Leadership for social justice in conflict-affected societies: Lessons learned from school leaders in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq
This blog presents the outcomes of a recent study that examined school leadership in the Kurdistan Region in Iraq (KRI). The study took place in five schools and analysed senior leaders’ perspectives and practices of social justice education by drawing on John Smyth scholarship of socially just and socially critical leadership.
Stories of Women Displaced by ISIS: A Social Justice Perspective on the Educational Experiences of Young Women in Iraq
In the shadow of grave injustices that continue to affect Iraq as a result of decades of war and insecurity, one reality remains staggering: the repeated conflicts in Iraq have particularly left a profound impact on its women, especially those who had to endure unspeakable horrors during ISIS’s invasion of Mosul and the Nineveh Plain in 2014.
Supporting Libraries Post Conflict: How Ulster University is contributing to a capacity-building project at Mosul University, Iraq
By Dr Jessica Bates (Senior Lecturer), Janet Peden (Director of Library Services) and Professor Kelsey Shanks (UNESCO chair), Ulster University Libraries are recognised as having a crucial role for societies and communities emerging and recovering from conflict. ...
The Politics of Education: Iraq and the Kurdistan Region Cases
By Sherko Kirmanj This blog explores the politics of education in Iraq and the Kurdistan Federal Region through a critical examination of the history and societal studies textbooks for school years four to twelve students in both regions. The analysis focuses on how...
