em><\/div>\n        <div class=\"lbl\">National &amp; European<br>award recognitions<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- INTRO -->\n<section class=\"intro-section\">\n  <aside class=\"intro-aside\">Why this page<br>exists<\/aside>\n  <div class=\"intro-prose\">\n    <p>The Democratic Education Network was founded in 2016 to create a more compassionate, inclusive and student-led learning environment. Ten years on, what has it actually changed?<\/p>\n    <p>Hosted within the University of Westminster's <strong>School of Social Sciences<\/strong>, DEN convenes students from the <em>social sciences<\/em>, the <em>humanities<\/em>, the <em>cognitive and clinical sciences<\/em>, and the <em>natural sciences<\/em> \u2014 under one roof. As well as being an independent programme, DEN also functions as a <em>platform<\/em> that connects external projects to engaged students, with contributing academics integrating their teaching into the curriculum.<\/p>\n    <p>The pages below answer the question with evidence. They go beyond what DEN <em>does<\/em> \u2014 the modules, the field trips, the conferences, the magazine \u2014 and document what DEN has <strong>shifted<\/strong>: in its students, in its partner institutions across both <em>further<\/em> and <em>higher<\/em> education, in the way Westminster talks about inclusive global education.<\/p>\n    <p>Read it as a chapter book, not a brochure. Each section can be entered on its own; together they form the case.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- FIVE DOMAINS -->\n<section class=\"domains-section\">\n  <div class=\"domains-inner\">\n    <div class=\"section-head\">\n      <h2>Five <em>domains<\/em> of impact.<\/h2>\n      <span class=\"label\">How DEN's work is structured<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"domains-grid\">\n      <a href=\"#\" class=\"domain\">\n        <div class=\"domain-num\">01 \u00b7 Educational<\/div>\n        <h3>What changes for our students<\/h3>\n        <p>Beyond skills and grades. The capacity to co-author research, present internationally, mentor a peer, and lead a project across borders \u2014 measurable in outcomes, not slogans.<\/p>\n        <span class=\"read\">Explore<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n      <a href=\"#\" class=\"domain\">\n        <div class=\"domain-num\">02 \u00b7 Social<\/div>\n        <h3>What changes around our students<\/h3>\n        <p>Mental health awareness, inclusive pedagogy, sustainability and community work. The 2025 European Green Gown finalist nomination corroborates what DEN does close to home.<\/p>\n        <span class=\"read\">Explore<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n      <a href=\"#\" class=\"domain\">\n        <div class=\"domain-num\">03 \u00b7 Global<\/div>\n        <h3>What changes across borders<\/h3>\n        <p>Partnerships across more than thirteen countries \u2014 Vietnam, Thailand, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Peru, India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Georgia, the United States, China, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and Serbia.<\/p>\n        <span class=\"read\">Explore<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n      <a href=\"#\" class=\"domain\">\n        <div class=\"domain-num\">04 \u00b7 Institutional<\/div>\n        <h3>What changes at Westminster<\/h3>\n        <p>From a single module to programme-level integration within the BA International Relations \u2014 endorsed at the highest levels of the University and recognised by national award panels.<\/p>\n        <span class=\"read\">Explore<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n      <a href=\"#\" class=\"domain\">\n        <div class=\"domain-num\">05 \u00b7 Multi-disciplinary<\/div>\n        <h3>Four clusters, one community<\/h3>\n        <p>DEN's curriculum-embedded module <strong>DEIC<\/strong> is taught by a team including the University's <strong>Deputy Vice-Chancellor<\/strong> and the <strong>Head of CETI<\/strong>, alongside the Business School and Life Sciences \u2014 with students from across the social sciences, Psychology, Modern Languages and the natural sciences.<\/p>\n        <span class=\"read\">Explore<\/span>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- UNDERPINNING RESEARCH -->\n<section class=\"underpin-section\">\n  <div class=\"underpin-inner\">\n    <div class=\"section-head\">\n      <h2>Underpinning <em>research<\/em> &amp; international standing.<\/h2>\n      <span class=\"label\">The scholarly foundation that supports the Network<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p class=\"underpin-intro\">DEN is a teaching and partnership network, but it is grounded in <em>nearly thirty years<\/em> of research in International Political Economy and Development. The institutional consequences of that work are visible in two visiting professorial appointments at partner universities, a frequent guest-lecturer record across four continents, and a sustained programme of international guest teaching and joint research projects.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"underpin-grid\">\n\n      <div class=\"underpin-block\">\n        <h3>International &amp; <em>visiting<\/em> appointments<\/h3>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Vietnam<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Visiting Professor<\/div>\n            <div class=\"institution\">Hanoi University, Faculty of International Studies<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">Supporting junior and senior academics in research design, publication development, and international collaboration. Editor of international edited volumes featuring chapters by Hanoi University scholars.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Thailand<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Distinguished Scholar (Visiting Professor)<\/div>\n            <div class=\"institution\">Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Faculty of Social Sciences<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">International collaboration in research and publications. Co-development of field-based and community-embedded learning initiatives linked to international student conferences.