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My research interests are in widening participation, the internationalisation of university education, decolonising the curriculum and intercultural communication. 

If you are interested in teaching materials which promote a non-essentialist approach to intercultural communication, then take a look at the website below, the result of a BALEAP (British Association of Lecturers of English for Academic Purposes) funded project:

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2021  British Council EME (English Medium Education) and Gender Research Grant Co-authored and won bid with Dr Caroline Burns, Dr Bill Guariento, Associate Professor Roger Penlington (���ϲ�����), Ms Amani Al-Mgadma and Professor Hatem Elaydi (Islamic University of Gaza). Project title: An EME-focussed investigation into barriers facing female engineers. Amount: £100,000.

2021  CUSP (Culture for Sustainable and Inclusive) Peace Award (University of Glasgow, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Global Challenges Research Fund) Small Grant, Capacity and Partnership Building Strand Co-authored and won bid with Dr Caroline Burns, Dr Bill Guariento, Associate Professor Roger Penlington (���ϲ�����), Ms Amani Al-Mgadma and Professor Hatem Elaydi (Islamic University of Gaza). Project title: Listening to the needs of women to develop female-centred engineering solutions after war through story circles. Amount: £10,000.

2019  BALEAP Collaborative Practice Funding Co-authored and won bid with Dr Caroline Burns (lead researcher), ���ϲ�����, Dr Guy Middleton (researcher), ���ϲ����� and Dr Stephanie Bridges (researcher) Nottingham University, Ms Jenny O’Neill, Careers Adviser, ���ϲ�����, Ms Ellen Cole, Scholarly Publications Librarian, ���ϲ�����. Project title: Getting to know me, getting to know you: Developing materials to enhance intercultural conversations based on a non-essentialist model of culture. Amount: £1,000.

2016  Erasmus Staff Mobility Award (For teaching Academic English at Jaén University, Spain)

• ‘Blocks’ and threads’: Chinese students’ constructions of ‘culture’ in their reflections on ‘critical incidents’ experienced during a short-term study abroad programme in the UK, Carnaffan, J., Burns, C. 23 Jan 2025, In: Language and Intercultural Communication
• Peace education, militarism and neo-liberalism: conceptual reflections with empirical findings from the UK, Behr, H., Megoran, N., Carnaffan, J. 2 Jan 2018, In: Journal of Peace Education
• Sharing the Benefits of Rural Tourism? A Multi-Scalar Analysis of Responsible, Homestay Tourism in Rural Peru, Carnaffan, J. 2014, Rural Tourism , Cambridge, Cambridge Scholars Publishing

• Other: CUSP (Culture for Sustainable Peace) network award, 2021. Development of Intercultural Competencies for women engineers: a Story Circles approach. Amount: £10,000 2021
• Other: British Council EME (English Medium Education) and Gender Research Grant, 2021. An EME-focussed investigation into barriers facing female engineers. Amount: £100,000 2021
• Other: BALEAP Collaborative Practice Funding, 2019. Getting to know me, getting to know you: Developing materials to enhance intercultural conversations based on a non-essentialist model of culture. £1,000. 2019
• Invited talk: Title: Internationalisation and widening participation narratives: synergies and pedagogical implications 2019
• Oral presentation: Critical reflections on teaching intercultural communication (competence) on a three week course for Chinese students 2019
• Oral presentation: Internationalisation and widening participation narratives: synergies and pedagogical implications 2019
• Oral presentation: Internationalisation and widening participation narratives: synergies and pedagogical implications 2019

I have been a lecturer in English for Academic Language Skills at ���ϲ����� since 1995 (with breaks to teach in Japan and study for my PhD at Newcastle University). I am currently teaching courses on academic writing and research skills for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

I have taught English language in Spain, Paraguay, Bulgaria and Japan. I also have also lectured in Human Geography, specialising in Latin American Development and Sustainable Tourism.

I have been Senior Adjunct Lecturer at Luxembourg University, where I delivered short courses on research article writing and conference skills to postgraduate researchers.

I have an academic background in Modern Languages, Social Sciences, Research Methods and Tourism and Development.

I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

• Geography PhD November 30 2009
• Research Methods MA September 30 2004
• Social Studies/Science MA September 30 2004
• Modern Languages PGCE August 31 1993
• Modern Languages June 30 1992