Sally Griffiths

Department of Development Policy and Practice (DPP)
Faculty of Maths, Computing and Technology
The Open University
Walton Hall,
Milton Keynes,
MK7 6AA
United Kingdom (UK)

Telephone: +44 (0) 1908 659 644

Preferred email address:  s.a.griffiths@open.ac.uk

Title of Research:
The contribution of Young People to Learning in Development in African Co-operatives

Supervisors:    

Professor Hazel Johnson
Dr Gordon Wilson
Dr Linda Shaw (from the Co-operative College, UK)

Research areas: Youth, Co-operatives, Learning and Education in an African context

CV:

Sally worked in the NGO sector for 8 years, predominately with an NGO that focused on youth empowerment programmes in Africa and Asia. She spent the last 5 years working in Zambia but has also worked for short periods in India, Nepal, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda. Her first degree was in Business Studies but she recently completed a Masters in Developmebnt Management at Manchester University. Sally is interested in young people, ideas of citizenship, income generation and entrepreneurship and education but also has experience in working with governments, HIV and AIDS, gender and the business side of NGOs, such as fundraising and HR. Overall she is interested in finding ways to link academic research and practice.

Sally's PhD is a Case Studentship, which is an ESRC funded project which brings together organisations with academic institutions. In this case the Co-operative College UK is the organisation who co-sponsor this PhD and they will use the PhD research to inform their work with young people in Co-operatives in Africa.

Conference Paper

Griffiths, S(2009). Understanding how co-operatives can engage with the growing youth population in Africa and what the potential impacts of being a co-operative member can have on a young person's life, In: ICA (International Co-operative Alliance) Co-operatives Research Conference, Oxford September 2009, ICA.