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"underpin-block\">\n        <h3>Frequent <em>guest<\/em> lecturer &amp; partnerships<\/h3>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14.5px;color:var(--muted);line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:18px\">Guest lectures, intensive workshops, and field-based international programmes \u2014 including joint research initiatives, staff\u2013student exchange, and co-development of community-embedded learning across the wider DEN network:<\/p>\n        <div class=\"lecture-list\">\n          <p><strong>Hanoi University<\/strong> \u00b7 Vietnam<\/p>\n          <p><strong>Kasetsart University<\/strong> \u00b7 Bangkok, Thailand<\/p>\n          <p><strong>Kocaeli University<\/strong> \u00b7 Izmit, Turkey<\/p>\n          <p><strong>Pontificia Universidad del Per\u00fa<\/strong> \u00b7 Lima, Peru<\/p>\n          <p style=\"margin-top:18px;padding-top:18px;border-top:1px solid var(--rule);font-size:13.5px\"><strong>Wider partner network:<\/strong> India, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Georgia, the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Serbia, the United States, China.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- MOET-FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECT -->\n<section class=\"underpin-section\" style=\"background:var(--paper);border-top:1px solid var(--rule)\">\n  <div class=\"underpin-inner\">\n    <div class=\"section-head\">\n      <h2>A live, externally <em>funded<\/em> research project.<\/h2>\n      <span class=\"label\">Hanoi University \u00b7 Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p class=\"underpin-intro\">Through the Director's Visiting Professorship at Hanoi University, DEN's research orbit now includes a <em>nationally-funded<\/em> research project supported by the Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training \u2014 the strongest current evidence that the visiting appointment is producing externally-funded research outputs, and a direct illustration of how DEN's international relationships translate into peer-reviewed scholarship and policy impact.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"monograph-block\" style=\"background:var(--ink);margin-top:24px;display:grid;grid-template-columns:1.1fr 1fr;gap:48px\">\n      <div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.14em;color:var(--gold);text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:14px\">Vietnam MOET-funded project \u00b7 2026<\/div>\n        <h4 style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:24px;font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:-.018em;color:var(--paper);margin-bottom:14px\">Research on the impact of artificial intelligence on Chinese language training and use in Vietnam in the context of digital transformation in higher education<\/h4>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14.5px;line-height:1.65;color:rgba(255,255,255,.8);margin-bottom:14px\">Hanoi University-led, Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training-funded. Examines how AI is reshaping Chinese language education and its role in Vietnam's higher education system and labour market.<\/p>\n        <p style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:11px;letter-spacing:.1em;color:var(--gold);margin-top:18px;padding-top:14px;border-top:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18)\">Dr Farhang Morady \u00b7 International collaborator<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--gold);margin-bottom:14px\">The Director's contribution<\/div>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:rgba(255,255,255,.82);margin-bottom:10px\">\u2192 Comparative global perspectives on AI in higher education and language learning<\/p>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:rgba(255,255,255,.82);margin-bottom:10px\">\u2192 Theoretical and conceptual frameworks linking AI, education, and labour-market transformation<\/p>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:rgba(255,255,255,.82);margin-bottom:10px\">\u2192 Co-authorship of international peer-reviewed journal publications<\/p>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.65;color:rgba(255,255,255,.82)\">\u2192 Policy-oriented insights for future education systems and workforce development<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"margin-top:32px;padding:24px 28px;background:var(--paper-2);border-left:3px solid var(--teal);max-width:920px\">\n      <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--teal);margin-bottom:10px\">Why this project matters<\/div>\n      <p style=\"font-size:14.5px;line-height:1.65;color:var(--ink);margin:0\">The project links directly to the Director's editorship of the forthcoming <em>Reimagining Education in the Age of AI and Global Sustainability<\/em> (Edward Elgar, 2027), and strengthens academic and policy links between the UK and Southeast Asia. It situates DEN's broader work on the political economy of AI, global education systems, and the transformation of knowledge in the digital age within an active, externally-funded research programme.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- CROSS-DISCIPLINARY COLLABORATORS -->\n<section class=\"underpin-section\" style=\"background:var(--paper-2)\">\n  <div class=\"underpin-inner\">\n    <div class=\"section-head\">\n      <h2>A genuinely <em>cross-disciplinary<\/em> network.<\/h2>\n      <span class=\"label\">Named collaborators across the School and beyond<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p class=\"underpin-intro\">DEN is hosted at School level rather than within a single discipline, which is what makes its cross-disciplinary character genuine rather than rhetorical. Since 2021 \u2014 when the initiative was formally embedded within the University's curriculum \u2014 DEN's credit-bearing module <em>DEIC: Democratic Engagement in an International Context<\/em> has been taught by a team including the University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor and the Head of the Centre for Education and Teaching Innovation, alongside academics from Westminster Business School, Life Sciences, the Head of School of Social Sciences, with seminar leadership from Psychology. Students arrive from across four discipline clusters spanning the social sciences, the humanities, Psychology, and the natural sciences.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"underpin-grid\">\n\n      <div class=\"underpin-block\">\n        <h3>Academic <em>collaborators<\/em><\/h3>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Psychology<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Dr Kyoko Murakami<\/div>\n            <div class=\"institution\">Director of Research, Psychology \u00b7 School of Social Sciences<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">Advisory and strategic support to DEN since 2025, with substantive contribution to the International Peacebuilding strand. Brings the Psychology perspective on mentoring, belonging and identity formation that complements DEN's political-economy orientation.