- ‘Social-contextual’ approaches to family literacy programmes: policy and practice lessons from Nigeria, Mexico and Nepal Millora, Chris. 2023. ‘Social-contextual’ approaches to family literacy programmes: policy and practice lessons from Nigeria, Mexico and Nepal. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, ISSN 0305-7925
- Cooperation, collaboration and compromise: learning through difference and diversity Jere, Catherine M.; Priyadharshini, Esther; Robinson-Pant, Anna; Millora, Chris and Evren, Burcu. 2023. Cooperation, collaboration and compromise: learning through difference and diversity. Educational Action Research, 31(3), pp. 540-555. ISSN 0965-0792
- Ethnographies of Volunteering: Providing Nuance to the Links Between Volunteering and Development Chadwick, Alice; Fadel, Bianca and Millora, Chris. 2022. Ethnographies of Volunteering: Providing Nuance to the Links Between Volunteering and Development. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 33(6), pp. 1172-1178. ISSN 0957-8765
- Impact of COVID-19 on Adult Learning and Education (ALE): UK case study Newell-Jones, Katy; Cheffy, Ian; Fuller, Simon; Furlong, Tara and Millora, Chris. 2022. Impact of COVID-19 on Adult Learning and Education (ALE): UK case study. Research and Practice in Adult Literacies Journal, 105, pp. 57-69. ISSN 2054-5355
- Volunteering, solidarity and development: exploring the links Millora, Chris and Baillie Smith, Matt. 2022. Volunteering, solidarity and development: exploring the links. Voluntaris, 10(1), pp. 101-104. ISSN 2196-3886
- Reflecting on the ethics of PhD research in the Global South: reciprocity, reflexivity and situatedness Millora, Chris; Maimunah, Siti and Still, Enid. 2020. Reflecting on the ethics of PhD research in the Global South: reciprocity, reflexivity and situatedness. Acta Academica, 52(1), pp. 10-30. ISSN 0587-2405
- Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education in the Philippines Lim, Miguel Antonio; Lomer, Sylvie and Millora, Chris. 2018. Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education in the Philippines. International Higher Education, 94, pp. 19-21. ISSN 1084-0613
- Lifelong learning from natural disasters: transformative group-based learning at Philippine universities Dahl, Kari Kragh Blume and Millora, Chris. 2016. Lifelong learning from natural disasters: transformative group-based learning at Philippine universities. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 35(6), pp. 648-663. ISSN 0260-1370
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Family Literacy, Indigenous Learning and Sustainable Development<\/a> and was Lead Researcher for the <a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/"https:////swvr2022.unv.org/">UNV State of the World's Volunteerism Report 2022<\/a>. I was Chair of BALID <a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/"https:////www.balid.org.uk/">(British Association for Literacy in Development)<\/a> (2021-2024) and Academic Associate with the UNESCO Chair in Adult Literacy and Learning for Social Transformation, University of East Anglia.<\/p>"}],"teaching":[{"description":"MA Social Justice in Education","url":"https:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/pg\/ma-social-justice-in-education\/"},{"description":"PhD in Education","url":"https:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/pg\/mphil-phd-education\/"}],"featured":[{"description":null,"title":"Reflecting on the ethics of PhD research in the Global South: reciprocity, reflexivity and situatedness","url":"https:\/\/journals.ufs.ac.za\/index.php\/aa\/article\/view\/4725","year":"2019"},{"description":null,"title":"Researching the criminalisation of young people\u2019s dissent: insights from Southeast Asia","url":"https:\/\/research.gold.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/36390\/","year":"2024"},{"description":null,"title":"Students by day, rebels by night? 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I have previously developed research and commissioned projects with organisations such as UN Volunteers, SAIH (Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund), the International Association for Volunteer Effort and the Global Campaign for Education (see reports on the publications section of this page).<\/p>"}],"research":[{"text":"<p>My research interests sit at the intersection of youth learning\/literacies and social justice. I research participation of young people in\/through volunteering and social activism and how these cultivate and\/or confine learning processes and personal transformations. I employ ethnographic, participatory and participatory action research methods.<\/p>\n<p>I am interested in the conceptualisation of youth activist spaces as (informal) learning spaces that shape and\/or are shaped by wider social dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>My research keywords include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Youth literacies and informal learning<\/li>\n<li>Literacy as social practice<\/li>\n<li>Youth participation and social movement learning<\/li>\n<li>Education and international development and the SDGs<\/li>\n<li>Volunteerism, activism and student movements<\/li>\n<li>Education and social justice<\/li>\n<li>Comparative education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Methodologically, I am interested in approaches to research that 'model' participation - sharing some degree of power to research collaborators. