Piers von Berg
@pvonberg.bsky.social
S Lecturer in Law at Birmingham City University. Citizenship and human rights educator and researcher. Transformative ed, critical pedagogy - globaltransformative.wixsite.com/gten. Surfer.
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✅Democracy under threat
✅Important agenda here for education, and for holding our governments to account on human rights & rule of law
✅Do check it out!
✅Important agenda here for education, and for holding our governments to account on human rights & rule of law
✅Do check it out!
⭐️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...
⭐️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...
edoc.coe.int
May 13, 2025 at 8:18 AM
✅Democracy under threat
✅Important agenda here for education, and for holding our governments to account on human rights & rule of law
✅Do check it out!
✅Important agenda here for education, and for holding our governments to account on human rights & rule of law
✅Do check it out!
Reposted by Piers von Berg
Thanks to my friends over at @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the opportunity to do this interview about moral panics and the trans moment.
reacpol.net/moral-panics...
reacpol.net/moral-panics...
Interview: Moral panics and legal projects (Sandra Duffy) - Reactionary Politics Research Network
This interview is based on Sandra Duffy's article 'Moral panics and legal projects: echoes of Section 28 in United Kingdom transgender discourse and law reform' (2025)
reacpol.net
May 7, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Thanks to my friends over at @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the opportunity to do this interview about moral panics and the trans moment.
reacpol.net/moral-panics...
reacpol.net/moral-panics...
Transformative learning helps learners understand injustice and then address it in their own lives. But what kind of educational spaces facilitate this?
I show how combining critical reflection, experiential learning and participatory theatre create liminal spaces for learners to humanise others.
I show how combining critical reflection, experiential learning and participatory theatre create liminal spaces for learners to humanise others.
Congratulations @pvonberg.bsky.social for new #OpenAccess article in vol8(1) exploring the concept of liminality in #HigherEducation in informing transformative human rights education
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Exploring liminality for transformative human rights education in higher education
This paper proposes liminality as a concept for enabling transformative human rights education. Liminal spaces, times and subjectivities can facilitate critical reflection on identity, communities ...
www.tandfonline.com
May 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Transformative learning helps learners understand injustice and then address it in their own lives. But what kind of educational spaces facilitate this?
I show how combining critical reflection, experiential learning and participatory theatre create liminal spaces for learners to humanise others.
I show how combining critical reflection, experiential learning and participatory theatre create liminal spaces for learners to humanise others.
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🎒 Dr @sarafelix.bsky.social (@kingsinterhums.bsky.social) and Nyashadzashe Mandivenga (LSE) are co-editors of a new e-book exploring the colonial, neoliberal & capitalist foundations of global #education systems, offering alternative models that acknowledge youth power & agency.
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Education systems need to challenge capitalist and colonial roots, says new book
Challenging colonialism and neoliberalism in education systems is the route to re-imaging global structures, says a new book co-edited by Dr Sara Camacho Felix, Senior Lecturer in Global Cultures and…
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February 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
🎒 Dr @sarafelix.bsky.social (@kingsinterhums.bsky.social) and Nyashadzashe Mandivenga (LSE) are co-editors of a new e-book exploring the colonial, neoliberal & capitalist foundations of global #education systems, offering alternative models that acknowledge youth power & agency.
🔗 Discover more ⤵️
🔗 Discover more ⤵️