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div style=\"padding:18px 0 8px 0;border-top:1px solid var(--rule);margin-top:8px\">\n          <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--teal);margin-bottom:14px\">DEIC teaching team \u2014 co-teaching leads &amp; guest contributors<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Senior Leadership<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Professor Dibyesh Anand<\/div>\n            <div class=\"institution\">Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement &amp; Employability) \u00b7 University of Westminster<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">Co-Teaching Lead on DEIC, with responsibility for academic and global employability advice. A contribution from the senior officer responsible for the University's global engagement and employability strategies \u2014 and a public signal of DEN's alignment with Westminster's institutional mission.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">CETI<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Dr Andy Pitchford<\/div>\n            <div class=\"institution\">Head of the Centre for Education and Teaching Innovation (CETI) \u00b7 University of Westminster \u00b7 National Teaching Fellow<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">Co-Teaching Lead on DEIC, leading on pedagogical design and teaching innovation. Brings the perspective of the University's institutional centre for teaching innovation directly into the curriculum \u2014 and corroborates DEN's standing as an exemplar of innovative pedagogic practice at Westminster.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">School of Social Sciences<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Alan Porter<\/div>\n            <div class=\"institution\">Head of School of Social Sciences \u00b7 University of Westminster<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">Co-Teaching Lead on DEIC and Deputy Team Leader for the team's Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence (CATE) 2026 submission, with responsibility for interdisciplinary research mentoring. Visible School-leadership commitment to the Network as well as to the module.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Business School<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Darrell Kofkin<\/div>\n            <div class=\"institution\">Senior Lecturer, Organisations, Economy &amp; Society \u00b7 Westminster Business School<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">Teaches a session on DEIC that brings the Shibuka project \u2014 a Rwandan NGO supporting young entrepreneurs, in which Darrell is involved \u2014 into the curriculum. An example of how DEN serves as a platform connecting external initiatives to engaged students.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Life Sciences<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Dr Kalpana Surendranath<\/div>\n            <div class=\"institution\">Life Sciences \u00b7 University of Westminster<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">Teaches a session on DEIC that brings her <strong>\"Gene Editors of the Future\"<\/strong> project into the curriculum \u2014 a programme highlighted in Westminster's 2021 SDG report. Her research specialises in CRISPR-based diagnostics, DNA damage responses, and RNA-binding proteins, and she supervises PhD students in this area. Connects DEN's SDG and global-development work to live debates in genetics, innovation and ethics.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Life Sciences<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Dr Pooja Basnett<\/div>\n            <div class=\"institution\">Life Sciences \u00b7 University of Westminster<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">Teaches a session on DEIC that brings the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cavendishlivinglab.com\/about\/team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color:var(--teal);text-decoration:underline\">Cavendish Living Lab<\/a><\/strong> into the curriculum \u2014 a project she co-leads on sustainable biotechnology and bioplastics. Extends the Network's sustainability work into the natural sciences with externally-visible applied research.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"underpin-block\">\n        <h3>Four <em>clusters<\/em> of disciplines<\/h3>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14.5px;color:var(--muted);line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:18px\">DEN's hosting at School level \u2014 rather than within a single discipline \u2014 has allowed the Network to grow across the social, cognitive, clinical and natural sciences. Students arrive from:<\/p>\n        <div class=\"lecture-list\">\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;color:var(--teal);text-transform:uppercase;margin-bottom:8px\">The social sciences<\/p>\n          <p><strong>Politics &amp; International Relations<\/strong> \u00b7 the disciplinary host<\/p>\n          <p><strong>History<\/strong><\/p>\n          <p><strong>Criminology<\/strong><\/p>\n          <p><strong>Law<\/strong><\/p>\n\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;color:var(--teal);text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:8px\">Psychology<\/p>\n          <p><strong>Cognitive Psychology<\/strong><\/p>\n          <p><strong>Clinical Psychology<\/strong> <span style=\"color:var(--muted);font-size:13px\">\u00b7 with academic collaboration via Dr Murakami<\/span><\/p>\n\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;color:var(--teal);text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:8px\">Humanities<\/p>\n          <p><strong>Modern Languages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n          <p style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;color:var(--teal);text-transform:uppercase;margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:8px\">The natural sciences<\/p>\n          <p><strong>Medical Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n          <p><strong>Life Sciences<\/strong> <span style=\"color:var(--muted);font-size:13px\">\u00b7 with collaboration via Drs Surendranath &amp; Basnett<\/span><\/p>\n          <p><strong>Biomedical Science<\/strong><\/p>\n\n          <p style=\"margin-top:18px;padding-top:18px;border-top:1px solid var(--rule);font-size:13.5px;font-style:italic\">A shared vocabulary across the disciplines, in practice \u2014 not in theory.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- BRIDGING FE TO HE \u2014 CAPITAL CITY COLLEGE GROUP -->\n<section class=\"underpin-section\" style=\"background:var(--paper);border-top:1px solid var(--rule)\">\n  <div class=\"underpin-inner\">\n    <div class=\"section-head\">\n      <h2>Bridging <em>further<\/em> &amp; <em>higher<\/em> education.