Welcome to the TESF Network Plus
We support collaborative research to develop understanding of how education systems can act as drivers of sustainable development in India, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland and South Africa.
The Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures network is funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund through the Economic and Social Research Council Network Plus scheme. It is coordinated out of the University of Bristol and works with partners in India, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. It is due to run for three and a half years, from November 2019 to April 2023.
Our research addresses the role of education in climate action, decent work and sustainable cities. Addressing inequalities relating to poverty, gender and the status of indigenous knowledge are cross-cutting themes in our work, as are concerns for foregrounding marginalised voices and decolonising research.

Funded projects
Our aim is to develop new knowledge that can assist education policy makers, practitioners, non-governmental and community-based organisations to implement policies and practices in education that are transformative and can contribute to ensuring equitable, just and environmentally sustainable development.
We are funding and supporting a balanced mix of 60+ exploratory, innovative studies and pilot projects lasting up to 12 months within the four countries of India, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland and South Africa.
Hard to put into words what an intense, inspiring and amazing week it's been with the awesome @TransformingESF team in Kigali
... now off to decompress and 🚵♀️ in the land of a thousand hills 🤩
Invitation to Join a Network: Collaboration to effect policy change around education for global #ClimateJustice
We are developing a network committed to generating change in educational policies & practices for climate + #EnvironmentalJustice.
Join us: https://bit.ly/3Io1WxB
Our exhibition Ripples - Reimagining Learning on Water, part of #water classrooms, found a space in #NationalScienceDay program at @IISERPune
Bridging #scienceandsociety
@MuseumWaters
@iihsin
@TransformingESF
Fortunate to have contributed to closing the digital gender gap for women in Nyagatare District. @TransformingESF
#IWD2023
#Womenintech
With experts and #educators, we developed a multi-disciplinary #teaching resources on #water for middle #school #students @MuseumWaters as a part of a UK led global initiative, Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures (India)
#centreforwaterresearch
http://waterclassrooms.in
We @36Tesf & @GER_Global are grateful for the schools in @KayonzaDistrict & @NyabihuDistrict that this project was implemented in. We truly hope the outcomes & impact will be sustainable @BoscoNyemazi @EKGasana @TransformingESF @jhaganza @REBRwanda @Uni_Rwanda @BristolUni #RwOT https://twitter.com/36Tesf/status/1624060223320211457

Just in: Students in Groupe Scolaire Icyizere in @KayonzaDistrict enjoy lunch which includes 20Kgs of Tree Tomato & 5 Pawpaws harvested from their school garden under the school garden project @36Tesf implemented by @GER_Global supported by @Uni_Rwanda & @BristolUni @jhaganza
Addressing Inequalities -
New TESF paper by @iihsresearch's Prof Poonam Batra @RWIBASIRA @sisitka_heila & colleagues - outlining key dimensions of inequality manifested in TESF countries - South Africa, Somalia/Somaliland, Rwanda, India
Open access: https://zenodo.org/record/7569116#.Y9ktAnbP02x

Engaging with debates and questions of social, epistemic, gender, spatial, environmental and educational inequalities across South Africa, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland and India - a rich, valuable new paper from @TransformingESF
https://tesf.network/resource/addressing-inequalities-tesf-working-paper/
Engaging with debates and questions of social, epistemic, gender, spatial, environmental and educational inequalities across South Africa, Rwanda, Somalia/Somaliland and India - a rich, valuable new paper from @TransformingESF
https://tesf.network/resource/addressing-inequalities-tesf-working-paper/
Just In: A teacher in Ruramira Sec. School in @RuramiraSector of @KayonzaDistrict displays a sample harvest of beetroot & carrots from the school garden under the school-gardening project @36Tesf & @GER_Global & @Uni_Rwanda. @EKGasana @BristolUni @BoscoNyemazi @TransformingESF