We don’t believe in siloing areas of academia – every contribution is important to the discussion of global issues and history, so we’re keen on working with people from all disciplines, from historians to scientists to artists. The ‘From History to Hope’ programme considers the differences between research approaches across various disciplines, encouraging collaboration between students and participants of different academic, but also socioeconomic, backgrounds. A transdisciplinary approach (for instance a combination of empirical, artistic, and other modes of research between three students) invites the use of broader skills, networks and knowledge bases to tackle the challenge of narrating on global issues.

‘Get to give’: We aim for the programme to snowball as participants come and go, passing along their research ideas and outputs as they depart. Transdisciplinary work requires time, funding, and flexibility to grow; ‘small changes, step by step, project by project, eventually lead to revolutionary changes’. Each cycle of the programme will incorporate regular reflection which will be encouraged and evaluated by a staff member in a facilitator role. The aim is to shift mindsets, changed by the impacts of various knowledge bases, practices, and ways of working.

Aim 3 –  We aim to foster an inclusive and collaborative educational environment that embraces academic differences to produce new ways of looking at things, and incorporates regular reflection, feedback, and shared-learning opportunities.