27 April 2026
Register Now: Localisation in Humanitarian Practice Webinar
CENDEP offers a live Zoom webinar exploring Localisation in Humanitarian Practice through a live case study.
Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP)
Contact: cendep@brookes.ac.uk
Announcement
CENDEP has opened registration for its CPD course, Resilience, Wellbeing, and Mental Health Support in Crisis Settings,
Led by international experts from organizations such as the IFRC and Save the Children, the programme provides humanitarian professionals with evidence-based tools for Psychological First Aid, trauma management, and burnout prevention. Interested participants can take advantage of an early bird discount of £495 until 1 May, with final registrations closing on 22 May 2026.
- 26 May to 11 June 2026 - Six evenings
- Register by 22 May 2026
About us
Founded in 1985, the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP) is a multidisciplinary centre that brings together academics, development practitioners and policy makers. Our work concentrates on:
- human rights and forced migration
- inclusive recovery and development
- conflict, humanitarian action and peacebuilding
- shelter, housing and home in crises.
We run a number of courses:
- Global Development and Humanitarian Practice (MA / PGDip / PGCert)
- Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding (MA / PGCert)
- Architecture (MPhil / PhD / PhD by Practice / PhD by Published Work / Research Degree involving Creative Work)
We also conduct research with colleagues and partners worldwide.
30 March 2026
CENDEP launches wellbeing and mental health in crisis course
CENDEP launched its online continued professional development (CPD) certificate course ‘Resilience, wellbeing and mental health support in crisis settings’ on 1 October 2024. The 2026 course is now open for registrations!
06 March 2026
Oxford Human Rights Festival returns for its 24th year with the theme “Breaking Free”
A week of free public events will take place across Oxford this month, including at Oxford Brookes University, as the Oxford Human Rights Festival returns for its 24th year.
06 March 2025
Explore ‘The Power of the People’ at the 2025 Oxford Human Rights Festival
The Oxford Human Rights Festival 2025, hosted by Oxford Brookes University, will explore justice, culture, and activism through thought-provoking events, workshops, and exhibitions.
13 - 20 March 2026
The Oxford Human Rights Festival, which is hosted by the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice, Oxford Brookes University is back for its 24th instalment.
Over the past 21 years, this festival has used its platform to shed light on the importance of Human Rights through engaging programmes consisting of films, performances, talks, exhibitions, poetry, forms of art and more.
This year's festival's theme was 'Breaking Free'. The festival explored what freedom means for people living in different contexts, or across generations, looking at different forms of discrimination, the lack of protection or disregard of their human rights, the lack of global solidarity, and the impact of budget cuts in the humanitarian sector.
It aims to inspire conversations and actions that foster connections, empathy, and collaboration among individuals, social action groups and communities, fostering a platform for solidarity and change. Every person can champion human rights locally and globally while encouraging dialogue and collective mobilisation for justice in Oxford and beyond, towards a more equitable and just world.
