Final Programme - PEER Network

Day 1: Tuesday, 20 June 2023

13.00-13.30	Welcome and Registration
13.30-14.00	Opening Remarks Prof. Simon Thomson, Head of the School of ESW, University of Sussex Prof. Mario Novelli, University of Sussex
14.00-16.00	Roundtable discussion Chair: Mario Novelli Speakers: Dr. Maha Shuayb, University of Cambridge & Centre for Lebanese Studies Dr. Laila Kadiwal, Institute of Education, UCL Prof. Tejendra Pherali, Institute of Education, UCL Dr. Sean Higgins, University of Sussex
16.00-16.30	Break
16.30-18.00	Panel 1 – Policies and Programmes on education and conflict Chair/Discussant: Tejendra Pherali, Institute of Education, UCL Rohingya Education: Digital Technology Program Design and Evaluation through Community-based Participation in Cox’s Bazar Ambreen Lakhani, Department of Culture, Communication and Media Institute of Education, UCL Combining Multiple Datasets to Improve Educational Outcomes for Children in Countries Affected by Conflict: A Case Study of Afghanistan. Amanda Meyer, University of Edinburgh ‘Permissive Spaces’: Education Policy Enactments in authoritarian contexts Martin Preston, University of Bristol
19.00	Dinner

Day 2: Wednesday, 21 June 2023

09.00–09.30	Welcome and Coffee
09.30-11.00	Panel 2 – Higher Education, Conflict, and Peacebuilding Chair/Discussant: Helen Murray, University of Sussex Peeling the Multiple Layers of Inequalities in Higher Education: The Case of Syria Oudai Tozan, Cambridge University ‘Cult Pandering’ and the Geopolitics of Russian War Demonstrations at Syrian Universities Jee Rubin, Cambridge University The role of higher education in peacebuilding: A case study of four different universities in Nepal Ganesh Khadka, Institute of Education, UCL
11.00-11.30	Break
11.30–13.00	Panel 3 – Pedagogies and Peacebuilding in conflict contexts Chair/Discussant: Sean Higgins, University of Sussex (Re)imagining pedagogies from ‘below’* for teaching about Transitional Justice in the Peruvian context* Paola Sarmiento, University of Bristol Rethinking/conceptualizing Education for Peace and/or Societal Transformation: The Radical Pedagogy of the Kurdish Movement as a Political Project Ozlem Kocyigit, University of Edinburgh Breaking barriers: Pukhtun women’s agency for peacebuilding in Pakistan Sadaf Yasir, Institute of Education, (UCL) Beyond the buzz word(s) towards meaningful progress in understanding and enacting healthy international relationships: a case study of the relationship between a small INGO and a school in Rwanda, 2013-present Angie Kotler, University of Sussex
13.00–14.00	Lunch
14.00–15.30	Panel 4 – Rethinking inclusion/exclusion in education and conflict Chair/Discussant: Maha Shuayb, University of Cambridge & Centre for Lebanese Studies At the intersection of disability and refugeehood: exploring whether and how disabled Syrian refugee children access education opportunities and learning spaces in Lebanon Giada Costantini, University of Birmingham Street Children and Experiences of Work in Beirut City: Towards Learning Trajectories Cyrine Saab, Institute of Education, UCL The Production of Girls’ Education in Afghanistan? A Cultural Political Economy Analysis and Critique Abdul Ghairat, University of Sussex
15.30-16.00	Coffee break
16.00–17.30	Panel 5 – Evolving Concepts and Framings in the field of education and conflict Chair: Birgul Kutan, University of Sussex Discussant: Tejendra Pherali, Institute of Education, UCL Conceptualizing Capacity Development in Afghanistan for Education Government Officials Farzana Bardai, University of Sussex Neoliberal Resilience in Refugee Contexts: Would a Responsiblation Policy Build Global Peace and Security? Salahuddine Al Mugharbil, University of Ulster Assessing education transformation for learners in conflict and crisis contexts Susan Nicolai, Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex
17.30–18.00	Closing remarks

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