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Emeritus Professor of Citizenship and Human Rights Education at IOE, UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society, London UK. Treasurer of International Association for Human Rights Education

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 5d
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...
Interrogating the intersections of global citizenship and human rights education
Published in Human Rights Education Review (Vol. 8, No. 3, 2025)
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 5d
⭐️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/
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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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 6d
🎉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
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International Association for Human Rights Education
Visit the post for more.
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 11d
🎉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

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · 25d
✅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
Learn about Human Rights Education Review aims & scope, editorial board, journal metrics and more.
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UCL Constitution Unit @conunitucl.bsky.social · 27d
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 👇
Constitution Unit publishes new briefings on constitutional principles and the health of democracy
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

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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

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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

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · Sep 10
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Browse the latest articles and research from Human Rights Education Review
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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
Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education: Research and Practice for Social Justice
Published in Nordic Journal of Human Rights (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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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
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Navigating academia: the intersectional experiences of Black Muslim female students in UK higher education
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...
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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

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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...
How US Universities Can Survive State Terrorism
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…
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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...
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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

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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...
An open letter from the presidents of Gaza universities
Our campuses may have been razed, but our universities continue to exist.
www.aljazeera.com

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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

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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...
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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

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Nordic perspectives on human rights education: research and practice for social justice
Published in Human Rights Education Review (Ahead of Print, 2025)
doi.org

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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

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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

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2025 IAHRE Conference – 12-13 June 2025 – London
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…
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · May 16
Join us for the launch of #nordicperspectivesonhumanrightsed at #IAHRE2025 UCL 12-13 June
Registration open here:

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · May 16
🎉Love sports?
🎉Passionate about securing #childrights?
🎉 @ursulak.bsky.social & @jtodres.bsky.social discuss how sports provide key setting for #HumanRightsEducation
🎉This & all 14 articles & 9 book reviews in HRER 8(1) free to download
@tandfonline.bsky.social
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Sport as a space for human rights education and children’s rights
Children’s participation in sport presents a key opportunity for the advancement of human rights education. Human rights education is recognised as vital to the realisation of human rights. However...
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · May 15
⭐️Do check out wonderful line-up that @beategold.bsky.social
& I brought together for Routledge anthology
⭐️Nordic Perspectives on #HumanRights Education: Research & Practice for Social Justice’
From across Nordic Region and beyond
⭐️Many #OpenAccess chapters
www.routledge.com/Nordic-Persp...
Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education: Research and Practice for Social Justice
Backed by a range of case studies and recent developments in human rights education research, Nordic Perspectives on Human Rights Education guides readers through an analysis of educational inequities...
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · May 13
⭐️Important Council of Europe report
⭐️Addresses fear, double standards, populism, youth activism & disengagement, attacks on DEI, gender-based violence & more
⭐️Key points here for education policy & educators

edoc.coe.int/en/annual-ac...
Towards a new democracy pact for Europe - Annual report of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe 2025
"We cannot meet today’s challenges with yesterday’s playbook. And we must never forget that democracy is our first line of defence. What Europe needs is a reset: a New Democratic Pact for Europe." Ala...
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · May 12
Maria Luis Queriros Isabel Duarte & Pedro Ferreira discuss challenges in educating migrant students in #Portugal
Teachers lack intercultural skills & provide minimalist #HRE
@tandfresearch.bsky.social

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · May 10
HRER has a review of @audreyosler.bsky.social ‘s book
Where are you from? No, where are you really from? by @suegollifer.bsky.social & Richard Greaves
Check it out- #OpenAccess
@tandfresearch.bsky.social
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Disrupting colonial myths and false truths: the educative power of narratives
Published in Human Rights Education Review (Vol. 8, No. 1, 2025)
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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · May 9
☑️Early childhood educators are invited to check out this article by @carmelward.bsky.social @queensuniv.bsky.social
☑️research explores how insights from young children can contribute to a #pedagogy of #HumanRights
☑️ #OpenAccess - free to download!

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Emotions and human rights education in early childhood: insights from young children in Rwanda
Human rights education in early childhood should be relevant to children’s experiences, however there is a tendency to avoid the subject. This paper draws from a participatory study undertaken in R...
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Audrey Osler @audreyosler.bsky.social · May 8
Look forward to #SlavesoftheEmpire @ukasianfilmfest.bsky.social Phoenix #Leicester tomorrow 9 May
Wonder how stories of those enslaved by colonial era #Dutch in Kerala in compare with that of three times great grandfather enslaved by #British #EastIndiaCompany in #Madras late 18th century
Blue paperback book ‘Where are you from? No, where are you really from’ published Virago 2024. Also available as audiobook

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Human Rights Education Review @hrer.bsky.social · May 8
In this #OpenAccess article Johan Kruger explores how #SouthAfrican students’ constitutional and human right to freedom of expression is linked to teachers’ management styles & influenced by a generational divide
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A South-African perspective: managing learners’ right to freedom of expression in the classroom
This study explores how teachers in post-Apartheid South Africa manage classrooms to promote freedom of expression while maintaining boundaries and ensuring learner safety, in the context of the co...
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