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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 8d

✔️NEW Call for Papers from HRER

✔️Intercultural history, human rights and citizenship education for inclusion in diverse societies

✔️Scholars are encouraged to submit abstracts by 6 January 2026

✔️Invited papers due by 31 May 2026
For further details visit
global-iahre.org/get-involved/

Special Issue 2027: Intercultural history, human rights, and citizenship education for inclusion in diverse societies Call for Papers: deadline for abstract submission – 6 January 2026&n…

Human Rights Education and Global Citizenship: an analysis of Sri Lankan Civic Education curricula

Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · 10d

Delighted to be publishing this, HRER’s first article focusing on #SriLanka
Hoping to publish many more!
@hrer.bsky.social has an open call for papers
@kalpanid.bsky.social @rkshanks.bsky.social @suzanneegan.bsky.social @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 10d

⭐️NEW #OpenAccess article by Lasni Buddhihashika Jayasooriya

⭐️Examines Sri Lankan #civics curriculum

⭐️ #HRE for living together #postconflict

#peace #SriLanka
#GlobalCitizenshipEd

⭐️in Special Issue on #gce with editors @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social & Jia Ying Neoh

doi.org/10.1080/2535...

Human Rights Education (HRE) is crucial for Sri Lanka, having endured a 26-year-long civil war and various violent experiences arising from ethnic, religious and political tensions. In the context ...

Human Rights Education and Global Citizenship: an analysis of Sri Lankan Civic Education curricula

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 10d

⭐️NEW #OpenAccess article by Lasni Buddhihashika Jayasooriya

⭐️Examines Sri Lankan #civics curriculum

⭐️ #HRE for living together #postconflict

#peace #SriLanka
#GlobalCitizenshipEd

⭐️in Special Issue on #gce with editors @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social & Jia Ying Neoh

doi.org/10.1080/2535...

Human Rights Education (HRE) is crucial for Sri Lanka, having endured a 26-year-long civil war and various violent experiences arising from ethnic, religious and political tensions. In the context ...

Five pillars of transformative global citizenship education: toward integration of the rights of Indigenous Peoples and internally displaced peoples

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 13d

We are delighted to publish this article by @yuliasnesterova.bsky.social & colleagues @uofglasgow.bsky.social examining #HumanRights in #GlobalCitizenshipEd using 2 case studies:

#IDPs in #Azerbaijan

#Indigenous people in Taiwan

#OpenAccess
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/2535...

This conceptual paper proposes a Global Citizenship Education (GCE) framework that is inclusive and supportive of the rights of two of the most marginalised communities: Indigenous Peoples and refu...

Empowering global citizens beyond nationalism: teaching the ‘comfort women’ history through human rights education in South Korea

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 16d

How do we teach difficult history & avoid ethnonationalism when facing the past?
Boeun Cha #Yonsei University Seoul & Jing Williams University of South Dakota discuss case of #ComfortWomen #HistoryEd
#GCE & #HRE special issue @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social & Jia Ying Neoh
doi.org/10.1080/2535...

This qualitative case study examines how human rights education (HRE) is integrated into teaching the history of Japanese military ‘comfort women’ in South Korea to empower students as global citiz...

3rd International IAHRE Conference 26-27 May 2026 – Münster, Germany

Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · 17d

✅Just a few days left to submit your abstract to #IAHRE2026
✅Deadline is 17 November
✅A friendly conference where all are welcome

Caroline Ferguson @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social · 18d

Call for Conference Abstracts #cfp International Association for Human Rights Education Conference Münster Germany May 2026. A supportive scholarly community committed to human rights education through teaching, learning, and research global-iahre.org/research/

Re-imagining Human Rights Education in a Turbulent World Abstract Deadline Extended until 17 November 2025 Venue: Zfsl An den Speichern 5, 48157 Münster, Germany Conference Announcement and Call fo…

3rd International IAHRE Conference 26-27 May 2026 – Münster, Germany

Caroline Ferguson @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social · 20d

Call for Conference Abstracts! #humanrightsed #humanrights #cfp
Theme: Re-imagining Human Rights Education in a Turbulent World 26-27 May Münster Germany global-iahre.org/research/

