Building student change agent capabilities: Case UniWASH in Uganda

Riina Subra; Mikko Koria; Oona Timonen; Stella Neema; Annika Launiala

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-66275-6_8

Building student change agent capabilities: Case UniWASH in Uganda

Riina Subra, Mikko Koria, Oona Timonen, Stella Neema, Annika Launiala

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Abstract

In this chapter, we examine youth-led innovation in the context of a recent multi-stakeholder development project, in which university students from Uganda and Finland collaborated to generate solutions to water and sanitation problems faced by schoolchildren in Northern Uganda. We focus on the project’s impact on developing change agent capabilities among the participating students and discuss the practical implications for the design and facilitation of similar initiatives. With a view to contributing to the planning of similar initiatives in the future, we propose a framework depicting the approaches and principles applied in this project and their relevance toward the acquisition of individual capabilities and social competencies underpinning critical change agency and responsible leadership.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Youth as Architects of Social Change
Subtitle of host publication	Global Efforts to Advance Youth-Driven Innovation
Editors	Sheri Bastien, Halla B. Holmarsdottir
Publisher	PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pages	175-213
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-66275-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-66274-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66275-6_8
Publication status	Published - 12 Dec 2017
MoE publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book

Keywords

Youth change agency
Inclusive innovation
Multi-stakeholder collaboration
Water and sanitation
Uganda

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Building student change agent capabilities: Case UniWASH in Uganda. / Subra, Riina; Koria, Mikko; Timonen, Oona; Neema, Stella; Launiala, Annika.

Youth as Architects of Social Change: Global Efforts to Advance Youth-Driven Innovation. ed. / Sheri Bastien; Halla B. Holmarsdottir. PALGRAVE MACMILLAN, 2017. p. 175-213.

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