Senior professors - if you want to help your junior colleagues in these times, I am begging you, review our papers. I have done 25 manuscript reviews in the last 6 years. But my own manuscript is stalled out waiting for reviewers. Relatedly, I won't be doing any more reviews until tenure. 🧪

This weekend I gave a presentation to a group of mostly college-aged folks and had a little line at the beginning of my slides that described it as an "AI-free presentation made by a human, for humans" and I had to pause for clapping at that part you love to see it

Exactly 💯

"Our lecturers are very supportive and approachable, every student feels they belong" - Current student What an endorsement at today's webinar for prospective students where I talked about the MSc in Education, Children & Youth, our innovative research-based programme. hub.ucd.ie/usis/!W_HU_M...

"Empathy is a key element of our education system, one that we are trying to find ways of teaching to students. A simple example of showing empathy is to listen to students and let your interactions with them be led by their needs, not your own ideology." Great piece by @conorsmurf.bsky.social

Hilma af Klint (1862 – 1944) Swedish artist and mystic whose paintings are considered to be among, if not the first major abstract works in Western art history #Womensart

It was great to present at #CIES2026 with my dear colleague @suegollifer.bsky.social the findings of our comparative study on how Initial Teacher Education programmes embed the aims of education established in the UNCRC (Art 29). #ChildRights #AcademicSky #VARiEResearch #RightsEducation

My lecture today was on Peace & education and it is the first time in years that students were simply unable to imagine a world without violence. The violent and genocidal times we are living in have eroded hope, are slowly but steadily limiting our imagination of better futures. #HigherEd

A very short introduction to the project Holistic Sustainable Wellbeing in Higher Education - what it is and why it matters? youtube.com/clip/UgkxXgJ... #academicsky #HigherEd #SustainablePedagogies

📘 "Decolonizing epistemologies and worldviews in education: new ways of knowing in education and policy" ed. by Michael Kariwo & Chouaib El Bouhali Read Maarit Jaakkola's #BookReview here 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0013... @maaritjii.bsky.social @routledgebooks.bsky.social

The quest to build a better AI tutor It’s easy to get swept up in the hype about artificial intelligence tutors. But the evidence so far suggests caution. Some studies have found that chatbot tutors can backfire because students lean on them too heavily, get spoonfed solutions and fail to absorb…

Today I join the youngest members of the @ucddublin.bsky.social community in our fundraising for cancer. I will be walking with a group of 4-5 years old + ECEC professionals from our crèche supporting children's rights to participate in their community. www.relayforlife.ie/fundraisers/...

🚨 Today, we launch Report 9 from the #CSLstudy, ‘Experiences of the Transition to Post-Primary Schooling’ 🔗 Download the report from our website at: cslstudy.ie/downloads/CS... 🧵 Read about some of the key findings below – ⬇️ 1/18

We are delighted to welcome the next presenter in the #VARiEResearch Seminar Series 'Understanding the World(s) of Children' on young people's participation in civic and research spaces Join us in person at the School of Education UCD or online by registering at the following link: lnkd.in/dSmTznan

Applications now open for this year’s EUI summer course on human rights. Two weeks of thinking through the theme of ‘Imagining Planetary Legal Orders’ with convenors @tim-lindgren.bsky.social , Arnulf Becker Lorca, faculty, artists and activists. Apply! www.eui.eu/apply?id=ael...

Walking around campus in Spring is one of the best perks of the job. @ucddublin.bsky.social

We're delighted to interview Manfred Liebel and Philip Meade about their new book - Adultism: A Critical Introduction to Discrimination Against Children: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...

This is a fantastic book for children (and adults!) to learn about social movements & protests through history but also a great resource on activism repertoire as it showcases individual + collective actions that can be used today in current fights for #SocialJustice #ClimateAction and #HumanRights

Ta-Nehisi Coates said, “You can’t talent your way to writing. It’s built. It’s a built thing. It’s a made thing. So the real thing you got to do is you got to come back to that bad writing and you’ve got to revise.” Like James Baldwin said, “I’m not a writer. I’m a re-writer.”

When policymakers cannot 'find the evidence they need' to make decisions, it should not be understood that the problem lies with Universities or researchers. For me it seems that the problem with engaged research is in the 'bridges', and while researchers must help build them it is not their role.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Last week the College of Social Sciences and Law at @ucddublin.bsky.social celebrated its anniversary with a research & engagement day. The event brought together academics and policy makers to discuss how to address major social challenges through research. My 🔑 take aways and highlights:

The Center for Education Policy Research (CEPR) at Harvard is hiring two Postdoctoral Fellows #AEFP2026 check it out! apply.interfolio.com/183181

"Casual Democracy: News, Participation, and Deliberation in Local Communities Dominated by Social Media" link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #Free2DownloadAndRead

The journal Children & Society is seeking new co-editors. Applications are due by 31 March. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Today we are putting a spotlight on PIRLS and the latest results for Ireland. The PIRLS assessment that measures reading achievement among primary school pupils, usually those in Fourth Class (around age 9–10). More information on the results of PIRLS 2021 can be found at www.erc.ie

Other things in my life have needed full attention, so I totally forgot that book number 10 was due to make its way into the world! A great collab! This book shows you how to work with the research mess without getting into a mess. I hope people enjoy ❤️ www.routledge.com/Managing-You...

