School of Education

Dr Rhona Brown

  • Lecturer in Education Studies (School of Education)

Biography

I have taken a varied and rewarding path to get to my current role as researcher and lecturer in the School of Education. I started as an English language teacher 26 years ago with posts in Hungary, Turkey and the UK. Then I worked as a teacher educator, initially in Scotland and then in Tanzania, Sri Lanka and Nepal, where I also moved into education programme management and partnership work. Prior to starting my doctoral studies, I was the Head of Education Programmes for the British Council Nepal.

My interests have shifted in these different roles, from the teaching and learning of English to the role(s) of language(s) in primary and secondary education more broadly and the implications for pedagogies. Much of my recent work has been in global South contexts, endeavouring to understand teachers’ work and students’ experience of learning in specific contexts, and the multiple intermingling trajectories that shape teaching and learning spaces.  

Research interests

My main research interests are around the intersecting areas of pedagogies, learning, language, and teachers and teacher education, mainly in formal schooling, with a focus on children and their perceptions and experiences of education.  My work has an overarching focus on context and spatial understandings of context.

Much of my previous work has focused on educational contexts in the Global South. I am also interested in equitable, ethical research partnerships and research drawing on principles of knowledge co-creation, and using participatory, creative, qualitative methods.

Recent work examples:

  • Principal Investigator on the project: Teacher Agency and Innovation in Tanzania (TAIT): Exploring and Advancing Change (2024 – 2026). 
  • Co-editor of the 2026 book: Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Learning from the Global South.  Co-author of chapter: Knowledge co-creation: tensions, challenges and possibilities
  • Active member of the Glasgow Comparative and International Education Research (GLACIER) Network and Collective, co-authoring Comparative and International Education: Key Questions, Tensions and Opportunities.

Publications

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2026

Tikly, Leon, Lotz-Sisitka, Heila and Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 (Eds.) (2026) Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Learning from the Global South. Series: Bristol studies in comparative and international education. Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529251364 (In Press)

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, DeJaeghere, Joan, kaNtshingana, Sanele, Noronha, Sujata, Choksi, Beena and Makan, Vainola (2026) Knowledge co-creation: tensions, challenges and possibilities. In: Tikly, Leon, Lotz-Sisitka, Heila and Brown, Rhona (eds.) Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Learning from the Global South. Series: Bristol studies in comparative and international education. Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529251364 (In Press)

The GLACIER Collective, . ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221 (2026) Comparative and International Education: Key Questions, Tensions and Opportunities. Series: Bristol studies in comparative and international education. Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529255003 (In Press)

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Dahal, Pritha and Bradley, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-7649 (2026) Graphic Vignettes for Research Storytelling, Creative session. British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) Conference 2026, Glasgow, UK, 3-5 September 2026.

Patel, Jwalin, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Kim, Janice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Jailobaeva, Kanykey and D’Sa, Nikhit (2026) (De)constructing teacher agency: Contextual reflections from studies in Kyrgyzstan, India, Tanzania, and Uganda. Symposium. British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) Conference 2026, Glasgow, UK, 3-5 September 2026.

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Kim, Janice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Rugambwa, Allen, Mgonda, Nkanileka, Dahal, Pritha and Mgumia, Jacqueline Halima (2026) Teacher Agency and Innovation in Tanzania: Research Design Brief. Documentation. Zenodo. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.21134277).

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Rugambwa, Allen, Kim, Janice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Mgonda, Nkanileka, Mgumia, Jacqueline Halima and Dahal, Pritha (2026) Strengthening Teacher Agency in Tanzania: A research-informed practice guide for school and local education leaders. Documentation. Zenodo. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.21133773).

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Dahal, Pritha, Mgonda, Nkanileka, Rugambwa, Allen, Kim, Janice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 and Mgumia, Jacqueline Halima (2026) Teachers' Stories of Agency and Innovation: Visual Stories for Reflection and Discussion. A Resource Pack. Documentation. Zenodo. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.20843908).

Clarke, Matthew, Unsworth, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4900-3590, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2026) Whither Agency? From Heroic- to Trans-Agency. The Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) Conference 2026, Aarhus, Denmark, 4-6 March 2026.

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Mgonda, Nkanileka, Rugambwa, Allen, Kim, Janice and Mgumia, Jacqueline Halima (2026) Teacher Agency and Innovation in Tanzania. [Website]

Kennedy, Brianna L., Ortactepe-Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X, Antony-Newman, Max ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2765-3277, Unsworth, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4900-3590, Valdera-Gil, Francisco, Li, Lixin, Wood, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8160-6212, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Ramjan, Claire ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1599-7195 (2026) (Dis)Connections in Schooling: A Concept Paper. Project Report. Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS), University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.388557).

