Dr Jagdish Chouhan

Prior to successfully completing his PhD in 1991, titled: ‘The Communication Environment of the Gujarati Community in Leicester’, Jagdish worked as a practitioner of community education in the inner city of Leicester, including heading a school community centre. His work identified provision and also built bridges between minority communities and also included intergenerational work, empowering people and communities through civic engagement. He is passionate about working with people and communities on issues, particularly relating to social justice.

An experienced and qualified youth & community worker, he joined De Montfort’s Youth & Community Division full-time in 2002, taking on the role of MA Programmes Leader for Youth Work / Health & Community Development. He is also the MA YCD Admissions Leader. His main areas of teaching and research interests include youth work and community development, politics of education and social theory, anti-oppressive practice and issues around equality, diversity, social exclusion and disaffection.

Jagdish has worked as International Lead for the School of Applied Social Sciences, promoting the ‘internationalisation’ agenda of DMU, and is currently Faculty International Country Co-ordinator (South Asia). He has made several trips abroad, developing partnerships, and interviewing and recruiting international students. He currently engages in a number of DMU wide strategic theme boards and has also led several DMU Global trips to New York, Florida and Ahmedabad.

Young People Research Group

Youth work and community development, politics of education and social theory, anti-oppressive practice and issues around equality, diversity, social exclusion and disaffection.

Work with Young People

Theory & Practice of Community Development

Issues of Health & Well-being in Youth & Community Development

Professional Youth Work Practice

Anti-Oppressive Practice

Pg Dissertation

Equality & Diversity

PhD

MA Community Education (inc. JNC professional qualification)

BA (Hons) Social Analysis

CELTA (Cert. Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages)

MA Youth Work & Community Development

MA Youth Work Health & Community Development

MA Youth & Community Studies

MA Health & Community Development Studies

Fellow of Higher Education Academy: 2006 – Present

JNC Professional Qualification in Youth Work

DMU – Wuhan University Joint Symposium, 2013: Practitioner Values in Youth & Community Development. Paper presented by Jagdish Chouhan.

Wuhan University, China, 2013: International Conference – Marxism & Socialism in 21^st Century. Paper presented by Jagdish Chouhan, ‘The Significant Role of Youth & Community Development Work’.

ZUEL, China, 2015: Foreign Languages School, Wuhan, China: ‘Intercultural Communication’.

 Wuhan University, China, 2015: ‘For the Love of Marx: Anti-Oppressive Practice, a Youth & Community Work Approach’, presented at International Conference - Marxism & Socialism in 21^st Century.

 International Scientific Event, 2017, Bulgaria: ‘What is it that we want to educate young people about?’, presented at the Education, Research & Development Conference.

Jagdish Chouhan, (2009), ‘Anti-Oppressive Practice Work with Young People’, in Jason Wood & Jean Hine, ‘Work with Young People: Developments in Theory, Policy and Practice’, Sage.

Jagdish Chouhan, (2014), ‘The Significant Role of Youth & Community Development Work’, in International Critical Thought, Taylor & Francis.

Jagdish Chouhan, (2017), 'What is it that we want to Educate Young People About?', in Journal of International Scientific Publications: August. 

https://www.scientific-publications.net/en/article/1001590/

Jagdish Chouhan (2020), 'Fostering Partnership Learning Communities: The Impact of Utilising International Student Field Trips to Facilitate and Co-Create Pedagogic Community Collaborations', in Peabody Journal of Education: Vol. 25, 2020, Taylor & Francis. 

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0161956X.2019.1702418

DMU Staff Training on Equality & Diversity, 2013 - Present