Staff Profile:Dr Sarah Cardey
- Name:
- Dr Sarah Cardey
- Job Title:
- Associate Professor
- Responsibilities:
- Director, Graduate Institute for International Development, Agriculture and Economics
- Programme Director for MSc Applied International Development
- Programme Director for MSc Communication for Development
- Teaching: Gender and Development, Communication for Innovation and Development, Principles of Communication Design for Development, Concepts and practices of communication
- Lead educator on Hungry Planet: People, food and agriculture Online Open Course (FutureLearn)
Key Facts:
Sarah is an interdisciplinary social scientist who specialises in gender and development, development communication and rural livelihoods. She has a BA from Mount Allison University, an MSc from the University of Guelph and a PhD from the University of Reading. Her primary research interests are in gender and development, development communication, farmer innovation, livelihoods and governance. She is also interested in policy-practice linkages, research into practice, and multidisciplinary approaches to development challenges. She is currently involved in projects with colleagues in Ethiopia, Philippines, the Sahel Region, Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya. These projects include looking at innovation systems in smallholder farming from a gendered perspective and monitoring and evaluation of participatory communication methodologies in development contexts. Past work includes experience in Uganda, Kenya, Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon, Togo, Mali, Ghana, India, Haiti, Canada and the UK. She works with both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and bring a gendered lens to the implementation, analysis and conduct of research. Prior to joining Reading, she worked in development communication in the field.
She is a member of the Global Research Initiative on Rural Communication, a consortium of academics from the University of Guelph, Wageningen University, University of Queensland, and the University of the Philippines Los Banos, in conjunction with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Previously, she served as a co-chair of the Communication and HIV/AIDS Working Group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research from 2008 - 2015, and is an active member of the C4D Network. She has been invited to present at a range of global meetings and symposia about communication and development, including the World Congress on Communication for Development in 2007 and the Forum on Communication for Development & Community Media for Family Farming hosted by the FAO in 2014. In 2011, she was the lead organizer of the symposium entitled "Food Security and Poverty Alleviation Under Changing Environmental Conditions" held in Khartoum, Sudan.
In her role as GIIDAE director, she works on developing postgraduate teaching in the School. She works on international partnership building, student recruitment, alumni engagement, and outreach activities.
She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and has served as external examiner for programmes and PhD examinations across the UK and Europe.
Sarah's primary research interests are:
- Gender and development
- Development communication, including communication and social change, innovation systems, gender and communication and critical health communication in development
- Extension systems and innovation systems in smallholder agriculture
- Rural livelihoods
She will consider PhD applications in these research areas.
Research groups / Centres:
- Walker Institute for Climate Systems Research
- Research Centre for the study of Developing Economies and Emerging Markets
- Global Development Research Division
- Areas of Interest:
- Research groups / Centres:
- Publications:
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YNumber of items: 16.