2025

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134, Bradley, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-7649, Perry, Mia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-7093, Fontdevila, Clara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0589-558X and Anderson, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9084-7413 (2025) Researching Teaching Quality in International and Comparative Perspective. 21st Biennial Conference of the International Study Association on Teachers & Teaching (ISATT 2025), Glasgow, Scotland, 30 June - 04 July 2025.

Rugambwa, Allen, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Kim, Janice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 (2025) Understanding and Supporting Tanzanian Teachers as ‘Agents of Change' for Sustainable Futures. UKFIET Conference 2025, Oxford, UK, 16-18 Sept 2025.

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 (2025) Understanding and creating learning spaces in research with primary children in Tanzania. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2025.2510944) (Early Online Publication)

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134 (2025) Considering “context” in comparative and international education. In: Thomas, Matthew A. M., Jules, Tavis D., Schweisfurth, Michele and Shields, Robin (eds.) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Method in Comparative and International Education. Series: Bloomsbury handbooks. Bloomsbury Publishing: London, pp. 43-55. ISBN 9781350421257

Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Breslin, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1757-5196, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Lewis-Cole, Ashley, Abodunrin, Abimbola, Dashaputre, Neeraja, Mariani, Anna Maria and Dinger, Casey (2025) Unpacking the impact of collaborative online international learning on educators and students: a reflective case study: navigating workforce and leadership changes in a digital Age. In: McNaughtan, Jon and Wiseman, Alexander W. (eds.) The Emerald Handbook on International Higher Education. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 453-468. ISBN 9781835497883 (doi: 10.1108/978-1-83549-788-320251028)

2024

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134 (2024) Making context matter through Massey's relational space: methodological and theoretical implications for Comparative and International Education. Comparative Education Review, 68(3), pp. 469-488. (doi: 10.1086/731786)

Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Breslin, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1757-5196, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Dashaputre, Neeraja, Abodunrin, Abimbola, Mariani, Annamaria and Dinger, Casey (2024) Unpacking the Impact of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) on Tutors and Students: A Critical Reflection. DU Internationalization Summit, Denver, CO, USA, 12 April 2024.

Adamson, Laela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2471-3246 and Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 (2024) Exploring children's experiences of schooling in Tanzania: how the ‘hidden curriculum’ undermines aspirations for sustainable development. Children and Society, (doi: 10.1111/chso.12847) (Early Online Publication)

2023

TESF Collective ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 (2023) Knowledge Co-creation in Action: Learning from the Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures Network. A methodological sourcebook. Project Report. TESF, Bristol. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10179676).

Lynch, Paul, Schuelka, Matthew J., Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Johnstone, Christopher and Tshewang, Sonam (2023) Meaningful employment opportunities for youth with disabilities in Bhutan: piloting an employment assessment toolkit. International Journal of Educational Development, 101, 102820. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102820)

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Tikly, Leon and Mitchell, Rafael (2023) Knowledge Co-creation for Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Call to Action. Project Report. TESF. (doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.8155252).

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Tikly, Leon and Mitchell, Rafael (2023) Knowledge Co-creation for Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Call to Action. Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures Online Legacy Event, 17 Jul 2023.

2022

Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Dashaputre, Neeraja, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Abodunrin, Abimbola (2022) Enhancing internationalisation through a remotely delivered hands-on stem challenge. A case study of collaborative online international learning with social media as medium of participatory pedagogy. Giornale Italiano di Educazione alla Salute, Sport e Didattica Inclusiva, 6(1), (doi: 10.32043/gsd.v6i1.610)

2013

Westbrook, Jo, Durrani, Naureen, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Orr, David, Pryor, John, Boddy, Janet and Salvi, Francesca (2013) Pedagogy, Curriculum, Teaching Practices and Teacher Education in Developing Countries. Project Report. Department for International Development.

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Number of items: 25.

