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Peace and Human Rights Education

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Olivia Johnston
Edith Cowan University
2
Dalal Iriqat
Arab American University
3
Jackie Ravet
University of Aberdeen
4
Julia Dobson
Faculty (United Kingdom)
5
Elisheva Cohen
Indiana University Bloomington
6
Audrey Bryan
Dublin City University
7
Benjamin Bowman
University of Bath
8
Rufadha Akhter Dr. Younis Ahmad Sheikh
Unknown
9
Arthur Galamba
King's College London
10
Prem Prasad Poudel
Tribhuvan University

Rising Stars Papers

1
Educide amid conflict: the struggle of the Palestinian education system
Quality Education for All|2025
43 cit.
2
Enactment of English medium instruction in under-resourced educational contexts: A case of multilingual public secondary schools in Nepal
System|2024
22 cit.
3
The ethics of AI or techno-solutionism? UNESCO’s policy guidance on AI in education
British Journal of Sociology of Education|2025
22 cit.
4
Understanding global citizenship education in the classroom: A case study of teaching practices
Education Citizenship and Social Justice|2024
6 cit.
5
The Equity of Class Ability Grouping Practices in Australian Education: Findings from a Survey in Western Australia and Queensland
The Asia-Pacific Education Researcher|2024
5 cit.
6
‘Bearing witness to negativity’: towards just futures of education
Irish Educational Studies|2024
5 cit.
7
Doing enactment within the logics of policy privatisation: how inclusion policy can be interpreted and translated for English as an Additional Language/Dialect (EAL/D) students
Language and Education|2024
4 cit.
8
Embedding indigeneity in formal schooling: a case of tharu teachers’ indigenous pedagogy in Nepal
Diaspora Indigenous and Minority Education|2024
3 cit.
9
International law: Israel's fig leaf or a route to Palestinian statehood?
Political Geography|2024
3 cit.
10
Why do schools continue to use between-class ability grouping?
Prospects|2024
3 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Pamina Firchow
George Mason University
2
Kevin Kester
Seoul National University
3
Sanja Badanjak
University of Edinburgh
4
Zühre Emanet
SOAS University of London
5
Gabriela Martínez Sainz
University College Dublin
6
Dana M. Landau
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
7
Mervi Kaukko
Tampere University
8
Jennifer Shand
The University of Western Australia
9
Mandy Andrews
University of Plymouth
10
Meytal Nasie
Tel Aviv University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Global citizenship education and peace education: Toward a postcritical praxis
Educational Philosophy and Theory|2022
60 cit.
2
Higher education peacebuilding in conflict-affected societies: beyond the good/bad binary
International journal of comparative education and development|2022
45 cit.
3
‘That teacher really likes me’ - Student-teacher interactions that initiate teacher expectation effects by developing caring relationships
Learning and Instruction|2022
28 cit.
4
Four questions for teaching conflict for peace, justice, and sustainability: higher education roles and responsibilities
Teaching in Higher Education|2024
26 cit.
5
Teenagers learn through play too: communicating high expectations through a playful learning approach
The Australian Educational Researcher|2022
22 cit.
6
Populist peacemaking: Trump's peace initiatives in the Middle East and the Balkans
International Affairs|2022
21 cit.
7
Faceless, voiceless child – Ethics of visual anonymity in research with children and young people
Childhood|2022
21 cit.
8
Diversity beliefs are associated with orientations to teaching for diversity and social justice: A study among German and Finnish student teachers
Teaching and Teacher Education|2023
20 cit.
9
Revisiting ‘Asia as method’ in education research: problems and prospects
Asia Pacific Education Review|2023
19 cit.
10
Perceived respect from the adversary group can improve intergroup attitudes in a context of intractable conflict
British Journal of Social Psychology|2023
17 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Oliver P. Richmond
Ewha Womans University
2
Roger T. Johnson
University of Minnesota
3
Carol Taylor
University of Bath
4
Francisco O. Ramírez
Stanford University
5
Håvard Strand
University of Oslo
6
Mieke T. A. Lopes Cardozo
GGD Amsterdam
7
Zvi Bekerman
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
8
Daniel Bar‐Tal
Tel Aviv University
9
Ann Quennerstedt
Örebro University
10
Michalinos Zembylas
Michigan State University

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
World Society and the Nation‐State
American Journal of Sociology|1997
4.7k cit.
2
Armed Conflict 1946-2001: A New Dataset
Journal of Peace Research|2002
3.8k cit.
3
An Educational Psychology Success Story: Social Interdependence Theory and Cooperative Learning
Educational Researcher|2009
2.5k cit.
4
Pedagogies of Engagement: Classroom-Based Practices
Journal of Engineering Education|2005
1.5k cit.
5
Making cooperative learning work
Theory Into Practice|1999
1.3k cit.
6
The Local Turn in Peace Building: a critical agenda for peace
Third World Quarterly|2013
1.1k cit.
7
Emotions and Teacher Identity: A poststructural perspective
Teachers and Teaching|2003
931 cit.
8
Promoting early adolescents' achievement and peer relationships: The effects of cooperative, competitive, and individualistic goal structures.
Psychological Bulletin|2008
820 cit.
9
Sociopsychological Foundations of Intractable Conflicts
American Behavioral Scientist|2007
786 cit.
10
New Developments in Social Interdependence Theory
Genetic Social and General Psychology Monographs|2005
760 cit.

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