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Dr. Preeti Dagar is a Lecturer in International and Comparative Education in the School of Education, University of Glasgow. Her research examines skills development, sustainable livelihood and social inclusion opportunities for different marginalised populations in the Global South. As a multidisciplinary researcher, her interests lie in migration, international development, gender issues, adult education, and postcolonial perspectives.
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Preeti is a Research Associate at the School of Education, University of Glasgow. She is currently working on the ESRC-funded international research project – Gendered Journeys: the trajectories of STEM students through Higher Education and into Employment in India, Rwanda and the UK. She is also a co-investigator on a study, ‘Decolonising Higher Education’, that analyses a master’s programme from a postcolonial lens. The research contributes to the global discourse on decolonising higher education.
Preeti has worked with various international and local organisations such as UNIDO (Austria), UNESCO UIL (Germany), grassroots level NGOs in India, and refugee organisations.
Selected Publications:
Dagar, P. (2022) Evaluating and reframing vocational education and training for refugees: Insights from five refugee groups across three cities of India. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, (doi: 10.1080/03057925.2022.2078957) (Early Online Publication)
Dagar, P. (2022) Vocational education and training for indigenous women in India: toward a participatory planning approach. International Journal of Training Research, 20(1), pp. 43-57. (doi: 10.1080/14480220.2021.1959379)
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