FROM VALUES TO ACTION
SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DECOLONISATION FOR ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS

How can organisations meaningfully engage with social justice and decolonisation beyond token statements or isolated interventions? How can they align their values with action and translate reflection into structural and cultural change?

From Values to Action
Social Justice and Decolonisation for Organisational Transformation

by Vanessa Mignan Jenkins and Siddharth Kankaria

Our From Values to Action initiative supports research, education, and cultural organisations in rethinking systems, power, and practice through two interconnected offerings:

A two-hour introductory workshop (Sept–Dec 2025)

A practical, interactive session that introduces key ideas and helps organisations start building their action plan for systemic change.

A five-week cohort programme (Mar–Apr 2026).

A deep-dive, mentored journey for selected organisations ready to implement change at a structural level.

Together, these programmes build the skills, mindsets, and frameworks needed to make equity and justice part of everyday organisational practice.

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introductory TWO-hour workshop

A Taster Workshop on Social Justice and Decolonisation

This two-hour interactive workshop introduces participants to the foundational ideas of social justice, decolonisation, and reflexivity in public engagement and institutional life. It’s designed for leadership teams, DEI practitioners, programme leads, and change-makers who want to move from good intentions to meaningful, sustainable action.

You’ll explore:

Key concepts in social justice and decolonisation,
Organisational self-reflection and case-study exercises,
Building the first steps of your systemic change action plan.

This workshop is a stand-alone workshop but also a taster for our five-week cohort programme (Mar–Apr 2026), which will work intensively with five organisations to design and implement structural transformations.

Format

2 hours | Online | Highly participatory

Two ways to engage

As a host organisation: If your organisation (or an umbrella network you are part of) would like to partner with us to host one of these sessions for your members, please get in touch. Host organisations fund the workshop and help us reach their networks.

As participants: If you are a researcher, public engagement officer, or DEI practitioner interested in this content, you can register for one of the workshops.

Workshop fees

For host organisation: If you schedule a workshop before December 1st, 2025, we will offer an exceptional rate of 300€. After this date, we will charge 900€ per workshop.
For individual participants: the participation to one workshop is 15€.

Next individual sessions

The Introductory Workshop
From Values to Action: A Taster Workshop on Social Justice and Decolonisation

NOVEMBER 27, 2025
10:00 - 12:00 CET

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FIVE-Week cohort programme

From Reflection to Transformation: Building Systemic Change

Our five-week cohort programme (3 hours / week) brings together a small group of selected organisations to explore and apply concepts of justice and decolonisation through pedagogical lectures, workshops, and one-to-one mentoring.

Themes include:

Social justice frameworks and decolonial theories
Global South epistemologies and intersectional models
Degrowth, ethics, and allyship in engagement
Reflexivity and organisational design for equity
Translating values into systems, structures, and policy

By the end of the programme, each organisation will develop a tailored roadmap for structural transformation—a living plan for embedding justice and plurality into their mission, culture, and operations.

The five-week cohort programme includes a pre-engagement DEI diagnostic and a follow-up six months after the end of the programme.

GET IN TOUCH

THE FROM VALUES TO ACTION TEAM

Siddharth and Vanessa, experienced professionals in science communication and public engagement, have joined forces to develop the Values to Action programme. Their combined expertise and passion for designing an in-depth programme ensures a transformative experience. Having collaborated on various projects in the past, they are confident in their ability to create a programme that will make a real impact.

Decolonisation expert

Siddharth Kankaria

Siddharth Kankaria is an Independent Consultant in Science, Society and Justice and works at the intersection of research, practice, and teaching in various disciplines including science communication, social justice, decolonisation, education, science and technology studies, and the history and philosophy of science. Over the last decade, he has worked for a rich diversity of organisations across India and the U.K., including Ashoka University, NCBS Bangalore, PCST Network, Research Matters, Edinburgh International Science Festival, Pint of Science, Proteus, and EuroStemCell. Siddharth has degrees in Biology (Indian Institute of Science) as well as Science Communication & Public Engagement (University of Edinburgh, U.K), and is the Founder of the SciCommSci Club. He also serves on the Scientific Committee of the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Network, where he leads all their diversity, equity, inclusivity, accessibility (DEIA) efforts.

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EDI strategist

Vanessa Mignan Jenkins

Vanessa Mignan Jenkins is an independent trainer and social inclusion consultant for public engagement organisations. She uses her cross-cultural expertise to support institutions working outside their comfort zone. After graduating in Chemistry and Physics and in Communication of Sciences, she participated in projects developed within the Cité des Sciences et de l’Industrie (FR) and the CNRS Office in Washington DC (USA). From 2012 and 2020, she was the head of Education and Public Engagement at the French Think-and-Do Tank TRACES and its Science Centre the Espace des Sciences Pierre-Gilles de Gennes. In addition to her consultancy work, she is an adviser for universities and research organisations, she chairs the ‘Education, Public Engagement and Policy Advisory Committee’ at the Co-Centre for Climate + Biodiversity + Water (UK, IE), holds an Honorary Research Associate position of the Department of Science & Technology Studies at University College London (UK).

www.vanessamignan.org

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Join us for an engaging workshop on November 27th!

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FROM VALUES TO ACTION SOCIAL JUSTICE AND DECOLONISATION FOR ORGANISATIONAL TRANSFORMATIONS

From Values to Action Social Justice and Decolonisation for Organisational Transformation

FROm Values to Action introductory TWO-hour workshop

The Introductory Workshop From Values to Action: A Taster Workshop on Social Justice and Decolonisation