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Participatory Action Research<\/li>\n<li>Youth-led research<\/li>\n<li>Creative methods (such as Photovoice activity)<\/li>\n<\/ul>"}],"research_centres":[{"description":"Centre for Identities and Social Justice","url":"https:\/\/www.gold.ac.uk\/identity-social-justice\/"}],"research_projects":[{"description":"A youth-led participatory research project exploring the learning & literacy dimensions of youth social movements in the Global South. 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</div><h4>Report</h4><ul><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/mind-body-society/people/millora-chris/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/38663/" aria-label="Understanding Inequalities in Volunteering Research and Evidence on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Understanding Inequalities in Volunteering Research and Evidence</strong></a> Perold, Helene; Butcher, Jacqueline; Mati, Jacob and Millora, Chris. 2023. Understanding Inequalities in Volunteering Research and Evidence. Discussion Paper. International Forum for Volunteering in Development, Dublin. </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/mind-body-society/people/millora-chris/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/38662/" aria-label="Youth Volunteering and Activism: Exploring Pathways to Enact Change on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Youth Volunteering and Activism: Exploring Pathways to Enact Change</strong></a> Millora, Chris. 2023. Youth Volunteering and Activism: Exploring Pathways to Enact Change. Discussion Paper. International Association for Volunteer Effort, Washington, DC. </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/mind-body-society/people/millora-chris/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/33894/" aria-label="Setting Spaces for Youth and Student-Led Advocacy: Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on youth and student organising calls for urgent action towards inclusion of youth and students in advocacy spaces on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Setting Spaces for Youth and Student-Led Advocacy: Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on youth and student organising calls for urgent action towards inclusion of youth and students in advocacy spaces</strong></a> Millora, Chris. 2022. Setting Spaces for Youth and Student-Led Advocacy: Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on youth and student organising calls for urgent action towards inclusion of youth and students in advocacy spaces. Discussion Paper. Global Campaign for Education, Johannesburg, South Africa. </li></ul><div class="expand-container">
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<ul><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/mind-body-society/people/millora-chris/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/33892/" aria-label="Students by day, rebels by night? Criminalising student dissent in shrinking democracies on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Students by day, rebels by night? Criminalising student dissent in shrinking democracies</strong></a> Millora, Chris and Karunungan, Renee Julienne. 2021. Students by day, rebels by night? Criminalising student dissent in shrinking democracies. Discussion Paper. SAIH (Studentenes og Akademikernes Internasjonale Hjelpefond/Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund), Oslo, Norway. </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/mind-body-society/people/millora-chris/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/33891/" aria-label="Adult literacy and learning for social change: innovation, influence and the role of non-state actors; case studies from Afghanistan, China, the Philippines and Senegal on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Adult literacy and learning for social change: innovation, influence and the role of non-state actors; case studies from Afghanistan, China, the Philippines and Senegal</strong></a> Robinson-Pant, Anna; Binesse, Helene; Maleki, Mohammad; Millora, Chris and Wang, Qingru. 2021. Adult literacy and learning for social change: innovation, influence and the role of non-state actors; case studies from Afghanistan, China, the Philippines and Senegal. Discussion Paper. UNESCO, Paris. </li></ul>
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</div><h4>Other</h4><ul><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/mind-body-society/people/millora-chris/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/38277/" aria-label="Book Review: Laboratories of Learning: Social Movements, Education and Knowledge-Making in the Global South on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Book Review: Laboratories of Learning: Social Movements, Education and Knowledge-Making in the Global South</strong></a> Millora, Chris. 2025. Book Review: Laboratories of Learning: Social Movements, Education and Knowledge-Making in the Global South. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, ISSN 0305-7925. </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/mind-body-society/people/millora-chris/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/33882/" aria-label="Book Review: Literacies, power and identities in figured worlds in Malawi on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Book Review: Literacies, power and identities in figured worlds in Malawi</strong></a> Millora, Chris. 2022. Book Review: Literacies, power and identities in figured worlds in Malawi. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education. </li><li><a href=https://www.gold.ac.uk/mind-body-society/people/millora-chris/"https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/33887/" aria-label="Book Review: Perspectives on volunteering: Voices from the South by Butcher, J., & Einolf, C. J. (Eds.) on research.gold.ac.uk"><strong>Book Review: Perspectives on volunteering: Voices from the South by Butcher, J., & Einolf, C. J. (Eds.)</strong></a> Millora, Chris. 2018. Book Review: Perspectives on volunteering: Voices from the South by Butcher, J., & Einolf, C. J. (Eds.). Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly. </li></ul>'>