<\/h2>\n      <span class=\"label\">A decade-long partnership with Capital City College Group<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p class=\"underpin-intro\">For more than ten years, DEN has worked in sustained partnership with the <em>Capital City College Group<\/em> \u2014 one of London's largest further-education providers, serving 16 to 19-year-old students across multiple campuses. This is the only DEN partnership that bridges further and higher education within a single working model, and it is one of the longest-running relationships in the Network.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"underpin-grid\">\n\n      <div class=\"underpin-block\">\n        <h3>What the <em>partnership<\/em> does<\/h3>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14.5px;color:var(--muted);line-height:1.7;margin-bottom:18px\">The work spans four ongoing strands, each year, sustained over more than a decade:<\/p>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Mentoring<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Direct support for students preparing for higher education<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">DEN students and academics mentor Capital City College students through their final pre-HE years, including support with university application forms, personal statements, course choice, and the broader transition to undergraduate study.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Publication<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Student blogs and staff interviews in DEN's online magazine<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">College students and staff contribute to DEN's online magazine, with student blogs and staff interviews published alongside undergraduate work. The magazine is one of DEN's continuous editorial outputs since 2016.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Conference<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Annual presentation at the International Student Conference<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">Each year, between five and ten Capital City College students present papers at DEN's annual International Student Conference \u2014 alongside undergraduates and international delegates from partner universities.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"appointment\">\n          <div class=\"country\">Authorship<\/div>\n          <div>\n            <div class=\"role\">Chapters in DEN's annual edited volume<\/div>\n            <div class=\"desc\">Conference papers from College students go on to be published as chapters in DEN's annual edited volume \u2014 giving FE students a published academic credit before they reach university.<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"underpin-block\">\n        <h3>Why this <em>matters<\/em><\/h3>\n        <p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.7;color:var(--ink);margin-bottom:18px\">Most university initiatives engage with further education at arm's length \u2014 through open days, school visits, recruitment fairs. The DEN partnership with Capital City College Group operates differently: <strong>16-to-19-year-old students from a London FE provider are mentored, published and platformed alongside undergraduates and international delegates<\/strong>, on the same conference programme, in the same edited volumes, in the same online magazine.<\/p>\n\n        <p style=\"font-size:15px;line-height:1.7;color:var(--ink);margin-bottom:18px\">Over more than a decade, this model has supported between 50 and 100 College students through DEN's work, with documented progression into higher education at Westminster and elsewhere. It is the clearest evidence on the page that DEN's pedagogic model translates beyond the university \u2014 into the FE sector that prepares students <em>for<\/em> the university \u2014 and that this translation is sustained, not occasional.<\/p>\n\n        <div style=\"margin-top:24px;padding:20px 24px;background:var(--paper-2);border-left:3px solid var(--teal)\">\n          <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--teal);margin-bottom:10px\">Capital City College Group \u00b7 Lead contacts<\/div>\n          <p style=\"font-size:14.5px;line-height:1.55;color:var(--ink);margin:0\"><strong>Lee Kennedy<\/strong> and <strong>Prab Taylor<\/strong> \u00b7 Capital City College Group<\/p>\n          <p style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.55;color:var(--muted);margin:6px 0 0;font-style:italic\">Co-leads of the partnership on the College side; a decade-long working relationship.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- OUTCOMES -->\n<section class=\"underpin-section\" style=\"background:var(--ink);color:var(--paper);border-top:none\">\n  <div class=\"underpin-inner\">\n    <div class=\"section-head\" style=\"border-bottom-color:rgba(255,255,255,.18)\">\n      <h2 style=\"color:var(--paper)\">Measurable <em style=\"color:var(--gold)\">outcomes<\/em>.<\/h2>\n      <span class=\"label\" style=\"color:rgba(255,255,255,.55)\">What students achieve through DEIC, in numbers<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:21px;line-height:1.55;color:rgba(255,255,255,.9);max-width:64ch;margin-bottom:36px\">DEN's curriculum-embedded module DEIC has produced sustained, documented outcomes across academic achievement, leadership development, and post-graduation trajectories. The figures below are drawn from cohort data, module evaluations, and alumni surveys.<\/p>\n\n    <!-- Outcome stats grid -->\n    <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(4, 1fr);gap:1px;background:rgba(255,255,255,.18);border:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.18);margin-bottom:36px\">\n\n      <div style=\"background:var(--ink);padding:28px 24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:8px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:42px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:var(--paper);line-height:1\">80<em style=\"color:var(--gold);font-style:italic\">%<\/em><\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgba(255,255,255,.6);line-height:1.5;margin-top:8px\">achieve upper-second or<br>first-class marks in<br>final research reports<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div style=\"background:var(--ink);padding:28px 24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:8px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:42px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:var(--paper);line-height:1\">92<em style=\"color:var(--gold);font-style:italic\">%<\/em><\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgba(255,255,255,.6);line-height:1.5;margin-top:8px\">complete