Life as an IGDC Visiting Fellow
Dr Gale TC Rigobert joins us in these Vlogs looking at her experience as an IGDC visiting fellow
Through 2022 IGDC were honoured to be joined by visiting fellow Dr Gale TC Rigobert. Gale is an International Relations Expert, Author, Lecturer, Former Government Minister, and TV Host. As a Climate Change Champion, she is an intrinsically motivated, highly driven, energetic, passionate and innovative thinker who has combined over twelve years of experience in academia specializing in International Relations and ten years in political leadership and representation, to bring to fruition tangible solutions to complex socio-economic challenges.
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Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre
igdc@york.ac.uk
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Department of Politics and International Relations, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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Why IGDC
Gale shares with us her experience as a visiting fellow and how the opportunity came about in this vlog.
“I was very impressed with the diversity of perspectives, the diversity of cultures, and the geographic reach of the Centre’s work.”
Delivering a MasterClass
The IGDC community of students was able to benefit from Gale’s career experiences during a Master Class. Gale explains how it felt to be back in the classroom after having been away from academia for over a decade in this Vlog.
“It was a very friendly space, the students were very engaging, and the range of issues that they were interested in, not only as global citizens but also with respect to what they were pursuing... made for a very rich exchange.”
Gale shares her view on what she thought students took away from the Master Class in this Vlog
“For them to be interfacing with a politician in such close proximity…humanised politicians so to speak.”
‘Leave no-one behind’ reflecting on the SDGs
Visiting Fellows also have the opportunity to hold IGDC events to share their experiences of specific topics and bring together panel members from their wider network of contacts. Gale explains what inspired her choice of ‘Leave no-one behind: Taking stock of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’ in this Vlog.
“The frightening reality is that many people, many nationalities, many ethnicities, many countries will find themselves falling way short of SDG benchmarks… what are the issues that bar countries from realising the goals, what more can be done to ensure countries are better poised to benefit from the goals promised.”
Gale goes on to talk about how the webinar was received in this vlog
“We had participants from across the globe, we had persons from academia, practitioners, and policy makers.”
Policy and Emergency Responses
IGDC also benefited from Gale’s contribution to the ‘Emergencies, wellbeing and social justice in the Anthropocene’ webinar where she shared her thoughts on policy and emergency responses. Read Gale’s blog following the event.
Transforming Education Summit
During her time as a fellow with IGDC Dr Gale TC Rigobert was selected by Unicef, UNESCO and UNDP to undertake research in the Eastern Caribbean linking into the United Nations Transforming Education Summit.
What’s next with IGDC
IGDC are pleased to say that Gale is joining the Centre in 2023 in a new capacity as a member of the External Advisory Board. Gale shares with us her excitement for this new role in this Vlog.
“My relationship with York will continue to be mutually beneficial…it will feed my academic curiosity as well as afford me the opportunity to give back… the role allows me to bring to the fore small island developing states perspectives, the black perspective, the female perspective”.
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Contact us
Interdisciplinary Global Development Centre
igdc@york.ac.uk
01904 323716
Department of Politics and International Relations, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK
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