The following information has been released about the featured speakers at the upcoming Talloires Network Leaders Conference, which will take place at Universidad Veracruzana (UV), Mexico on June 21- 23, 2017, with site visits on the 24th.

Our networks of higher education institutions and civil society organisations have been shocked by recent tendencies towards xenophobia and even racism; and especially by the recent US government decision to prevent individuals from seven predominantly Muslim countries entering that country for 90 days. This action affects community members, workers, students, faculty and staff all over the world.

The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) has provided the University of Glasgow with a Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) grant to support cutting edge research that addresses the challenges faced by Official Development Assistance(ODA)/ Lower and Middle Income (LMIC) countries. It will do this by supporting challenge-led disciplinary and interdisciplinary research, strengthening capacity for research in the UK and in LMIC countries and responding to emergencies where there is an urgent research need.  

Al-Quds Open University in Palestine are working on the above project and they are looking for partners who can share their expertise in this field.