reflective portfolios<br>evidencing analytical<br>development<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div style=\"background:var(--ink);padding:28px 24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:8px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:42px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:var(--paper);line-height:1\">90<em style=\"color:var(--gold);font-style:italic\">%<\/em><\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgba(255,255,255,.6);line-height:1.5;margin-top:8px\">take on formal leadership<br>roles between 2022<br>and 2025<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div style=\"background:var(--ink);padding:28px 24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:8px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:42px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:var(--paper);line-height:1\">78<em style=\"color:var(--gold);font-style:italic\">%<\/em><\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgba(255,255,255,.6);line-height:1.5;margin-top:8px\">present research at<br>international conferences<br>in London and abroad<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div style=\"background:var(--ink);padding:28px 24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:8px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:42px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:var(--paper);line-height:1\">65<em style=\"color:var(--gold);font-style:italic\">%<\/em><\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgba(255,255,255,.6);line-height:1.5;margin-top:8px\">progress to postgraduate study,<br>placement or international<br>internship within one year<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div style=\"background:var(--ink);padding:28px 24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:8px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:42px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:var(--paper);line-height:1\">40<em style=\"color:var(--gold);font-style:italic\">+<\/em><\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgba(255,255,255,.6);line-height:1.5;margin-top:8px\">student chapters published<br>in DEN's annual<br>edited volumes<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div style=\"background:var(--ink);padding:28px 24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:8px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:42px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:var(--paper);line-height:1\">50<em style=\"color:var(--gold);font-style:italic\">+<\/em><\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgba(255,255,255,.6);line-height:1.5;margin-top:8px\">students each year organise<br>the International Student<br>Conference (70&ndash;100 delegates)<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div style=\"background:var(--ink);padding:28px 24px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:8px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:42px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:-.025em;color:var(--paper);line-height:1\">40<em style=\"color:var(--gold);font-style:italic\">%<\/em><\/div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.12em;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgba(255,255,255,.6);line-height:1.5;margin-top:8px\">of sessions include<br>real-time interaction<br>with overseas partners<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- External examiner quote and Healey reference -->\n    <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:1.5fr 1fr;gap:48px;align-items:start;margin-top:32px\">\n      <div style=\"border-left:3px solid var(--gold);padding-left:24px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--gold);margin-bottom:14px\">External examiner \u00b7 2025<\/div>\n        <p style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-style:italic;font-size:21px;line-height:1.5;color:var(--paper);font-weight:400;margin-bottom:16px\">&ldquo;This looks to be a fabulously interesting and well put-together module, and clearly the students believe it is, for the evaluations are sky high.&rdquo;<\/p>\n        <p style=\"font-size:13px;color:rgba(255,255,255,.55);font-family:var(--mono);letter-spacing:.06em\">Independent academic peer review of DEIC, 2025<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--gold);margin-bottom:14px\">Strategic alignment<\/div>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14.5px;line-height:1.65;color:rgba(255,255,255,.85);margin-bottom:14px\">DEIC is cited as a Westminster exemplar in <strong style=\"color:var(--paper)\">Healey (2025), <em>The Research&ndash;Education Nexus<\/em><\/strong>, a University-commissioned report on the active engagement of students in research and inquiry.<\/p>\n        <p style=\"font-size:13px;line-height:1.6;color:rgba(255,255,255,.6);font-style:italic\">&ldquo;The most effective way to strengthen the research&ndash;education nexus is through the active engagement of students in research and inquiry.&rdquo;<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- VOLUMES -->\n<section class=\"volumes-section\">\n  <div class=\"volumes-inner\">\n    <div class=\"section-head\">\n      <h2>Edited <em>volumes<\/em> &amp; scholarly outputs.<\/h2>\n      <span class=\"label\">A decade of DEN, a generation of new scholarship<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p class=\"volumes-intro\">DEN is not a teaching project that stands apart from research. The international relationships first developed through DEN have produced a sustained body of co-edited volumes with serious academic publishers, alongside a sole-authored monograph on Iran with Policy Press.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"volumes-callout\">\"Each of these volumes is a direct outcome of the international relationships first developed through DEN.\"<\/p>\n\n    <h3 style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:22px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:-.015em;margin:32px 0 18px;color:var(--ink)\">Forthcoming volumes<\/h3>\n    <div class=\"volume-grid\">\n\n      <div class=\"volume\">\n        <div class=\"yr forthcoming\">2026<\/div>\n        <h4>Gastronomic Legacy: Knowledge Systems in Global Cuisine and Food Art<\/h4>\n        <div class=\"editors\">Morady, F., Arora, S. &amp; Sharma, A. (eds.)<\/div>\n        <div class=\"publisher\">With co-editors at University of Kota, <strong>India<\/strong> \u00b7 Forthcoming<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"volume\">\n        <div class=\"yr forthcoming\">2026<\/div>\n        <h4>Economics and Tourism: New Perspectives in Social Sciences<\/h4>\n        <div class=\"editors\">Morady, F., Atalay \u015eim\u015fek, S., \u015eiriner, I. &amp; Armis, G. (eds.)