GDN Global Alumni Event
GDN is excited to announce that it is hosting a global alumni event for all UCPH alumni from globally-oriented MSc programs. Come and join the fun and gain insights from others’ experiences of life beyond university.
Date: Friday 1 September 2023
Venue: Ethnographic Exploratorium (4.1.12) at UCPH CSS Campus
Program Overview
13:00-14:00: Registration & Welcome
14:00-15:00: Workshops
- Storytelling with purpose - Sean Connolly & James Phelan
- Alternative career paths and transferable skills sets for GD graduates - Nick Ansell & Benjamin Barnett
- Impact-oriented research - Maja Dahl Jeppesen, Melanie Brantschen, Naima Lipka, Katrine Mygind Bach
15:00-15:30: Coffee Break
15:30-16:00: 3MT Competition
16:00-17:00: Thematic sharing of experiences
17:00-21:00 Refreshments
Detailed Program
13:00-13:30: Registration
13:30-13:45: Welcome - GD lecturer
Speaker: John Rand as Head of Studies of GD.
13:45-14:00: Welcome - GD alumni
Speaker: Stewart
14:00-15:00: Workshops
Describe each potential workshop in 3 sentences: topic, outputs/outcomes, format (panel, group discussions, brainstorming, etc.)
Storytelling with purpose
Responsible: Sean Connolly & James Phelan
Description: Exploring how to use storytelling in professional and personal spaces to give shape, direction, and purpose to the things we do. By writing (or using other media of storytelling), we are forced to reflect and concretize the past. This workshop will walk through some examples of how GD graduates are employing storytelling in different domains to different ends.
Alternative career paths and transferable skills sets for GD graduates
Responsible: Nick Ansell & Benjamin Barnett
Description: Workshop aimed at discussing several questions related to using your MSc qualifications to find the right career path. What career paths are available to GD graduates outside of the development industry? How to make your GD skill set relevant to other sectors? How to keep connections to the development industry and enter it at a later stage in your career?
Impact-oriented research
Responsible: Maja Dahl Jeppesen, Melanie Brantschen, Naima Lipka, Katrine Mygind Bach
Description: How can we combine academic research with development in practice? In this workshop we get some perspectives on how we can use academic research in practice-oriented development work as well as how to incorporate an impact and solution-oriented approach or perspective to academic research.
15:00-15:30: Coffee Break
15:30-16:00: 3MT Competition
Responsible: Mark Latona Stroh
Description: The 3-minute presentation competition will ask 6-8 volunteers to prepare an engaging powerpoint presentation (3 slides) on the work they are doing.
16:00-17:00: Thematic sharing of experiences
Responsible: Maja Dahl Jeppesen, Katrine Mygind Bach, Beatrice Gibertini
Themes: Gender, Climate and Sustainability, Health, Decolonizing in Practice and more
Description: The idea is to create a space where people can share their thoughts and experiences working in areas like gender, health, etc.
17:00-21:00: Refreshments
