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[ September 22, 2021 ] UN Urged to Declare a Global Peace Education Day News & Highlights
[ September 22, 2021 ] “Argentina: Teachers lead national strategy for Comprehensive Environmental Education.” News & Highlights
[ September 20, 2021 ] Peace education for citizenship: a perspective for Eastern Europe Opinion
[ September 19, 2021 ] The Windfalls of War: Corruption is Integral to the Institution Opinion
[ September 18, 2021 ] Road to Peace Education: Peace and Violence from the Viewpoint of Children Research

New Book by Werner Wintersteiner: “Learning to rethink the world – plea for a planetary politics”

August 11, 2021 0

Werner Wintersteiner’s new book, “Learning to rethink the world – plea for a planetary politics. Lessons from Corona and other existential crises,” is open access available (in German). [continue reading…]

New book: Reclaimative Post-Conflict Justice

August 3, 2021 0

Janet Gerson and Dale Snauwaert present an important contribution to our understanding of post-conflict justice as an essential element of global ethics and justice through an exploration of the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI). Free preview of the foreword by Betty A. Reardon. [continue reading…]

Call for Book Chapters: Teaching Peace through Elimination of Violence

August 1, 2021 0

“Teaching Peace through Elimination of Violence” aims for the advancement of peace in and around schools by promoting a pedagogy of peace and nonviolence. Proposals due: November 15, 2021. [continue reading…]

New publication: Educating for Peace and Human Rights

July 16, 2021 0

The new book “Educating for Peace and Human Rights” introduces students and educators to the challenges and possibilities of implementing peace and human rights education in diverse global sites. [continue reading…]

New book “Renegades” positions Dubsmash and TikTok as culturally relevant pedagogy

July 6, 2021 0

“Renegades” offers an introduction to the world of social media dance apps while highlighting how these platforms can be used as a form of culturally responsive teaching. [continue reading…]

Book Review – Educating for peace and human rights: An introduction

June 30, 2021 0

In “Educating for peace and human rights: An introduction,” Maria Hantzopoulos and Monisha Bajaj have written an excellent introductory text that extends our understandings and serves as a platform for continuing to move scholars and practitioners forward in their study and implementation of peace and human rights education. [continue reading…]

Disarming Hearts and Minds

June 2, 2021 0

George E. Griener, Pierre Thompson & Elizabeth Weinberg explore the dual role of hibakusha, with some advocating for the total elimination of nuclear arms, while others dedicated their lives to the much less visible effort of transforming the hearts and minds. Thus, the legacy of the hibakusha can be fully appreciated by examining both manifestations of their leadership in the nuclear age. [continue reading…]

[New Book!] Decolonizing Conflicts, Security, Peace, Gender, Environment and Development in the Anthropocene

March 18, 2021 0

In this book of peer-reviewed texts prepared for the 27th Conference of IPRA in 2018, 25 authors from the Global South and the Global North address conflicts, security, peace, gender, environment, and development. [continue reading…]

New publication – “Engendering Climate Change: Learnings from South Asia”

March 16, 2021 0

Edited by Asha Hans, Nitya Rao, Anjal Prakash, & Amrita Patel, this book focuses on the gendered experiences of environmental change across different geographies and social contexts in South Asia and on diverse strategies of adapting to climate variability. Open access now available! [continue reading…]

Human Rights Education & Black Liberation

March 3, 2021 0

A special issue “Human Rights Education & Black Liberation” is now available from the International Journal of Human Rights Education. [continue reading…]