<\/div>\n        <div class=\"publisher\">Bingley: Emerald Group Publishing<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <div class=\"volume\">\n        <div class=\"yr forthcoming\">2027<\/div>\n        <h4>Reimagining Education in the Age of AI and Global Sustainability<\/h4>\n        <div class=\"editors\">Morady, F. (ed.)<\/div>\n        <div class=\"publisher\">Edward Elgar<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Monograph -->\n    <div class=\"monograph-block\">\n      <div>\n        <div class=\"lbl\">Sole-authored monograph<\/div>\n        <h4>Contemporary Iran: Politics, Economy, Religion<\/h4>\n        <div class=\"meta\">Morady, F. (2020) \u00b7 Bristol: Policy Press<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <p>The substantive scholarly authority on Iran and the Middle East that underpins the Politics and Development in the Middle East module \u2014 and the Network's intellectual orientation toward the Global South.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- IJOPEC series -->\n    <div class=\"series-block\">\n      <div>\n        <div class=\"lbl\">A sustained editorial series<\/div>\n        <h4>The IJOPEC volumes, 2015\u20132025<\/h4>\n      <\/div>\n      <ul class=\"series-list\">\n        <li><strong>2025<\/strong> \u00b7 Just Futures: Sustainability, Inclusivity and Education<\/li>\n        <li><strong>2024<\/strong> \u00b7 Education, Equality, and Sustainability: Actions Speak Louder Than Words<\/li>\n        <li><strong>2023<\/strong> \u00b7 The Power Dilemma: Order, Development &amp; Governance<\/li>\n        <li><strong>2023<\/strong> \u00b7 Development &amp; Growth: Economic Impacts of Globalisation (Global Studies, No. 3) <em>\u2014 with Kapucu &amp; Yal\u00e7inkaya<\/em><\/li>\n        <li><strong>2022<\/strong> \u00b7 The Unprecedented Impacts of Covid-19 and the Global Responses<\/li>\n        <li><strong>2015<\/strong> \u00b7 Globalisation, Dimensions &amp; Impacts <em>\u2014 with Bozkurt &amp; \u015eiriner<\/em><\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- DEN AS PLATFORM -->\n<section class=\"underpin-section\" style=\"background:var(--paper);border-top:1px solid var(--rule)\">\n  <div class=\"underpin-inner\">\n    <div class=\"section-head\">\n      <h2>DEN as <em>platform<\/em>.<\/h2>\n      <span class=\"label\">Connecting external projects to engaged students<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <p class=\"underpin-intro\">As well as being independent, DEN is also a <em>platform<\/em> that connects external projects to engaged students, with contributing academics integrating their teaching into the curriculum. This is one of the things DEN does best \u2014 and one of the reasons academics from across the University choose to teach into it. The Network converts other people's projects into student engagement, visibility and momentum, and offers students a route to involvement in those projects if they wish.<\/p>\n\n    <div style=\"margin-top:32px;padding:20px 24px;background:var(--paper-2);border-left:3px solid var(--teal);max-width:780px\">\n      <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--teal);margin-bottom:10px\">Four projects, three Westminster schools<\/div>\n      <p style=\"font-size:14.5px;line-height:1.65;color:var(--ink);margin:0\">Three of these projects are brought into DEIC by the academics involved in them, integrating live work into a credit-bearing module. The fourth \u2014 the Rwanda Fashion Entrepreneurs Programme \u2014 is one of several initiatives across the University whose teaching practice has been informed by the DEN\/DEIC model. Both forms of platform activity are characteristic of how DEN works.<\/p>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"display:grid;grid-template-columns:repeat(2, 1fr);gap:1px;background:var(--rule);border:1px solid var(--rule);margin-top:32px\">\n\n      <!-- Project 1: Gene Editors of the Future -->\n      <div style=\"background:var(--paper);padding:32px 28px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:14px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--gold);display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px\">\n          <span style=\"color:var(--teal);font-size:8px\">\u25cf<\/span>Life Sciences\n        <\/div>\n        <h4 style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:22px;font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:-.015em;color:var(--ink)\">Gene Editors of the Future<\/h4>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:var(--muted);flex-grow:1\">Dr Kalpana Surendranath's research project on CRISPR-based diagnostics, DNA damage responses and RNA-binding proteins. <strong style=\"color:var(--ink)\">Highlighted in Westminster's 2021 SDG report<\/strong> as evidence of the University's contribution to global health and innovation.<\/p>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.1em;color:var(--teal);text-transform:uppercase;padding-top:14px;border-top:1px solid var(--rule)\">Brought to DEIC by Dr Surendranath<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Project 2: Cavendish Living Lab -->\n      <div style=\"background:var(--paper);padding:32px 28px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:14px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--gold);display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px\">\n          <span style=\"color:var(--teal);font-size:8px\">\u25cf<\/span>Life Sciences\n        <\/div>\n        <h4 style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:22px;font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:-.015em;color:var(--ink)\">Cavendish Living Lab<\/h4>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:var(--muted);flex-grow:1\">Dr Pooja Basnett co-leads this Westminster project on sustainable biotechnology and bioplastics \u2014 a publicly-facing applied research initiative <a href=\"https:\/\/cavendishlivinglab.com\/about\/team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color:var(--teal);text-decoration:underline\">listed at cavendishlivinglab.com<\/a>, addressing one of the most pressing environmental challenges of the decade.