Articles

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 (2025) Understanding and creating learning spaces in research with primary children in Tanzania. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2025.2510944) (Early Online Publication)

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134 (2024) Making context matter through Massey's relational space: methodological and theoretical implications for Comparative and International Education. Comparative Education Review, 68(3), pp. 469-488. (doi: 10.1086/731786)

Adamson, Laela ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2471-3246 and Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 (2024) Exploring children's experiences of schooling in Tanzania: how the ‘hidden curriculum’ undermines aspirations for sustainable development. Children and Society, (doi: 10.1111/chso.12847) (Early Online Publication)

Lynch, Paul, Schuelka, Matthew J., Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Johnstone, Christopher and Tshewang, Sonam (2023) Meaningful employment opportunities for youth with disabilities in Bhutan: piloting an employment assessment toolkit. International Journal of Educational Development, 101, 102820. (doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2023.102820)

Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Dashaputre, Neeraja, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Abodunrin, Abimbola (2022) Enhancing internationalisation through a remotely delivered hands-on stem challenge. A case study of collaborative online international learning with social media as medium of participatory pedagogy. Giornale Italiano di Educazione alla Salute, Sport e Didattica Inclusiva, 6(1), (doi: 10.32043/gsd.v6i1.610)

Books

The GLACIER Collective, . ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-5221 (2026) Comparative and International Education: Key Questions, Tensions and Opportunities. Series: Bristol studies in comparative and international education. Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529255003 (In Press)

Book Sections

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, DeJaeghere, Joan, kaNtshingana, Sanele, Noronha, Sujata, Choksi, Beena and Makan, Vainola (2026) Knowledge co-creation: tensions, challenges and possibilities. In: Tikly, Leon, Lotz-Sisitka, Heila and Brown, Rhona (eds.) Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Learning from the Global South. Series: Bristol studies in comparative and international education. Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529251364 (In Press)

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134 (2025) Considering “context” in comparative and international education. In: Thomas, Matthew A. M., Jules, Tavis D., Schweisfurth, Michele and Shields, Robin (eds.) The Bloomsbury Handbook of Method in Comparative and International Education. Series: Bloomsbury handbooks. Bloomsbury Publishing: London, pp. 43-55. ISBN 9781350421257

Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Breslin, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1757-5196, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Lewis-Cole, Ashley, Abodunrin, Abimbola, Dashaputre, Neeraja, Mariani, Anna Maria and Dinger, Casey (2025) Unpacking the impact of collaborative online international learning on educators and students: a reflective case study: navigating workforce and leadership changes in a digital Age. In: McNaughtan, Jon and Wiseman, Alexander W. (eds.) The Emerald Handbook on International Higher Education. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 453-468. ISBN 9781835497883 (doi: 10.1108/978-1-83549-788-320251028)

Edited Books

Tikly, Leon, Lotz-Sisitka, Heila and Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 (Eds.) (2026) Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Learning from the Global South. Series: Bristol studies in comparative and international education. Bristol University Press. ISBN 9781529251364 (In Press)

Research Reports or Papers

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Kim, Janice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Rugambwa, Allen, Mgonda, Nkanileka, Dahal, Pritha and Mgumia, Jacqueline Halima (2026) Teacher Agency and Innovation in Tanzania: Research Design Brief. Documentation. Zenodo. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.21134277).

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Rugambwa, Allen, Kim, Janice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Mgonda, Nkanileka, Mgumia, Jacqueline Halima and Dahal, Pritha (2026) Strengthening Teacher Agency in Tanzania: A research-informed practice guide for school and local education leaders. Documentation. Zenodo. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.21133773).

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Dahal, Pritha, Mgonda, Nkanileka, Rugambwa, Allen, Kim, Janice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 and Mgumia, Jacqueline Halima (2026) Teachers' Stories of Agency and Innovation: Visual Stories for Reflection and Discussion. A Resource Pack. Documentation. Zenodo. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.20843908).

Kennedy, Brianna L., Ortactepe-Hart, Deniz ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3916-067X, Antony-Newman, Max ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2765-3277, Unsworth, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4900-3590, Valdera-Gil, Francisco, Li, Lixin, Wood, Rebecca ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8160-6212, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Ramjan, Claire ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1599-7195 (2026) (Dis)Connections in Schooling: A Concept Paper. Project Report. Centre for Transformative Change in Schools (CenTCS), University of Glasgow. (doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.388557).

TESF Collective ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 (2023) Knowledge Co-creation in Action: Learning from the Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures Network. A methodological sourcebook. Project Report. TESF, Bristol. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10179676).

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Tikly, Leon and Mitchell, Rafael (2023) Knowledge Co-creation for Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Call to Action. Project Report. TESF. (doi: 10.5281/ZENODO.8155252).

Westbrook, Jo, Durrani, Naureen, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Orr, David, Pryor, John, Boddy, Janet and Salvi, Francesca (2013) Pedagogy, Curriculum, Teaching Practices and Teacher Education in Developing Countries. Project Report. Department for International Development.

