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This book edited by Dr Camila Devis-Rozental and Susanne Clarke explores how Communities of Practice can be an effective tool for supporting successful collaboration, whilst also creating the foundations for institutional change whilst championing a human-centred approach. The book was inspired by a project funded by The Organisational Development in Higher Education Network ODHE titled: Communities of Practice, Putting the heart back into Higher Education: reconnecting and learning from HE Communities of Practice to enable hybrid ways of working. 

Supported by both practical case studies and current research, this transdisciplinary book examines CoPs through a variety of critical lenses encouraging readers to consider CoPs within their own institutions to enable teamwork, a sense of belonging and community building. The chapter’s authors suggest strategies that readers can implement to create their own effective communities of practice.

The book includes chapters on Humanising practice, Cultivating knowledge, Interdisciplinary collaboration, Breaking down silos, Enabling organisational change, co-production championing social justice, enabling transformation and more. You can find the book here