8 Marzo / March 8th #IWD2026

This was a phenomenal week by any academic metrics: - our paper of the Craft my street project was finally published 🙌🏽 - I hosted an international forum on Youth #HumanRightsEducation with amazing colleagues 🌎 - I obtained my Aurora Leadership certificate 🎓 But what I am most thankful for?

What are the key pedagogical principles to make sure that #ClimateEducation and #ClimateParticipation are child-friendly, engaging and empowering? Can Minecraft be an effective educational tool for #ClimateAction? Our latest paper from the Craft-my-Street Project explores these questions.

At the Aurora event on the future of #HigherEducation and the panel discussion keeps going from hopeful pathways forward to very bleak ones. It surprises me how regions and organisations have different concerns (priorities?) and make sense of the global challenges in contrasting ways. #IAmAurora

One of the textbooks I use when I teach my "Qualitative Data Analysis and Interpretation" Masters/PhD-level course is the Bryman and Burgess edited volume, "Analyzing Qualitative Data". I found a #Free2DownloadAndRead copy here: www.gmu.ac.ir/Dorsapax/use...

It was great to have Dr Max von Blanckenburg from University of Regensburg as guest lecturer at @ucddublin.bsky.social. Ina collaborative lecture we addressed ways in which teachers can foster a culture of constructive debate while teaching controversial topics in the classroom. #TeachSDGs #Edchat

Join us on Bluesky for #LTHEchat on Wednesday 18th February at 8pm GMT with guest @jacquithijm.bsky.social to discuss how can we empower students to be part of a larger university ‘It is not just about belonging, it is also about mattering’ Check out the blog post: lthechat.com/2026/02/13/l...

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

As part of my #Climate Fellowship at @ucdearth.bsky.social I will be presenting next week at a fantastic event organised by the Learning Planet Institute on Child-Centred #ClimateEducation through storytelling for agency, empowerment and hope. All welcome in-person or online: lnkd.in/eF65VKW9

CFP: "Towards just places through children’s geographies in, of, and for, education." For a session at the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society (London, September). The session is co-organized by our member, Lauren Hammond. Abstracts are due by 2 March.

This week, I learned about the passing of my doctoral supervisor Prof @drkeithstaber.bsky.social. I remember vividly our conversations, his inquisitive yet always friendly approach to academic dialogue, and how passionate he was about education in general and, particularly, educational research.

Call for conference papers: "New Frontiers in Youth Participation." The conference will take place in June at the University of Galway (Ireland). Abstracts are due by 6 March. universityofgalwayunesco.clr.events/event/139308

A special issue of the Canadian Journal of Children's Rights is out, titled 'Children's Rights and Decolonial Perspectives: Challenging dominant modes of knowledge production': ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/cj...

Colombian minister Irene Vélez Torres explains her views on fossil fuels being excluded from the COP30 text. "The problem is, right now, the method [is] only of consensus”, with “the most ambitious agenda” ending up “eliminated”. She added: “We still believe that a change in the text is possible."

The UN Rights of the Child and COP 30 should be aligned www.linkedin.com/posts/mikiko...

Call for chapters for an edited collection: "Analysing Leading Works in Children's Rights." The book is co-edited by our member, Elizabeth Faulkner. Abstracts are due by 30 January, 2026.

Growing numbers of families have been contacting us seeking the choice of an Educate Together school in recent years. This is a fabulous opportunity for those families to have their voices heard. Parents asked to take part in primary school ethos survey www.rte.ie/news/educati...

Nothing reveals capitalism’s reification of labor, history & knowledge than a technology that no one wants or asked for, will literally torch the planet, will destroy art, literature & work itself, & yet we are told is also unstoppable, inevitable & we must pour tremendous resources into supporting

#Education and #wellbeing as silos: Siân Ephgrave & Lizzi O. Milligan call for integrated and relational approaches to learning and wellness in schools. Read #OpenAccess 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0013... @lizziom.bsky.social

This is one of my absolute favourite lectures on our local and global challenges module- @ucddublin.bsky.social / UvA. Epistemic cultures and challenges working in interdisciplinary teams to address global issues. We used the Views of Science - Frame Reflection Lab which sparked great discussion

Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act. Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.

We're delighted to interview our members, Aoife Daly, Pernilla Leviner, and Rebecca Thorburn Stern, about their edited collection - Treated Like a Child: Age Discrimination and Children's Rights: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi...