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Explore Earth Charter Masterclass Recordings for Global Citizenship

The Earth Charter International (ECI) is located at the University for Peace in Costa Rica. It has made available recordings of its Earth Charter Masterclass Series. These sessions were originally delivered live between 2022 and 2023.

As mentioned on the ECI website: The full collection includes 20 Masterclasses in English, 7 in Spanish and 7 in Portuguese. The topics range from ethical leadership and sustainability to climate action and education.

Read details and watch here!

Also includes a Masterclass on Global Citizenship Education: Challenges and Opportunities – with Namrata Sharma

This class is aimed to:

  1. Offer an introduction to what global citizenship is, and what it means to be part of a global community; 
  2. Explore some approaches to teaching and pedagogy, including from less widely known perspectives; 
  3. Make connections between global citizenship education and the Earth Charter; 
  4. Engage with practical ideas and support for teachers who want to introduce global education into their practice (including guides, resources and further readings); 
  5. Offer links to networks of researchers and practitioners working in the field of global education, and related areas.

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Video: Book launch, “Education for Sustainable Futures: Global Citizenship and the Earth Charter”

Watch a recording of the recent launch of “Education for Sustainable Futures: Global Citizenship and the Earth Charter“, an important new Emerald collection. The event features a brief outline of the work, and discussion with contributors on the themes that it covers. Watch it here.

Links available for further details of the launch, and the book website.

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Book Review: Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship (Bloomsbury 2025)

Review of the book, “Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship: Intercultural, ethical and justice-based approaches” by Nicole Blum in the International Review of Education.

Blum, N. (2025). Education for sustainability and global citizenship: Intercultural, ethical and justice-based approaches. International Review of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11159-025-10209-7

Namrata Sharma, Faculty, Consultant, UN Expert education for sustainability and global citizenship, Sustainability and Global Citizenship

Blog Post: Advancing Global Education and Democracy through the Practice of Value-Creating Education

This blog post is an outcome of a panel discussion held at the Academic Network on Global Education and Learning (ANGEL) Conference 2025 in Berlin, Germany between 4-6 June. It discusses the need for political education, sustained critical reflection, and an emphasis on human development as essential for advancing the aims of global education.

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Podcast Interview on Sustainability and Global Citizenship Education

In this episode Dr. Deepak Bhatt from Business Talk interviews Dr. Namrata Sharma, faculty State University of New York, who discusses outcomes from her new book, Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship (Bloomsbury 2025). The interview is aimed at a wider audience, beyond educators and academics, and for all those interested in working on sustainability issues within their own communities.

The recorded interview is available on these podcast channels:

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Academic Conference on Global Education in Germany: Symposium on Value-Creating Education

Symposium panel held at the 2025 Academic Network on Global Education and Learning (ANGEL) Conference in Berlin. Featured on the front page of the Seikyo Newspaper in Japan.

Panel session commemorating the birth anniversary of Japanese educator, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi was held on June 6th. The session included discussions on the theory and current global practice of value-creating education, an approach to curriculum that emerged in 1930s Japan in response to an increasingly militaristic educational system focused on creating subjects of the state rather than contributive citizens of local and global communities.

Seikyo Newspaper clip below:

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New Book Addresses Teaching for Sustainability and Global Citizenship

Delighted to announce the arrival of my new book, Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship: Intercultural, ethical, and justice-based approaches published by Bloomsbury (2025).

It asks how we can address teaching for sustainability and global citizenship for social-ecological justice based on alternative paradigms, and offers practical solutions for planetary citizenship for educators and policymakers, including teaching and curriculum guidelines.

Link to the book, Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship

Link to the B𝗼𝗼𝗸 P𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄

Book Launch for Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship: event held at the Daisaku Ikeda Research Institute for Education and Development (IEDDAI), University of Alcalá, Spain on 20 February 2025. Recorded on YouTube.

Join the next book launch webinar event at the Development Education Research Center (DERC), IOE – University College London (UCL) on 23 April 2025.