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Professor Alan Smith is the UNESCO Chair in Education for Pluralism, Human Rights and Democracy at the University of Ulster, Northern Ireland. He has been a British Council visiting fellow to Nigeria and Indonesia, and a visiting research fellow to the Hong Kong Institute of Education and the University of Amsterdam. He was a contributing author and adviser to the Education for All, Global Monitoring Report (2011) based on his work related to education and conflict. He is currently a technical advisor to the UNICEF Peacebuilding, Education and Advocacy programme, a €150 million initiative funded by the Government of the Netherlands involving 14 conflict affected countries.

Experience

  • 1999–present
    UNESCO Chair, Ulster

Education

  • 1985 
    D.Phil, Ulster
  • 1978 
    B.Sc (Hons), Ulster

Publications

  • 2014
    Contemporary Challenges for Education in Conflict Affected Countries, Journal of International and Comparative Education, (3) 1: 113-125.
  • 2011
    Education and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland., In: J. Paulson (ed) Education and Reconciliation: Exploring Conflict and Post Conflict Situations, London, Continuum, pp. 55-80.
  • 2011
    The Role of Education in Peacebuilding. A synthesis report of findings from Lebanon, Nepal and Sierra Leone., New York: UNICEF.
  • 2011
    Education and Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Contexts. A Literature Review., New York: UNICEF.
  • 2011
    A Political Economy Analysis of Education in Nepal, Kathmandu: EC
  • 2010
    The influence of education on conflict and peace building, Paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2011 The Hidden Crisis: Armed conflict and education, Paris: UNESCO.
  • 2007
    The Role of Education: Conflict, Reconstruction and Reconciliation , In: Leach, F. and Dunne, M. (eds) Education and Conflict, Oxford, Peter Lang.
  • 2005
    Education in the 21st Century: Conflict, Reconstruction and Reconciliation., Compare, Journal of the British Association for International and Comparative Education, Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 373-391.
  • 2005
    Investing in Systemic Change through Curriculum, Textbooks and Teachers, In: Education, Social Cohesion and Diversity, Washington, DC, World Bank, Cht 2, pp.2-18.
  • 2003
    Education, Conflict and International Development. , London, UK Department for International Development (DFID)
  • 2003
    Citizenship Education in Northern Ireland: beyond national identity?, Cambridge Journal of Education, Vol.33, No.1, pp.15-31.
  • 2002
    Civic Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade. UNICEF, UNESCO and Open Society Institute
  • 2001
    Religious Segregation and the Emergence of Integrated Schools in Northern Ireland, Oxford Review of Education, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp.559-75.

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