{"id":20,"date":"2025-11-08T09:18:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T14:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/global-south-connect\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:18:59","slug":"research-team-members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/global-south-connect\/research-team-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Team Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Research Team Members\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Global South-CONNECT research team brings together scholars, activists and community organizations across Africa, Asia and the Americas who are committed to advancing decolonial disability research through collaboration, creativity, and care <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This network works collectively to design and implement research grounded in local knowledge, intersectionality, and lived experiences of women and girls with disabilities in the Global South<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"explore-our-global-map\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explore Our Global Map<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Our <strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">interactive map<\/strong> highlights the geographic breadth of the Global South-CONNECT network. Each marker represents a team member, partner institution, or research collaborator, allowing you to explore who they are, where they work, and how their expertise contributes to the project<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">Click on each location to learn more about the people and partnerships shaping this initiative<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            \n            <div class=\"cu-iframe-block\">\n            <iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1-7PD_ZcBgBDD6ijnZpZEgzn4KjInqcE&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Embedded content from https:\/\/www.google.com\" class=\"cu-iframe\">\n                <p>\n                    Your browser does not support iframes.\n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1-7PD_ZcBgBDD6ijnZpZEgzn4KjInqcE&amp;ehbc=2E312F&amp;noprof=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n                        View the content directly\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/p>\n            <\/iframe>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"team-roles-and-responsibilities\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team Roles and Responsibilities <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Roles and Responsibilities document outlines how our international collaborators contribute to the project&#8217;s multi-site research process. It details key responsibilities across design, implementation, and knowledge-mobilization stages, demonstrating how shared leadership ensures that local expertise guides global research aims <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                \n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white cu-section--cards ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\" data-attributes=\"&#x7B;&quot;blockType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cards&quot;,&quot;contentType&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_file&quot;,&quot;currentPage&quot;&#x3A;1,&quot;blockBackground&quot;&#x3A;&quot;white&quot;,&quot;numberOfColumns&quot;&#x3A;3,&quot;numberOfPosts&quot;&#x3A;6,&quot;showAllPosts&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;order&quot;&#x3A;&quot;ASC&quot;,&quot;orderBy&quot;&#x3A;&quot;title&quot;,&quot;moreButton&quot;&#x3A;&quot;none&quot;,&quot;showFilter&quot;&#x3A;false,&quot;taxName&quot;&#x3A;&quot;cu_file_type&quot;,&quot;categories&quot;&#x3A;&quot;&quot;,&quot;tags&quot;&#x3A;&quot;&quot;&#x7D;\" data-page=\"2\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n                \n        <div class=\"cu-loading hidden text-center mx-auto h-6 w-6 animate-spin rounded-full border-4 border-solid border-current border-r-transparent align-[-0.125em] motion-reduce:animate-[spin_1.5s_linear_infinite]\" role=\"status\">\n    <span class=\"!absolute !-m-px !h-px !w-px !overflow-hidden !whitespace-nowrap !border-0 !p-0 ![clip:rect(0,0,0,0)]\">\n        Loading&#8230;\n    <\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n                                        \n        <p class=\"cu-no-posts hidden\">\n            No\n            file\n\n            posts are available.\n        <\/p>\n\n                <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-5xl md:grid-cols-3 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n                        \n                    \n    \n    \n<div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-lg flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 \">\n    <figure class=\"flex items-center justify-center w-10 h-10 mx-6 mt-6 mb-2 overflow-hidden \">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.carleton.ca\/rds\/assets\/font-awesome\/file-pdf.svg\" alt=\"An icon of a saxophone\" class=\"cu-icon-thumb \" style=\"filter: invert(20%) sepia(50%) saturate(7177%) hue-rotate(348deg) brightness(91%) contrast(100%);\"><\/figure>\n\n        \n            <header class=\"flex flex-col gap-3  px-6 text-left first:mt-6\">\n                \n        \n    \n    <h2 class=\"line-clamp-3 text-lg font-semibold text-cu-black @sm:md:text-xl leading-6 @sm:md:leading-8\">\n        Team Roles &#038; Responsibilities\n    <\/h2>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n        <div class=\"flex flex-col px-6 text-left\">\n            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                \n            <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <footer class=\"px-6 pt-3 mt-auto md:pt-5\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/global-south-connect\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2025\/11\/GSC-Team-Member-Roles-Responsibilities-1.pdf\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                Download\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                    Team Roles &#038; Responsibilities\n                <\/span>\n            <\/a>\n        <\/footer>\n    <\/div>\n    \n                    \n        <\/div>\n        \n                                    \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"individual-research-portfolios\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Individual Research Portfolios <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each team member brings unique expertise, spanning decolonial theory, disability justice, participatory methods, digital storytelling, and community leadership. These individual portfolios offer a closer look at the people behind the project and illustrate how collective collaboration drives systemic change <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">Explore the full list of team profiles below<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-7xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n                \n        <div class=\"cu-column cu-component not-contained mx-auto grid max-w-7xl md:grid-cols-2 lg:grid-cols-4 gap-6 md:gap-10\">\n            \n\n    \n    <div class=\"not-prose cu-card rounded-lg @container md:max-w-xl flex flex-col gap-3 bg-white shadow-lg shadow-cu-black-100 text-center group duration-300 ease-in hover:scale-[1.02] hover:shadow-cu-black-200\">\n                    <figure class=\"px-6 pt-8 pb-2 mb-2 overflow-hidden rounded-t-lg cu-figure--round\">\n                                    <img loading=\"lazy\" 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