<\/p>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.1em;color:var(--teal);text-transform:uppercase;padding-top:14px;border-top:1px solid var(--rule)\">Brought to DEIC by Dr Basnett<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Project 3: Shibuka -->\n      <div style=\"background:var(--paper);padding:32px 28px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:14px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--gold);display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px\">\n          <span style=\"color:var(--teal);font-size:8px\">\u25cf<\/span>Business School \u00b7 Rwanda\n        <\/div>\n        <h4 style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:22px;font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:-.015em;color:var(--ink)\">Shibuka<\/h4>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:var(--muted);flex-grow:1\">An NGO registered in Rwanda supporting young entrepreneurs, in which Darrell Kofkin (Westminster Business School) is involved. Delivers <em>Kwa Muganga<\/em> \u2014 an online proof-of-concept programme for early-stage entrepreneurs \u2014 and applied research on barriers facing low-income women entrepreneurs in tourism-affected communities.<\/p>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.1em;color:var(--teal);text-transform:uppercase;padding-top:14px;border-top:1px solid var(--rule)\">Brought to DEIC by Darrell Kofkin<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <!-- Project 4: Rwanda Fashion Entrepreneurs Programme -->\n      <div style=\"background:var(--paper);padding:32px 28px;display:flex;flex-direction:column;gap:14px\">\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.14em;text-transform:uppercase;color:var(--gold);display:flex;align-items:center;gap:8px\">\n          <span style=\"color:var(--teal);font-size:8px\">\u25cf<\/span>Business School \u00b7 Rwanda\n        <\/div>\n        <h4 style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:22px;font-weight:500;line-height:1.2;letter-spacing:-.015em;color:var(--ink)\">Rwanda Fashion Entrepreneurs Programme<\/h4>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14px;line-height:1.6;color:var(--muted);flex-grow:1\">A Westminster Business School programme working with Rwandan fashion entrepreneurs to support sustainable enterprise development. One of three Westminster initiatives whose teaching practice has been informed by DEN's collaborative model \u2014 alongside Gene Editors of the Future and the Cavendish Living Lab.<\/p>\n        <div style=\"font-family:var(--mono);font-size:10.5px;letter-spacing:.1em;color:var(--teal);text-transform:uppercase;padding-top:14px;border-top:1px solid var(--rule)\">Influenced by the DEN\/DEIC model<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div style=\"margin-top:32px;display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:48px;align-items:start\">\n      <div>\n        <h3 style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:24px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:-.018em;line-height:1.15;margin-bottom:16px\">Why <em style=\"color:var(--teal);font-style:italic\">this<\/em> is what DEN does best<\/h3>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14.5px;line-height:1.7;color:var(--muted)\">Most teaching initiatives can host a guest lecturer. DEN does something more: it integrates external projects into <em>credit-bearing<\/em> module teaching, gives the project visibility within an engaged student community, and offers students a route to deeper involvement if they choose. That conversion \u2014 from project, to teaching, to student engagement, to potential ongoing collaboration \u2014 is the platform function in practice.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div>\n        <h3 style=\"font-family:var(--serif);font-size:24px;font-weight:500;letter-spacing:-.018em;line-height:1.15;margin-bottom:16px\">A genuine SDG <em style=\"color:var(--teal);font-style:italic\">alignment<\/em><\/h3>\n        <p style=\"font-size:14.5px;line-height:1.7;color:var(--muted)\">All three projects are aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals not as a labelling exercise, but at the level of substantive content: <strong style=\"color:var(--ink)\">SDG 3<\/strong> (Health), <strong style=\"color:var(--ink)\">SDG 5<\/strong> (Gender), <strong style=\"color:var(--ink)\">SDG 8<\/strong> (Decent Work), <strong style=\"color:var(--ink)\">SDG 9<\/strong> (Innovation), <strong style=\"color:var(--ink)\">SDG 12<\/strong> (Responsible Consumption), <strong style=\"color:var(--ink)\">SDG 13<\/strong> (Climate), <strong style=\"color:var(--ink)\">SDG 17<\/strong> (Partnerships).<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- EDITORIAL & SPEAKING -->\n<section class=\"editorial-section\">\n\n  <div class=\"ed-block\">\n    <h3>Editorial leadership<\/h3>\n    <ul class=\"ed-list\">\n      <li>\n        <div class=\"role\">Editor<\/div>\n        <div class=\"where\"><strong>Journal of Interface.<\/strong> An international peer-reviewed journal of contemporary social, political and economic research. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.interfacejournal.net\/who-we-are\/current-publications-by-interface-editors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color:var(--teal);text-decoration:underline\">View editorial board \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n      <\/li>\n      <li>\n        <div class=\"role\">Co-editor<\/div>\n        <div class=\"where\"><strong>International Journal of Politics &amp; Economics (IJOPEC).<\/strong> Thematic issues on global development, governance, and political economy.<\/div>\n      <\/li>\n      <li>\n        <div class=\"yr\">2010 onwards<\/div>\n        <div class=\"role\">Founding convenor &amp; senior contributor<\/div>\n        <div class=\"where\"><strong>International Congress on Current Debates in Social Sciences (CUDES).<\/strong> An international conference series founded at Westminster in 2010 in partnership with Kocaeli University (Turkey) and Silesian University in Opava (Czech Republic). Eight congresses 2010\u20132018 with progressively expanding partner consortium (Belgrade, Alt\u0131nba\u015f, VUZF). Continuing programme through 2026.<\/div>\n      <\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"ed-block\">\n    <h3>Recent keynote &amp; invited lectures<\/h3>\n    <ul class=\"ed-list\">\n      <li>\n        <div class=\"yr\">2025<\/div>\n        <div class=\"role\">Invited Speaker<\/div>\n        <div class=\"where\">2nd National &amp; 3rd International KU Social Sciences Conference, <strong>Kasetsart University<\/strong>, Bangkok, Thailand.<\/div>\n      <\/li>\n      <li>\n        <div class=\"yr\">2024<\/div>\n        <div class=\"role\">Keynote Speech<\/div>\n        <div class=\"where\">CUDES 2024 \u2014 15th International Congress on Current Debates in Social Sciences, <strong>Batumi<\/strong>, Georgia.<\/div>\n      <\/li>\n      <li>\n        <div class=\"yr\">2023<\/div>\n        <div class=\"role\">Keynote Speech<\/div>\n        <div class=\"where\">International Conference on Political Economy, <strong>Istanbul<\/strong>, Turkey.