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Multinationals, Poverty Alleviation and UK Aid: The Complex Quest for Mutually Beneficial Outcomes (2023)
Book
Russon, J.-A. (2024). Multinationals, Poverty Alleviation and UK Aid: The Complex Quest for Mutually Beneficial Outcomes. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003251422

This book analyses the complex relationship between the private sector, UK official development assistance (ODA) and poverty alleviation in sub-Saharan Africa.

In recent years, the private sector has occupied an increasingly prominent position wit... Read More about Multinationals, Poverty Alleviation and UK Aid: The Complex Quest for Mutually Beneficial Outcomes.

Outsourcing the Business of Development: The Rise of For-profit Consultancies in the UK Aid Sector (2023)
Journal Article
Whitty, B., Sklair, J., Gilbert, P. R., Mawdsley, E., Russon, J. A., & Taylor, O. (2023). Outsourcing the Business of Development: The Rise of For-profit Consultancies in the UK Aid Sector. Development and Change, 54(4), 892-917. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12782

While much attention has been paid to the ways in which the private sector is now embedded within the field of development, one group of actors - for-profit development consultancies and contractors, or service providers - has received relatively lit... Read More about Outsourcing the Business of Development: The Rise of For-profit Consultancies in the UK Aid Sector.

TVET SI: Towards Sustainable Vocational Education and Training: Thinking beyond the formal (2023)
Journal Article
McGrath, S., & Russon, J.-A. (2023). TVET SI: Towards Sustainable Vocational Education and Training: Thinking beyond the formal. Southern African Journal of Environmental Education, 39, https://doi.org/10.4314/sajee.v39.03

Mainstream vocational education and training has been complicit in unsustainable practices due to its longstanding relationship with productivism, extractivism and colonialism. However, it is beginning to address the need to balance its dominant focu... Read More about TVET SI: Towards Sustainable Vocational Education and Training: Thinking beyond the formal.

Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa: A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective (2023)
Book
McGrath, S., Openjuru, G., Lotz-Sisitka, H., Allais, S., Zeelen, J., Wedekind, V., Ramsarup, P., Monk, D., Metelerkamp, L., Russon, J.-A., Kyaligonja, B., Robbins, G., Adrupio, S., Ocan, D., Nyeko, K., Primo, A., Molebatsi, P., Tshabalala, T., Muhangi, S., & Openjuru, M. (2023). Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa: A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective. Bristol University Press

Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems (2023)
Book Chapter
Russon, J.-A., & Wedekind, V. (2023). Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems. In Transitioning Vocational Education and Training in Africa: A Social Skills Ecosystem Perspective (97-117). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.51952/9781529224658.ch006

Vocational teachers are at the centre of complex social ecosystems, albeit often without adequate resources and recognition. The skills ecosystem literature to date does not engage with the concept of vocational teachers and their role, positionality... Read More about Vocational Teachers as Mediators in Complex Ecosystems.