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Welcome to my blog on value-creating global citizenship education in which I post items that engage with strategies and approaches to value-creating education, including relevant news related to education for sustainability and global citizenship, and developments in the field of Soka studies in education.

Brief Bio: Namrata SHARMA, PhD

Faculty State University of New York, Consultant

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Dr. Namrata Sharma is on the faculty at the State University of New York, USA, and an expert with the United Nations Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network (UN HwN). She is an international education consultant and has served on the Boards of several professional organizations in India, USA, and Europe. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Delhi University, SRCC, India; a master’s degree in education from Soka University, Tokyo, Japan; and a Ph.D. from the University College London – Institute of Education (IOE), UK. She worked as faculty at the University of Nottingham in the UK before her move to the US. She has authored several books, research papers, and articles.

Dr. Sharma has specialist interests in Global Citizenship Education, Sustainability Education, International and Comparative Education. In her ongoing research work she is engaged in drawing meaningful linkages between teaching the UNESCO-led initiatives of Global Citizenship Education and Sustainability.

Selected Publications

authored books include:

Education for sustainability and global citizenship: Intercultural, ethical, and justice-based approaches (Bloomsbury, 2025).

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Book launches for this volume include:

Book launch hosted by the UNESCO Chair at the University of San Andrés, Argentina,
8 May 2025. Session details on this link.

Book launch hosted at the University of Alcalá, Spain, 20 February 2025.

authored journal articles include:

Sharma, N., and Kobashikawa T. (2024). Preserving biodiversity of the Amazon: Pedagogical implications for harmonious coexistence, sustainability and global citizenship. ZEP – Zeitschrift für internationale Bildungsforschung und Entwicklungspädagogik, 47(1), 16-19. https://doi.org/10.31244/zep.2024.01.05 (Open access link.)

selected presentations:

Invited speaker, Academic Reading Group Session, Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities, 13 May 2021. For a detailed view of the session see this link.

Keynote address, Development Education Research Centre, University College London – Institute of Education (IOE), UK, 23 May 2019. (Recorded presentation & among top 10 most viewed DERC videos.)

SELECTED interviews:

Faggioli, R. (Host). (2023, August 22). A value-creating approach. Dialogues with the advisory board: Interview with Namrata Sharma. In GLOCITED. University of Bologna. (Link to the article read online.)

Vilela, M. (Host). (2021, October 19). Namrata Sharma: Finding the linkages between global citizenship education, education for sustainable development and value creating education. In Earth Charter Podcast: Turning conscience into action [Audio podcast]. Earth Charter International. (Link to the podcast on Spotify, Apple, and Google podcast. Featured as Earth Charter top 5 podcast episodes.)