Re-imagining Human Rights Education in a Turbulent World Abstract Deadline Extended until 17 November 2025 Venue: Zfsl An den Speichern 5, 48157 Münster, Germany Conference Announcement and Call fo…

Interrogating the intersections of global citizenship and human rights education

Caroline Ferguson @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social · 20d

New Special Issue published! @hrer.bsky.social Global citizenship education and human rights. What are the connections? Outstanding articles that expand concepts of GCE & HRE. Read our editorial here ➡️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Published in Human Rights Education Review (Vol. 8, No. 3, 2025)

Interrogating the intersections of global citizenship and human rights education

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 20d

HRER is delighted to announce Special Issue 8(3) Global Citizenship Education & Human Rights
12 articles on #GCE & #HRE from
#Azerbaijan #Australia #China #SouthKorea #SriLanka #Pakistan #UK #USA
🎉Congratulations Guest Editors @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social & Jia Ying Neoh doi.org/10.1080/2535...

Published in Human Rights Education Review (Vol. 8, No. 3, 2025)

3rd International IAHRE Conference 26-27 May 2026 – Münster, Germany

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 20d

⭐️IAHRE 2026 has just extended the deadline for abstract submissions for the annual conference in May 2026 until 17 November 2025.
⭐️It will take place in the charming town of Muenster, Germany 26-27 May
⭐️We look forward to welcoming you
⭐️Check out the full details here global-iahre.org/research/

Re-imagining Human Rights Education in a Turbulent World Abstract Deadline Extended until 17 November 2025 Venue: Zfsl An den Speichern 5, 48157 Münster, Germany Conference Announcement and Call fo…

International Association for Human Rights Education

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 21d

🎉Today marks 75th anniversary of European Convention on Human Rights.
🎉Let’s strengthen human rights education- something we all need to protect us
🎉join International Association for Human Rights Education to network & support HRE research
global-iahre.org

Visit the post for more.

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 27d

🎉Great to this important piece -how #HumanRights of Indigenous Peoples & IDPs are incorporated in #GlobalCitizenshipEd
🎉now available #OpenAccess
🎉Congratulations @yuliasnesterova.bsky.social & others @uofglasgow.bsky.social
🎉 @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social Jia Ying Neoh

doi.org/10.1080/2535...

Learn about Human Rights Education Review

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Oct 16

✅Check out HRER news for details of the Call for Papers for #IAHRE2026 conference ‘Re-imagining Human Rights Education in a Turbulent World’
✅26-27 May 2025 Muenster, Germany
✅Abstracts due 3 Nov 2025

www.tandfonline.com/journals/rhr...

Learn about Human Rights Education Review aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more.

Constitution Unit publishes new briefings on constitutional principles and the health of democracy

UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · Oct 15

It is briefings day!

We are releasing newly updated versions of our briefings, plus three new ones!

The series covers topics from the constitutional principles that underpin democracy to the role of citizens' assemblies.

Use this mega-thread to browse them.

And find out more 👇

The Constitution Unit has today published new and updated briefings as part of its Constitutional Principles and the Health of Democracy project.

www.ucl.ac.uk

Claire Cock-Starkey @nonfictioness.bsky.social · Sep 15

Spotted Mythology Land on the shelves of Waterstones and Heffers in Cambridge this morning 😍

Row of beautiful illustrated children's books in Heffers, Cambridge, including my book Mythology Land

Shelf of illustrated kids books in Waterstones Cambridge including my book Mythology Land

Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Sep 13

Deeply saddened to learn of the death of Conor Gearty
His contribution as a human rights scholar has been immense
His readiness to speak up for justice is one more human rights educators need to emulate

www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...

‘Inspirational’ human rights lawyer Conor Gearty dies aged 67

President Michael D Higgins leads tributes for Longford-born law professor and author

www.irishtimes.com

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Sep 10

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Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education: Research and Practice for Social Justice

Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Sep 10

⭐️Really appreciate @drtoddlandman.bsky.social review of our edited book ‘Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education’ doi.org/10.1080/1891...

