SOAS, University of London (The School of Oriental and African Studies)

Overview

Name:

Dr Mandy Bentham

Email address:

mb68@soas.ac.uk

Telephone:

020 7898 4511

Address:

SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG

Building:

Russell Square: College Buildings

Office No:

RG01

Office Hours:

Monday to Friday from 9am until 5pm

Biography

Mandy obtained her PhD in International Relations in 1994. Her research investigated the policy-making processes in international organizations in relation to global drug control by developing a theoretical framework for understanding the dynamics of changing values and norms towards the ‘drug problem’. Her thesis was published as The Politics of Drug Control, by Macmillan Press and in the US by St Martin’s Press.

Her research has influenced her current interests in relation to the impact of virtual learning environments (VLEs) on HEIs and the interface between communication and information technology and the management of change. She has taught in Denmark, Turkey, Mali, and the West Bank. While working in West Africa she became involved in the application of technology to support distant learning provision. On returning to the UK to teach International Relations and Policy Studies at City University she began to explore the possibilities offered by new learning technologies to complement face-to-face teaching, developing a collaborative problem-based approach to teaching online.