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Monk, D. (2026). Epistemic injustice and rural-driven development. In K. Schewel, B. P. Davis, & D. L. Miller (Eds.) . (2026) . Development in transition: Rethinking rural futures. Pivot Press
Openjuru, G. L., Monk, D., & Jjuuko, R. (2026) . (2026) . Community-university engagement as a model for university transformation and the cultivation of humanity . In: Hornby, C. McCann, & S. Maistry (Eds.), D. Hornby, C. McCann, & S. Maistry (Eds.), Higher education and community engagement (pp. 206–225). Rhodes University Community Engagement., pp. 206–225
Djuraeva, M., Monk, D., Beach, S. A., & Nyirumbe, R. (2026) . (2026) . Channeling literacy learning into everydayness: Northern Ugandan women language peace . Journal of Curriculum, Teaching, Learning and Leadership in Education, [online] Volume 11(1). Available at: https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/ctlle/vol11/iss1/1
Monk, D., Flores-Hinojos, I. A., & Mutalib, M. A. (2025) . (2025) . South-south networks catalysing social responsibility in higher education . African Journal of Higher Education Community Engagement, 2(1), pp. 94–114
Monk, D., Madziva, R., Awidi, S., Desire, A., Lanyero, E., & Opio, G. (2025) . (2025) . Disability and displacement: The unmet rights of refugees in technical vocational education and training . In: Wharton (Eds.), Wharton (Eds.), Forced migration, disability and education: Inclusion and exclusion at the intersection of displacement and disablement (pp. 221–234). Routledge, pp. 221–234
George Ladaah Openjuru, David Monk . (2024) . Shifting informal geographies and the hustle for a better future . In: Edited ByLesley Powell, Adam Cooper, Trent Brown, Simon McGrath , Learning for Livelihoods in the Global South, 1st Edition. London: Routledge, pp. 79-95
G Opio, DT Ofoyuru, CAO Hoppers, S Odama, TH Ogwang, D Monk . (2024) . The Relationship Between Physical Learning Environment and Academic Achievement of Learners in Inclusion: Across-Sectional Survey with Secondary School Students in Uganda . Available at: https://hspublishing.org/ASSM/article/view/347
Walton, E., Monk, D., Thondlana, J., & Wedekind, V. (2024) . (2024) . Education for disabled refugees in South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe: A cross-case analysis
Korpan, C., Monk, D., Mwaka, G., & Van Gyn, G. (2024) . (2024) . From “them and us” to “WE”: Four perspectives on an educational development international program
Desire, A., Ayiri, J., & Monk, D. (2024) . (2024) . Tailoring higher education to promote community transformation in Uganda
Monk, D., Lamwaka, A., Hall, B., & Nkatha, M. (2024) . (2024) . Waparo Anyim Kacel
Monk, D., Okumu, B., & Thibault, B. (2024) . (2024) . Partnerships for success: Strengthening social learning ecosystems in Northern Uganda
Monk, D. (2024a) . (2024) . Assessment as learning: Challenging colonial education systems in higher education
Monk, D. (2024b) . (2024) . Knowledge for Change (K4C) Global Consortium
David Monk, Palesa Molebatsi, Simon McGrath, Luke Metelerkamp, Scovia Adrupio, George Openjuru, Glen Robbins, Themba Tshabalala . (2023) . Revisiting VET research paradigms: Critical perspectives from the South . Available at: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13636820.2023.2280972
David Monk, Sidney Muhangi, Irine Akite, Scovia Adrupio . (2023) . Designing the Future – Youth innovation, informality and transformed VET . Available at: https://www.ajol.info/index.php/sajee/article/view/258293
David Monk, Elizabeth Walton, Roda Madziva, George Opio, Annemaaike Kruisselbrink, George Ladaah Openjuru . (2023) . Interrogating the agency and education of refugee children with disabilities in Northern Uganda: A critical capability approach . Available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/chso.12810
Flora Masumbuo Fabian, Jonathan Harle, Perpetua Joseph Kalimasi, Rehema Kilonzo, Gloria Lamaro, Albert Luswata, David Monk, Edwin Ngowi, Femi Nzegwu, Damary Sikalieh . (2023) . Collaboratively Reimagining Teaching and Learning . In: , Higher Education for Good: Teaching and Learning Futures, pp. 509-832. Available at: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0363/chapters/10.11647/obp.0363.22