Conference or Workshop Item

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Dahal, Pritha and Bradley, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-7649 (2026) Graphic Vignettes for Research Storytelling, Creative session. British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) Conference 2026, Glasgow, UK, 3-5 September 2026.

Patel, Jwalin, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Kim, Janice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167, Jailobaeva, Kanykey and D’Sa, Nikhit (2026) (De)constructing teacher agency: Contextual reflections from studies in Kyrgyzstan, India, Tanzania, and Uganda. Symposium. British Association of International and Comparative Education (BAICE) Conference 2026, Glasgow, UK, 3-5 September 2026.

Clarke, Matthew, Unsworth, Ruth ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4900-3590, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Kennedy, Aileen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2724-6911 (2026) Whither Agency? From Heroic- to Trans-Agency. The Nordic Educational Research Association (NERA) Conference 2026, Aarhus, Denmark, 4-6 March 2026.

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Schweisfurth, Michele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5511-4134, Bradley, Lisa ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-7649, Perry, Mia ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0886-7093, Fontdevila, Clara ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0589-558X and Anderson, Sarah ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9084-7413 (2025) Researching Teaching Quality in International and Comparative Perspective. 21st Biennial Conference of the International Study Association on Teachers & Teaching (ISATT 2025), Glasgow, Scotland, 30 June - 04 July 2025.

Rugambwa, Allen, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883 and Kim, Janice ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4336-0167 (2025) Understanding and Supporting Tanzanian Teachers as ‘Agents of Change' for Sustainable Futures. UKFIET Conference 2025, Oxford, UK, 16-18 Sept 2025.

Rodolico, Gabriella ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9442-2882, Breslin, Mark ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1757-5196, Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Dashaputre, Neeraja, Abodunrin, Abimbola, Mariani, Annamaria and Dinger, Casey (2024) Unpacking the Impact of Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) on Tutors and Students: A Critical Reflection. DU Internationalization Summit, Denver, CO, USA, 12 April 2024.

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Tikly, Leon and Mitchell, Rafael (2023) Knowledge Co-creation for Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures: Call to Action. Transforming Education for Sustainable Futures Online Legacy Event, 17 Jul 2023.

Website

Brown, Rhona ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6487-6883, Mgonda, Nkanileka, Rugambwa, Allen, Kim, Janice and Mgumia, Jacqueline Halima (2026) Teacher Agency and Innovation in Tanzania. [Website]

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Grants

 

  • 2025 - 2026 - Glasgow's Global Partnership Fund - "Developing Place-Based Dialogue about High Quality Education Using the Quality Teaching Model: A Pilot Study for Scotland" (Co-I)

 

  • 2024-2026 - Aga Khan Foundation (Schools2030 programme) - “Teacher Agency and Innovation in Tanzania: Exploring and Advancing Change." (PI, £117,780)

 

  • 2024 – 2025 - The British Academy, Early Career Researcher Network, Scotland Seed Funding Award Scheme – “Exploring the Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Support Dialogic Instruction in Secondary Schools” (Co-I)

 

  • 2022 - Student-led Training Funding Award, Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) - "Creative Research Methods with Children: Principles, Positionality and Practice" (Co-facilitator)

 

  • 2021 - British Council Going Global India, Exploratory Grant - "Enhancing Teacher Education in STEM through a linguistic lens: a cross curricular and transnational effort challenging gender stereotypes" (Co-author) 

 

  • 2018 - 2021 - Global Challenges Research Fund - Sustainable, Healthy Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods - PhD Scholarship 2018 - 2021

Supervision

Research Supervision Areas

I welcome supervision inquiries from potential doctoral researchers who share my research interests, including:

  • Teachers and pedagogies
  • Children’s perceptions and experiences of teaching and learning – across learning spaces
  • Creative ways of understanding and exploring context and space in teaching and learning
  • Comparative and international education
  • The role(s) of language(s) in primary and secondary teaching and learning

Supervision Inquiries

If you are interested in studying with me, please email me the following: 

  1. Research proposal of max 3000 words - including references (see here for guidance)
  2. Recent CV
  3. Any books, articles, chapters, or reports you’ve published already
  4. A 300-word description of how your research experiences/interests are aligned with my research and why you’re interested in pursuing a PhD specifically with me.
  5. A brief description of your funding situation (e.g., already in receipt of a scholarship, planning to apply to one, planning to self-fund, etc.)
  6. A listing of other academics/programmes you have contacted at Glasgow and beyond as well as the status of those exchanges.

Current Supervision 

Teaching

I currenetly teach on the MSc Educational Studies programme and EdD Programme. 


Dr Rhona Brown