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Caroline Ferguson
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PhD Education. Vice-President the Social & Citizenship Education Association of Australia. Academic at The University of Sydney. Associate Editor Human Rights Education Review. Global citizenship, teacher education, youth experience.
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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....
Interrogating the intersections of global citizenship and human rights education
Published in Human Rights Education Review (Vol. 8, No. 3, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
Reposted by Caroline Ferguson
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📣#callforpapers for those working in #history #education and #inclusion
hrer.bsky.social 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/
Human Rights Education Review
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…
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November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Exploring how stories with female role models might contribute education for girls’ rights
Kate Mackenzie explores possible tensions between human rights & global citizenship values
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Real-life and fictional role models as a resource for rights education for and about girls
Mae Jemison, Little People Big Dreams by Maria Isabel Sánchez Vegara and Janna Morton, tells the story of the first African American woman astronaut. In the novel Johnny Mad Dog by Emmanuel Dongala...
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November 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Three excellent books on what the #ClimateEmergency means for higher education & how universities should respond 📚 🧵

1️⃣ Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis by @edufuturist.bsky.social

www.universitiesonfire.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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📣#callforpapers for those working in #history #education and #inclusion
hrer.bsky.social 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/
Human Rights Education Review
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…
global-iahre.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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From the new Special Issue of Human Rights Education Review examining the intersection of #Globalcitizenship and #humanrights
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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NEW How do national policy agendas shape understanding of #GCE & human rights?
Studying #EFL teachers in China Enze Guo & @zczlpz1.bsky.social discuss views of justice-oriented #HigherEducation teachers
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Patriotic global citizenship? Reinterpreting insights from university EFL teachers in China
This study investigates how Chinese university English as a Foreign Language teachers conceptualise global citizenship in the context of global polycrisis and China’s rising international prominenc...
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November 19, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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NEW Lipei Wang discusses how a Chinese high school rethinks #HumanRights & #GCE thro’ Confuscian values
Read this through a university library or join #IAHRE to read it & more for free global-iahre.org/membership/

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Rethinking human rights and global citizenship education through Confucian values: insights from a Chinese high school
This article explores a Confucian perspective on human rights education (HRE) and global citizenship education (GCE). In dialogue with Western liberal and communitarian traditions of human rights a...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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hrer.bsky.social
✔️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/
Human Rights Education Review
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…
global-iahre.org
November 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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⭐️NEW Ricardo Roemhild & Greg William Misiaszek argue Earth’s rights are integral to #HRE since social & environmental justice is interrelated
⭐️Check this out in Special Issue on #GlobalCitizenshipEd & human rights
⭐️Edited by @drcarolineferguson.bsky.social & Jia Ying Neoh

doi.org/10.1080/2535...
Are human rights enough? – extending HRE frameworks through ecopedagogical perspectives
This article explores intersections of human rights (HR) discourses and (environmental) global citizenship education (GCE) by applying ecopedagogical perspectives to expand both HR frameworks and G...
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November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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hrer.bsky.social
⭐️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 and Global Citizenship: an analysis of Sri Lankan Civic Education curricula
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 ...
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November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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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
November 16, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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⭐️NEW article by @doclazar.bsky.social exploring how #GlobalCitizenshipEd might be incorporated into US curricula
⭐️Special Issue #GCE & #HRE

🆓Access International Association for Human Rights Education members

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Cultivating global citizens: merging human rights and multicultural education into a global citizenship curriculum in the U.S
This article explores the integration of Global Citizenship Education (GCE), Multicultural Education (MCE), and Human Rights Education (HRE) to address global challenges and foster inclusive, equit...
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November 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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#CfP ‼️📣 Deadline approaching ‼️ #humanrights #education Scholars and practitioners: Submit your 300-word abstracts for the Conference of the International Association for Human Rights Education, Münster May 2026! global-iahre.org/research/
3rd International IAHRE Conference 26-27 May 2026 – Münster, Germany
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…
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November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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As humanitarian crises escalate, improving refugee education has never been more pressing. Julie Matthews and Quentin Maire highlight initiatives for refugee education around the world. https://loom.ly/Tb2oehY
For refugees, the right to learn is uneven. Here's how to change
Refugees: our book offers hope to respond to the multiplicity of forms of suffering and destruction for the marginalised and the dispossessed
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November 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️

Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!

See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) at University of Warwick
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Abstracts have been extended to 8 December for the Relation-Centered Education Network Conference at Griffith University (Gold Coast) in June 2026.

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November 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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📣 Published! It has been a wonderful experience to guest edit this Special Issue of Human Rights Education Review with Dr Jia Ying Neoh on global citizenship education #gce & human rights education #hre Innovative scholarship expanding concepts in both fields www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhre20/c...
Human Rights Education Review
Global Citizenship Education and Human Rights. Volume 8, Issue 3 of Human Rights Education Review
www.tandfonline.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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📣 New publication! Special Issue of Human Rights Education Review Guest Edited by Dr Caroline Ferguson & Dr Jia Ying Neoh @sydney.edu.au on Global Citizenship Education #gce & Human Rights Education #hre Innovative scholarship expanding concepts in both fields www.tandfonline.com/toc/rhre20/c...
Human Rights Education Review
Global Citizenship Education and Human Rights. Volume 8, Issue 3 of Human Rights Education Review
www.tandfonline.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Reposted by Caroline Ferguson
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📣🎉New Issue of The Social Educator out now! This is the journal of The Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia. Fresh, impactful articles on innovative practice, research & theoretical analysis of citizenship education search.informit.org/journal/socedu
The Social Educator
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November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
drcarolineferguson.bsky.social
#CfP ‼️📣 Deadline approaching ‼️ #humanrights #education Scholars and practitioners: Submit your 300-word abstracts for the Conference of the International Association for Human Rights Education, Münster May 2026! global-iahre.org/research/
3rd International IAHRE Conference 26-27 May 2026 – Münster, Germany
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…
global-iahre.org
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
drcarolineferguson.bsky.social
📣🎉New Issue of The Social Educator out now! This is the journal of The Social and Citizenship Education Association of Australia. Fresh, impactful articles on innovative practice, research & theoretical analysis of citizenship education search.informit.org/journal/socedu
The Social Educator
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November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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tandfresearch.bsky.social
Congratulations on your publication, and thank you for publishing with us! 👏
drcarolineferguson.bsky.social 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....
Interrogating the intersections of global citizenship and human rights education
Published in Human Rights Education Review (Vol. 8, No. 3, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Reposted by Caroline Ferguson
hrer.bsky.social
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...
Empowering global citizens beyond nationalism: teaching the ‘comfort women’ history through human rights education in South Korea
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...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Reposted by Caroline Ferguson
audreyosler.bsky.social
✅Just a few days left to submit your abstract to #IAHRE2026
✅Deadline is 17 November
✅A friendly conference where all are welcome
November 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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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/
3rd International IAHRE Conference 26-27 May 2026 – Münster, Germany
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…
global-iahre.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM