United Kingdom Assistant professor Fields of expertise Education in developing countries International networking and organizations Social and rural development Evaluation and research Literacy and language issues

Education

• Ph.D. in Rural Social Development and Sociolinguistics, Reading University, UK

• M.A. in Rural Social Development and Sociolinguistics, Reading University, UK

• M.A. in Modern Languages, Oxford University, UK

• Maîtrise Sorbonne Nouvelle, France

• Licence ès Lettres, African Linguistics, Sorbonne Nouvelle, France

Other current posts

Independent Consultant in Education and Development

Previous experience

• Senior Program Specialist, UNESCO

• Director, International Programs, SIL International

• Director, SIL Cameroon

Selected publications

• The Global Literacy Challenge. A Profile of Youth and Adult Literacy at the Mid-Point of the United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012. Paris: UNESCO (2008, co-authored with Mark RICHMOND and Margarete SACHS-ISRAEL)

• "Context or Key? Language in Four Adult Learning Programmes", in International Journal of Educational Development 27(5): 542-551 (2007)

• "Promoting Literacy: What is the Record of Education For All (EFA)?", in International Journal of Educational Development 25(4): 436-444 (2005)

• Aspects of Literacy Assessment [Topics and Issues from the UNESCO Expert Meeting, 10-12 June 2003, Paris] Paris: UNESCO (2005)

• Languages and Literacies, paper commissioned for the 2006 EFA Global Monitoring Report, UNESCO (2005)

• "Language, EFA and the MDGs: What’s the Connection?" in NORRAG News (34): 31-32 (2004)

• Literacy as Freedom: a UNESCO Round Table. Paris: UNESCO (2003)

• Language Use in Rural Development: an African Perspective. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter (1996)

Contact

cdwrobinson@gmail.com