<\/div>\n      <\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- EXPLORE GRID \u2014 8 sub-pages -->\n<section class=\"explore-section\">\n  <div class=\"section-head\">\n    <h2>Explore the <em>full<\/em> story.<\/h2>\n    <span class=\"label\">Eight chapters \u00b7 open in any order<\/span>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"explore-grid\">\n\n    <a href=\"#\" class=\"ex-card featured\">\n      <div class=\"ex-head\">\n        <span class=\"ex-num\">\u2116 08<\/span>\n        <span class=\"ex-tag\">The full case study<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <h3>Read the integrated case study<\/h3>\n      <p class=\"desc\">The complete account, in one continuous document. Underpinning research, decade-long timeline, five domains of impact, partner network, scholarly outputs, awards, voices and references. Designed for download, citation, and serious reading.<\/p>\n      <span class=\"read\">Open the case study<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\n    <a href=\"#\" class=\"ex-card\">\n      <div class=\"ex-head\">\n        <span class=\"ex-num\">\u2116 01<\/span>\n        <span class=\"ex-tag story\">The story<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <h3>A decade of democratic education<\/h3>\n      <p class=\"desc\">2016 to 2026. The moments that built DEN \u2014 founding, awards, modules, partnerships and publications. The spine the other chapters hang from.<\/p>\n      <span class=\"read\">Read the timeline<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\n    <a href=\"#\" class=\"ex-card\">\n      <div class=\"ex-head\">\n        <span class=\"ex-num\">\u2116 02<\/span>\n        <span class=\"ex-tag\">Educational<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <h3>What DEN changes in its students<\/h3>\n      <p class=\"desc\">The harder question: what is the difference between a Westminster graduate who has been through DEN, and one who has not? Documented through co-authored publications, conference presentations, the ongoing online magazine, and graduate outcomes.<\/p>\n      <span class=\"read\">Read the evidence<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\n    <a href=\"#\" class=\"ex-card\">\n      <div class=\"ex-head\">\n        <span class=\"ex-num\">\u2116 03<\/span>\n        <span class=\"ex-tag\">Social<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <h3>What DEN does beyond students<\/h3>\n      <p class=\"desc\">Mental health awareness, community engagement, sustainability literacy and inclusive pedagogy \u2014 corroborated by the 2025 European Green Gown finalist nomination.<\/p>\n      <span class=\"read\">Read the evidence<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\n    <a href=\"#\" class=\"ex-card\">\n      <div class=\"ex-head\">\n        <span class=\"ex-num\">\u2116 04<\/span>\n        <span class=\"ex-tag\">Global<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <h3>The international dimension as impact<\/h3>\n      <p class=\"desc\">Hosting a partnership and changing one are different things. Joint publications, conference proceedings, and on-the-record statements from partner-institution Deans.<\/p>\n      <span class=\"read\">Read the evidence<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\n    <a href=\"#\" class=\"ex-card\">\n      <div class=\"ex-head\">\n        <span class=\"ex-num\">\u2116 05<\/span>\n        <span class=\"ex-tag evidence\">Scholarly<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <h3>Edited volumes &amp; international standing<\/h3>\n      <p class=\"desc\">The full record of co-edited volumes, the Policy Press monograph, IJOPEC series, editorial roles and keynotes. The scholarly weight that supports the Network.<\/p>\n      <span class=\"read\">Read the record<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\n    <a href=\"#\" class=\"ex-card\">\n      <div class=\"ex-head\">\n        <span class=\"ex-num\">\u2116 06<\/span>\n        <span class=\"ex-tag evidence\">Voices<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <h3>External endorsement, in context<\/h3>\n      <p class=\"desc\">Statements from the Vice-Chancellor, Heads of School, partner Deans, and the senior leaders who also teach on the module \u2014 Professor Dibyesh Anand (DVC) and Dr Andy Pitchford (Head of CETI). With Dr Kyoko Murakami (Psychology) on the Peacebuilding strand.<\/p>\n      <span class=\"read\">Read the voices<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\n    <a href=\"#\" class=\"ex-card\">\n      <div class=\"ex-head\">\n        <span class=\"ex-num\">\u2116 07<\/span>\n        <span class=\"ex-tag evidence\">Awards<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n      <h3>Awards &amp; recognition<\/h3>\n      <p class=\"desc\">Guardian University Award (Runner-up, 2019); European Green Gown Awards 2025 \u2014 finalist in two categories. National Teaching Fellowship (2022) and Westminster awards.<\/p>\n      <span class=\"read\">Read the citations<\/span>\n    <\/a>\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- CTA -->\n<section class=\"cta-section\">\n  <div class=\"cta-inner\">\n    <div>\n      <h2>Want to <em>partner<\/em> with DEN?<\/h2>\n      <p>We work with universities, NGOs, schools and community organisations to translate research into real-world change. Whether you would like to host a field trip, contribute to the next edited volume, sponsor a student delegation, or co-design a workshop \u2014 we would like to hear from you.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"cta-actions\">\n        <a href=\"mailto:morady@westminster.ac.uk\" class=\"btn-primary\">Contact the director \u2192<\/a>\n        <a href=\"#\" class=\"btn-secondary\">Download impact summary (PDF)<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"director-card\">\n      <div class=\"label\">Founder &amp; Director<\/div>\n      <div class=\"name\">Dr Farhang Morady<\/div>\n      <div class=\"role\">Reader in International Development<br>University of Westminster<\/div>\n      <hr>\n      <div class=\"creds\">\n        <span>Visiting Professor, Hanoi University, Vietnam<\/span>\n        <span>Distinguished Scholar (Visiting Professor), Kasetsart University, Bangkok<\/span>\n        <span>National Teaching Fellow, Advance HE (2022)<\/span>\n        <span>European Green Gown Awards 2025 finalist (two categories)<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- FOOTER -->\n<footer>\n  <div class=\"footer-inner\">\n    <div class=\"footer-top\">\n      <div class=\"col-1\">\n        <div class=\"logo\">Democratic Education Network<\/div>\n        <p>University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. 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