⭐️ @beategold.bsky.social & I are grateful for the support of a wonderful team of authors from #Denmark #Finland #Iceland #Norway #Sweden #Canada #US #UK

Published in Nordic Journal of Human Rights (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Navigating academia: the intersectional experiences of Black Muslim female students in UK higher education

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Aug 21

GENDER PERSPECTIVES
⭐️ @sadiyaosman.bsky.social University of #Leicester explores the intersectional experiences by #gender #ethnicity & #religion of Black Muslim women in #UK #HigherEducation
⭐️Must-read for all working to enable equity & inclusion
⭐️Check it out
#academicsky
doi.org/10.1080/2535...

This article critically explores the structural and cultural exclusions faced by Black Muslim women (BMW) in higher education HE in the UK. It addresses the persistent elitism and growing awareness...

How US Universities Can Survive State Terrorism

Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Aug 12

You can read Christina Johnson’s review of ‘Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education’ here doi.org/10.1080/2535...
@tuijakasa.bsky.social @beategold.bsky.social @suegollifer.bsky.social @mccowan.bsky.social

Ethan Zuckerman @ethanz.bsky.social · Aug 6

"These are not normal times. and these are not my normal job duties." My friend Catherine d'Ignazio describes being a professor under state terrorism, a description that resonates with my experience as well: academeblog.org/2025/08/05/h...

BY CATHERINE D’IGNAZIO As a professor at MIT, I find myself navigating strange waters these days. Last semester, I advised the thesis of a student who left the country because she did not fee…

academeblog.org

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Feb 12

At #7 in our countdown of most cited articles is Carole Hahn’s analysis of teaching about, for and through #HumanRights in #Denmark, #Germany, #Netherlands & UK
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Human Rights Teaching: Snapshots from Four Countries

This article examines how some schools with ethnically diverse student populations are teaching about, for, and through human rights. The author conducted a secondary analysis of qualitative data f...

An open letter from the presidents of Gaza universities

Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Jul 27

Just learned that ‘Human Rights & Schooling’ is selected by National Academy of Sciences Republic of #Korea as an Excellent Academic Book
I’m greatly honoured by this prestigious award
Warm thanks to translators Drs Sunun Park & Jihye Park for their work and commitment to #HumanRightsEducation

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Jul 17

A call to work for:
sustainable ceasefire without which no education system can thrive
end to complicity with genocide mobilisation to support HE as vital to Palestinian future
Recognition of scholasticide as war on education

www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...

Our campuses may have been razed, but our universities continue to exist.

www.aljazeera.com

Human Rights Law Centre (HRLC) @uon-hrlc.bsky.social · Jul 16

In 2025, our Annual Human Rights Conference returned on the theme of 'Human Rights under Pressure'.

Amid growing global threats to human rights, this conference brought together leading experts to consider the prospects for pushback globally, regionally & nationally.

🔗 Watch here: bit.ly/4lwz9Jx

Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Jul 14

As #SouthAsianHeritageMonth begins, I look forward to great events & share my family story from South India: ‘Where are you from? No where are you really from?’
From 18th century ancestors were migrants in each generation
Journeys prompted by war, economic crisis, enslavement, love
#RootstoRoutes

Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler's mixed-heritage family, over three centuries. Whether o...

www.virago.co.uk

Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · Jun 25

🎉Delighted that Christine Johnsson’s @mau.se review of ‘Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education’ (2025) is now free to read /download
🎉The review in @hrer.bsky.social is book’s first
🎉Check it out!
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
@beategold.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/2535...

Nordic perspectives on human rights education: research and practice for social justice

Published in Human Rights Education Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)

2025 IAHRE Conference – 12-13 June 2025 – London

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Jun 12

So excited to see #IAHRE2025 get going with a critique of academic human rights sceptics by by @Shami Chakrabarti on the right and left #HumanRightsTheCasefortheDefence

Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · May 21

⭐️We look forward to welcoming colleagues to the IAHRE conference in London 12-13 June
⭐️HRER is the official journal of IAHRE
⭐️It’s not too late to register, do join us!
@rkshanks.bsky.social @kalpanid.bsky.social @dralistruthers.bsky.social @audreyosler.bsky.social

global-iahre.org/research/

Human Rights Education and Youth Empowerment Thursday 12 June from 12.30pm and Friday 13 June 2025 9.30 – 16.00 Venue: IOE UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0…