Metelerkamp, Luke; Monk, David . (2023) . Social ecosystem for skills research: inclusivity, relationality and informality . Available at: http://hdl.voced.edu.au/10707/638561
. (2023) . Transitioning vocational education and training in Africa: a social skills ecosystem perspective, VET Africa 4.0 Collective . Journal of Vocational Education and Training
Monk, D., Mutalib, M., & Flores, I. (2023) . (2023) . Community university partnerships
Monk, D. (2023) . (2023) . Informality, relationality, and livelihoods: Hustling for the future
Hall, B., Flores, I., Mercy, N., Monk, D., & Mutalib, M. (2023) . (2023) . Bridging knowledge cultures
Muhangi, S., Monk, D., & Adrupio, S. (2022) . (2022) . TVET discourse in Uganda: Policy and literature . Climate Change Education(7), pp. 135–139
Harris, J. C., Komakech, D., Monk, D., & del Guadalupe Davidson, M. (2022) . (2022) . The gendered post conflict city: Possibilities for more livable urban transformations in Gulu, northern Uganda . Journal of Urban Affairs, pp. 1-18
Hopper, T., Sanford, K., Hong, F., & Monk, D. (2022) . (2022) . Learning with digital portfolios: Teacher candidates forming an assessment identity . The Canadian Journal for Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, 13(1)
Ladaah, M. G. O., Openjuru, G. L., Sanford, K., de Oliveira Jayme, B., & Monk, D. (2022) . (2022) . Learning informally: A case for arts in vocational education and training in Uganda . ENGAGE, [online] Volume 4(1), pp. 17–29. Available at: https://nru.uncst.go.ug/server/api/core/bitstreams/1ff6587a-8017-4c8f-a41a-26fde09d4d22/content
McGrath, S., Heila, L., Wedekind, V., Ramsarup, P., & Monk, D. (2022) . (2022) . Towards VET Africa 4.0
Monk, D., Awidi, S., Madziva, R., & Billings, N. (2022) . (2022) . Including refugee students with disabilities in their education: A life-wide approach to inclusive educational research and practice
Monk, D., Anena, J., & Adoch, J. (2022) . (2022) . Wise women Uganda: Environmental leadership and community development
Madziva, R., Monk, D., & Awidi, S. (2022) . (2022) . Barriers and enablers of educational access, participation and achievement: A case sectional analysis of three African countries
Monk, D. (2022) . (2022) . Community based participatory research in higher education
Sanford, K., Monk, D., Openjuru, M., & Anena, J. (2022) . (2022) . Learning from the ‘other’: COVID creating spaces to challenge western conceptions of education
Wedekind, V., Russon, J., Ramsarup, P., Monk, D., Metelerkamp, L., & McGrath, S. (2021) . (2021) . Conceptualising regional skills ecosystems: Reflections on four African cases . International Journal of Training and Development
Monk, D., Davidson, M., & Harris, J. (2021) . (2021) . Gender and education in Uganda . In: C. Mayo (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of gender and sexuality in education
Hammond-Todd, M., & Monk, D. (2021) . (2021) . Embracing love as an educational force in the Anthropocene . South African Journal of Environmental Education, 37(1)
Sanford, K., Monk, D., Openjuru, M., & Anena, J. (2021a). . (2021) . Rural education in Uganda leading the way: Responding to student needs
Sanford, K., Monk, D., Openjuru, M., & Anena, J. (2021b) . (2021) . Learning from Ugandan education
Monk, D., Metelerkamp, L., & McGrath, S. (2021) . (2021) . VET Africa 4.0: Reimaging research praxis for community development
Adrupio, S., & Monk, D. (2021) . (2021) . Rethinking agricultural extension education in Uganda
Monk, D. (2021a) . (2021) . Youth (business) solutions to waste management in Gulu
Vanderlinden, J., Monk, D., Adrupio, S., & Rodrigues, A. (2021) . (2021) . Rethinking agriculture extension in Mozambique and Uganda with Paulo Freire . canada:
Monk, D. (2021b) . (2021) . Participatory action research, environmental innovation, youth livelihoods
Monk, D. (2021c) . (2021) . Informality and youth livelihoods: Results from VET Africa 4.0
David Monk, Gloria Aber, Alice Veronica Lamwaka, Martin Odoch, George Openjuru . (2020) . Chapter 8 Engaging in a Movement of Cognitive Justice at the Gulu University K4C Hub, Uganda . In: Catherine A. Odora Hoppers, Bridging Knowledge Cultures, pp. 133-157. Available at: https://brill.com/display/book/9789004687769/BP000019.xml?body=pdf-60830