Article
- Young people “learning to become” active citizens: informal learning and youth social action in the Philippines Millora, Chris. 2025. Young people “learning to become” active citizens: informal learning and youth social action in the Philippines. Journal of International Cooperation in Education, 27(3), pp. 231-245. ISSN 2755-029X
- ‘We haven’t stopped working’: changing dynamics of youth and student organising in education at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic Millora, Chris. 2025. ‘We haven’t stopped working’: changing dynamics of youth and student organising in education at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Globalisation, Societies and Education, ISSN 1476-7724
- Learning to work in certain ways: Bureaucratic literacies and community-based volunteering in the Philippines Millora, Chris. 2024. Learning to work in certain ways: Bureaucratic literacies and community-based volunteering in the Philippines. Community Development, 59(1), pp. 108-127. ISSN 1557-5330
Book
- Local Volunteering, Adult Learning and Social Change in the Philippines: Everyday Learning, Everyday Literacies Millora, Chris. 2025. Local Volunteering, Adult Learning and Social Change in the Philippines: Everyday Learning, Everyday Literacies. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781350345614
Book Section
- Exploring the limits of volunteering as a pathway to youth participation: Ethnographic Insights from Young People’s Volunteering towards HIV/AIDS Awareness in the Philippines Millora, Chris. 2025. Exploring the limits of volunteering as a pathway to youth participation: Ethnographic Insights from Young People’s Volunteering towards HIV/AIDS Awareness in the Philippines. In: Harry Dyer; Agnieszka Bates; John Gordon and Geoffrey Hinchcliffe, eds. Society, Politics, and Education in Uncertain Times: Rethinking Citizenship and Belonging in International Contexts. Abingdon: Routledge, pp. 162-177. ISBN 9781032658254
- Towards an alternative framework for family literacy in the Global South Binesse, Helene; Millora, Chris; Aikman, Sheila and Robinson-Pant, Anna. 2025. Towards an alternative framework for family literacy in the Global South. In: Esther Prins and Rakhat Zholdoshalieva, eds. Family and intergenerational literacy and learning: international perspectives. Hamburg: UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, pp. 29-42. ISBN 9789282012598
- Researching the criminalisation of young people’s dissent: insights from Southeast Asia Millora, Chris and Karunungan, Renee Julienne. 2024. Researching the criminalisation of young people’s dissent: insights from Southeast Asia. In: Judith Bessant; Philippa Collin and Patrick O'Keefe, eds. Research Handbook on the Sociology of Youth. Cheltham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 69-82. ISBN 9781803921792
Report
- Understanding Inequalities in Volunteering Research and Evidence Perold, Helene; Butcher, Jacqueline; Mati, Jacob and Millora, Chris. 2023. Understanding Inequalities in Volunteering Research and Evidence. Discussion Paper. International Forum for Volunteering in Development, Dublin.
- Youth Volunteering and Activism: Exploring Pathways to Enact Change Millora, Chris. 2023. Youth Volunteering and Activism: Exploring Pathways to Enact Change. Discussion Paper. International Association for Volunteer Effort, Washington, DC.
- Setting Spaces for Youth and Student-Led Advocacy: Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on youth and student organising calls for urgent action towards inclusion of youth and students in advocacy spaces Millora, Chris. 2022. Setting Spaces for Youth and Student-Led Advocacy: Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on youth and student organising calls for urgent action towards inclusion of youth and students in advocacy spaces. Discussion Paper. Global Campaign for Education, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Other
- Book Review: Laboratories of Learning: Social Movements, Education and Knowledge-Making in the Global South Millora, Chris. 2025. Book Review: Laboratories of Learning: Social Movements, Education and Knowledge-Making in the Global South. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, ISSN 0305-7925.
- Book Review: Literacies, power and identities in figured worlds in Malawi Millora, Chris. 2022. Book Review: Literacies, power and identities in figured worlds in Malawi. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education.
- Book Review: Perspectives on volunteering: Voices from the South by Butcher, J., & Einolf, C. J. (Eds.) Millora, Chris. 2018. Book Review: Perspectives on volunteering: Voices from the South by Butcher, J., & Einolf, C. J. (Eds.). Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly.