“Jethro is the kind of academic who is highly valuable to the practitioner community: he has the depth and breadth of knowledge of his field, is familiar with the latest developments in thinking, and has a capacity to communicate with non-academic audiences in ways which they can understand, identify with and use. He is highly regarded and in high demand.”
Jo Rowlands, Governance Advisor, Oxfam GB
Facilitation / Learning Design
“Excellent facilitator – well prepared and introduced the most important things related to our countries. Knew his audience, and was highly tolerant towards our cultures and backgrounds, supportive and encouraging”
Teaching Award
University of Sussex
“Very interesting tools and frameworks, useful and relevant to our current programme and context”
“Excellent, very creative. Great methodology, extremely fun and at the same time very helpful for my work.”
“Great, active, participatory, energetic, never get tired from it. I really like the methodology”
Feedback from workshop participants in Cambodia, Kenya, Lebanon, and the UK
“We had the space to listen and reflect. Excellent facilitation skills to read the group, keep us focused, and still be able to widen our scope. Enough time in groups and plenary. Loved the freedom to express ourselves in creative ways.“
Publications
Reviews of Power, Empowerment and Social Change
edited by Rosemary McGee and Jethro Pettit
Routledge, 2020
“A bold and compelling exploration of how power works in the context of today’s social, political and environmental crises – looking beyond the usual political economy and behaviourist lenses – and offering fresh ideas and reflections from activism on how theory and practice can be joined up to strengthen movements for justice and human rights.”
Professor Andrea Cornwall, SOAS, University of London
“Like power itself, ideas about power are contested terrain. This timely collection effectively bridges theory and practice to inform a much-needed rethink of relevant conceptual frameworks, grounded in the authors’ extensive hands-on experience with action-research, popular education and frontline empirical research.”
Professor Jonathan Fox, Accountability Research Center, American University
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“This book is an exciting collection of chapters, which draws together theoretical and empirical work on power. The overall theoretical approach is grounded in a sophisticated understanding of the multi-dimensional nature of power relations. I highly recommend this collection to anyone who wishes to understand the complex relationship between power as domination and power as empowerment. It is ideal for both social scientists and social activists.“
Professor Mark Haugaard, School of Political Science and Sociology, National University of Ireland, Galway.
“This book contains many truly impressive essays—some more theoretical, others more empirical. It makes a significant contribution to live debates about how to understand how power works. It should reveal to readers, including scholars, what an important and distinctive contribution activist researchers can make to revealing the hidden dimension of power relations and also to empowerment, by exploring strategies for successful resistance to domination and oppression across the world.”
Professor Steven Lukes, New York University
“The power literature in social and political theory often fails to engage the insights of those who study power relations on the ground and those who organize and act collectively to change them. This important new collection brings theories of power into conversation with empirical research in conflict areas, and with the insights of activists, teachers, and others who work to transform unjust power relations.” – Professor Clarissa Rile Hayward, Washington University, St. Louis
Clients / Partners
Selection of recent collaborations
Civil Society Organisations
Action Aid
Al-Shabaka
Care
Christian Aid
Gender at Work
Hivos
Just Associates
Life & Peace Institute
National Council of Voluntary Agencies (UK)
Not One More
Oxfam GB
Oxfam Novib
Plan International
Power & Integrity
Practical Action
Praxis (UK)
Publish What You Pay
Trocaire
Donors / Foundations
British Council
Carnegie Trust UK
Department for International Development (UK)
Foundation for Biodiversity Research (France)
Global Fund for Human Rights
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Open Society Foundation
Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education Innovation and Reform (SPHEIR)
Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida)
Swiss Development Cooperation (SDC)
Trust for London
Research / Higher Education
Accountability Research Centre, American University
Ashridge Business School
Asian University for Women
BRAC University
Coady International Institute
Egerton University
Ibadan University
Centre for the Synthesis and Analysis of Biodiveristy (France)
Independent University of Bangladesh
Institute of Development Studies
Partnership for African Social and Governance Research (PASGR)
Uganda Martyrs University
Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
University of Ghana
University of Havana
University of Sussex
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