2019
- Lamontagne-Godwin, J., Dorward, P., Ali, I., Aslam, N. and Cardey, S. (2019) An approach to understand rural advisory services in a decentralised setting. Social Sciences, 8 (3). 103. ISSN 2076-0760 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8030103
- Lamontagne-Godwin, J., Cardey, S., Williams, F. E., Dorward, P. T., Aslam, N. and Almas, M. (2019) Identifying gender-responsive approaches in rural advisory services that contribute to the institutionalisation of gender in Pakistan. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 25 (3). pp. 267-288. ISSN 1750-8622 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1389224X.2019.1604392
2018
- Sacchi, G., Cei, L., Stefani, G., Lombardi, G. V., Rocchi, B., Belletti, G., Padel, S., Sellars, A., Gagliardi, E., Nocella, G., Cardey, S., Mikkola, M., Ala-Karvia, U., Macken-Walsh, À., McIntyre, B., Hyland, J., Henchion, M., Bocci, R., Bussi, B., De Santis, G., Rodriguez y Hurtado, I., de Kochko, P., Riviere, P., Carrascosa-García, M., Martínez, I., Pearce, B., Pearce, B., Lampkin, N., Vindras, C., Rey, F., Chable, V., Cormery, A. and Vasvar, G. (2018) A multi-actor literature review on alternative and sustainable food systems for the promotion of cereal biodiversity. Agriculture, 8 (11). 173. ISSN 2077-0472 doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture8110173
- Lamontagne-Godwin, J., Williams, F. E., Aslam, N., Cardey, S., Dorward, P. and Almas, M. (2018) Gender differences in use and preferences of agricultural information sources in Pakistan. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 24 (5). pp. 419-434. ISSN 1750-8622 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1389224X.2018.1491870
2017
- van de Fliert, E., Cooper, T., Sam, S., Cardey, S., Lie, R., Witteveen, L., Torres, C., Tirol, S., Dagli, W., Hambly, H. and Perez, M., (2017) Inclusive rural communication services: building evidence, informing policy. Report. Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations, Rome. pp101. ISBN 9789251095379
2014
- Cardey, S., Horsfield, G. and Ciampi, L. (2014) Deconstructing gender: queering development communication theory and practice. In: Region as Frame: Politics, Presence and Practice, International Association for Media and Communication Research, 15-19 July, 2014, Hyderbad, India. (Unpublished)
- Cardey, S., Garforth, C., Clarkson, G. and Dorward, P. (2014) Supporting farmer innovation for agricultural growth: an innovation systems perspective. In: Region as Frame: Politics, Presence and Practice, International Association for Media and Communication Research, 15-19 July, 2014, Hyderbad, India. (Unpublished)
2013
- Chowa, C., Garforth, C. and Cardey, S. (2013) Farmer experience of pluralistic agricultural extension, Malawi. Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 19 (2). pp. 147-166. ISSN 1750-8622 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/1389224X.2012.735620
- Cardey, S. and Horsfield, G. (2013) Challenging assumptions of heterosexuality in development communication: queering development communication theory and practice. In: Crises, 'Creative Destruction' and the Global Power and Communication Orders, International Association for Media and Communciation Research. (Unpublished)
- Cardey, S., Garforth, C., Clarkson, G. and Dorward, P. (2013) Dynamics of farmer innovation and communication systems in agricultural growth in East Africa. In: Crises, 'Creative Destruction' and the Global Power and Communication Orders, International Association for Communication and Media Research. (Unpublished)
- Cardey, S., Garforth, C., Govender, E. and Dyll-Myklebust, L. (2013) Entertainment education theory and practice in HIV/AIDS communication: a South Africa / United Kingdom comparison. Critical Arts, 27 (3). pp. 288-310. ISSN 1992-6049 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/02560046.2013.800665
- Cardey, S. and Garforth, C. (2013) Incorporating gender in innovation systems research in sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture for Development, Spring. pp. 18-20. ISSN 1759-0604
- Cardey, S. and Horsfield, G. (2013) Problematizing the construction of gender and sexuality in development communication: a queer theory analysis. In: Second Annual IFjP Conference. (Unpublished)
2010
- Cardey, S. (2010) Speaking the Truth: the role and positioning of the communicator in HIV communication interventions. In: Communication and Citizenship: International Association for Communication and Media Research. (Unpublished)
2008
- Cardey, S. (2008) Integrated approaches to HIV/AIDS communication: communication and vulnerability in HIV/AIDS care, support, treatment and prevention programming. In: Media and Global Divide, International Association for Media and Communication Research. (Unpublished)
2006
- Cardey, S. (2006) From behaviour change to social change: planning communication strategies for HIV/AIDS. In: Knowledge Societies for All, International Association for Media and Communication Research. (Unpublished)
- Qualifications:
- BA, International Relations (Mount Allison University, 2000)
MSc, Rural Extension Studies (University of Guelph, 2005)
PhD, International and Rural Development (University of Reading, 2009)
