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Launch of The Cambridge Handbook of Democratic Education on 8 September 2023
Democratic education is central to the functioning and flourishing of modern multicultural democracies, and yet it is subject to increasing public controversy and political pressure. Waning public trust in government institutions, sustained attacks on democratic...
Publication of Article on Democratic Citizenship Education in Digitized Societies in Educational Theory
In this article I offer a new conceptualization of democratic citizenship education in light of the transformations brought about by the use of digital technologies. My conceptualization adopts a deliberative understanding of democracy that provides a systemic...
The Cambridge Handbook of Democratic Education (Cambridge University Press, 2023)
What kind of education is needed for democracy? How can education respond to the challenges that current democracies face? This unprecedented Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the most important ideas, issues, and thinkers within democratic education. Its...
Symposium in Journal of Global Ethics: Peter Hägel’s Billionaires in World Politics (OUP, 2020)
The central aim of Peter Hägel’s Billionaires in World Politics is to challenge the assumption that private individuals lack agency and power in world politics – an assumption that is widely shared in the field of International Relations. Hägel’s methodological...
New Article: Global Educational Justice
My article on global educational justice in The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Education (London: Routledge), edited by Randall Curren, came out in October of 2022.
New Article: Four Challenges to Political Autonomy Education in Contemporary Public Spheres
My article on challenges to political autonomy education in contemporary public spheres was published in a special issue of On Education, edited by Anne Rohstock, in September of 2022.
New Edited Book: “Liberal Democratic Education: A Paradigm in Crisis”
Liberal Democratic Education: A Paradigm in Crisis is the first volume of the series Philosophy of Education – Debates and Constellations (Leiden: Brill) – it came out in April of 2022.
Democratic Theory Lecture Series Event Recaps
Event recaps of the lecture series on Contemporary European Democratic Theory are available.
New Article: Democratic Education and the Crisis of Representative Democracy
My article on democratic education and the crisis of representative democracy was published in the Zeitschrift für Pädagogik in 2021.
New Edited Book: Education and Migration
Together with Danielle Zwarthoed I have co-edited a special issue for The Journal of Global Ethics on “Education and Migration.” The special issue has now been published with Routledge as edited collection Education and Migration.