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Call for papers: International Conference for Education and Democratic Citizenship

9 February 2018

The 12th annual International Conference for Education and Democratic Citizenship (ICEDC) takes place on Friday 15 June 2018 and is inviting paper submissions.

The conference will examine educational responses to current challenges in the world, including the current political climate, populism, economic policies, extremist ideologies and climate change.

The conference will also explore themes relating to the United Nations challenge to implement the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Governments have committed in principle to ensuring that by 2030:

"all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural diversity and of culture's contribution to sustainable development" (SDG 4).

The conference organisers particularly invite papers that look afresh at education for citizenship and human rights in these challenging times, welcoming papers that address any aspect of education for human rights and democratic citizenship. This can include struggles to develop democratic citizenship and human rights education or to promote a democratic and human rights culture in schools or the community.

Papers may address, but are not restricted to, the following themes:

  • Implementing Sustainable Development Goal 4
  • Critical approaches to global citizenship education
  • Reimagining human rights education
  • Minorities' struggles, challenges to ethno-nationalism and hate speech
  • Justice, democracy and gender identities
  • Children's rights in education
  • Social media and democracy

Submissions

Abstracts of no more than 300 words including name, institutional affiliation and contact email should be sent, no later than Monday 12 March 2018 to: Professor Hugh Starkey h.starkey@ucl.ac.uk.

All abstracts will be peer reviewed by members of the ICEDC steering group. Please indicate whether you would prefer to give an oral or a poster presentation.

Applicants will be informed of the outcome of the review by Monday 19 March 2018. As in previous years, selected papers will be considered for publication in the peer-reviewed journal London Review of Education.

Media contact

Rowan Walker, UCL Media Relations
rowan.walker@ucl.ac.uk
+44 (0)20 3108 8516

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