Beach, S. A., Nyirumbe, S. R., Monk, D., Pia Okecha, S. E., & Callow, J. (2020) . (2020) . Decolonizing Beginning Literacy Instruction: Views From Ugandan Teachers . The Reading Teacher, 74(2), pp. 217–222
Walton, E., McIntyre, J., Awidi, S., Dewet, N., Dixon, K., Madziva, R., Monk, D., & Chamunogwa, N. (2020) . (2020) . Compounded Exclusion: Education for Disabled Refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa . Frontiers in Education, 5(1)
Davidson, M., Harris, J., Hall, J., & Monk, D. (Eds.). (2020–2025) . (2020) . Sin frontera = without borders: A book series dedicated to coalitional politics, deep interdisciplinarity, community building, participatory research, and disruptive thought
Langole, S., & Monk, D. (2020) . (2020) . Background to peace and conflict in northern Uganda . In: J. Vanderlinden & A. Rodriques-Vasse (Eds.), Youth education and work in (post) conflict areas
Monk, D., Ongom, S., & Openjuru, G. (2020) . (2020) . When the guns fell silent: Poets 4 change and research for a sustainable future. . Gateways: International Journal of Community Research and Engagement, 12(2)
McGrath, S., Ramsarup, P., Zeelen, J., Wedekind, V., Allais, S., Lotz-Sisitka, H., Monk, D., Openjuru, G., & Russon, J. (2019). . (2019) . Vocational education and training for African development: a literature review . Journal of Vocational Education & Training, 72(4)
Monk, D., De Olivera, J., & Salvi, E. (2019) . (2019) . The heart of engagement. . Engaged Scholar, 9(1)
Hopper, T., Hong, F., Sanford, K., & Monk, D. (2018) . (2018) . What Is a Digital Electronic Portfolio in Teacher Education? A Case Study of Instructors’ and Students’ Enabling Insights on the Electronic Portfolio . Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, [online] Volume 44(2). Available at: https://www.learntechlib.org/p/184788/
Sanford, K., Jayme, B., & Monk, D. (2017) . (2017) . Creating dialogue and unschooling education . In: Singer & M. Harkins (Eds.), Voices from the margins: Conversations about schooling, social justice and diversity
Monk, D. (2017) . (2017) . Turning the tide: Learning to change in grassroots activism . Doctoral dissertation, University of Victoria
Hopper, T., Sanford, K., Monk, D., & Fu, H. (2016) . (2016) . Analyzing the application of ePortfolios in three professional programs: Education, social work and nursing co-create an ePortfolio process . Journal of Technologies and Human Usability, 12(2), pp. 13–35
Jayme, B. de O., Gough, K., Sanford, K., Monk, D., Mimick, K., & O’Connor, C. (2016) . (2016) . Museum hacking as adult education . In: D. E. Clover, K. Sanford, L. Bell, & K. Johnson (Eds.), Adult education, museums and art galleries: International issues in adult education
Jayme, B. de O., Monk, D., & Tremblay, C. (2016) . (2016) . Recycling stories: Lessons from community arts-based process and exhibition in Brazil . Journal of Adult and Continuing Education, 22(2), pp. 216–232
Tse, V., & Monk, D. (2015) . (2015) . Learning to Be: Emerging Discourse in Awakening Transformation in Education . Education, 21(1)
Monk, D. (2014) . (2014) . Introducing corporate power to the global education discourse . A Development Education Review, [online] Volume 33. Available at: https://www.developmenteducationreview.com/issue/issue-19/introducing-corporate-power-global-education-discourse
Monk, D. (2013a) . (2013) . John Dewey and Adult Learning in Museums . Adult Learning, 24(2)
Monk, D. (2013b) . (2013) . Global citizenship education in Canada: Whose role? . In: C. Broom & L. Wiseman (Eds.), Citizen education research network peer review collection , pp. 46-57. Available at: https://ojs-o.library.ubc.ca/index.php/CERJ/article/download/221/224/322
Monk, D. F. (2012) . (2012) . An Examination of Canadian Civil Society Organizations’ Role and Contribution to the Effort of Global Citizenship Education in Canada . Spectrum Research Repository

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Hall, B., Flores, I., Mercy, N., Monk, D., Mutalib, M. (2023). Keynote panel: Bridging Knowledge Cultures, Engaged Scholarship Conference, Michigan State University.