Planetary boundaries sound very abstract & high level, this year, for the first time @eraju.bsky.social & I contributed a chapter how breaching these boundaries has affected people around the world: losing lives, livelihoods, health… & for whom the limits of adaptation have been reached.

“We are facing a planetary emergency. The breach of the Ocean Acidification boundary is a stark scientific warning and a moral call to action. Without healthy oceans, peace, prosperity & stability are at risk everywhere. We must act now...to safeguard this life-support system for future generations"

In new report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities recommends States "𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐚 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐑𝐂": lnkd.in/dyX6hKEK #ChildRights #OPFRED

🧠 One in three felt they rarely or never get to make decisions or see their ideas used in school. 🙇‍♀️ Just over three in four believe they do well at schoolwork. 🧑‍💼 72% think it will help them get a good job.

#ECER2025 Belgrade Keynotes will be livestreamed on Wednesday, 10 September and Thursday, 11 September 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST). Click here for info on the speakers and their keynotes and the links to the livestreams https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers

Notice; An upcoming talk as part of my Schools 10th anniversary seminar series - ‘The Coloniality of Sexual Violence’ by Prof Alison Phipps, Sept, 10, 4pm, UCD - venue details & booking below (through QR code) all welcome #speirgorm

Children’s views on how relevant education is for them and for their future should be at the centre of any discussions in policy-making about schools and curriculum reform. In Ireland this is possible thanks to the support of the NCCA and the @cslstudyucd.bsky.social #edchatIE #edchat #edusky

Thrilled to see our report on children’s experiences of the transition from primary to post-primary schools launched today! Key findings in the thread below 👇🏼 A massive thanks to the almost 200 schools that have worked with us over 5 years, children, teachers, principals, and their parents... 🥰

🧠📚 What does it mean to teach Northern Ireland’s recent past in a climate of managerialism? Clare McAuley & Caitlin Donnelly explore how teachers navigate personal histories, curriculum goals & institutional pressures in divided societies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/0013... #OpenAccess

📚 new open access book: "Climate Assemblies - New Civic Institutions for a Climate-Changed World" 🌍 ✅ 25 co-authors examine the state of the field and the reasons behind the growing hope and hype about climate assemblies ✅Free PDF available here 👉🏼 www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Great resources for teachers of CSPE, history and geography from Global Education Time available at www.globaleducationtime.eu/ireland/

“What Will Climate Feel Like In 60 Years?” Is A VERY Useful Interactive larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2025/08/19/w...

Academic job: Associate Professorship of Climate Change and Child Health at the University of Oxford (UK). Applications are due by 28 August. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD157/a...

We've created a detailed list of 139 films on childhood, which can be used for teaching these subjects: www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/media/c...

It's hard to see what we're not seeing when working from the dominant or majority (normative) social position. As researchers, we share a normative but rarely critically considered position as ADULTS. This means our research has likely been shaped by adult-centrism. I made a resource.

I wrote about #ungrading and my experience in the 5 years since the book appeared. You can read the e-book on my substack. open.substack.com/pub/susandbl...

Call for articles by early-career academics: "Early Childhood Studies: Global Perspectives." For a special issue of the journal Research in Education, Curriculum, and Pedagogy: Global Perspectives. Abstracts are due by 10 August. recap.at-journals.com/recap/index....

4) Demanding Transparency and the Ability to Opt Out "Faculty, staff & students lack...meaningful avenues to opt out of AI-based tools" "It is the prerogative of educators to determine the best pedagogy...to decide whether AI...in learning is detrimental or simply inappropriate in some cases." 6/9

WorldWise Global Schools Permanent Vacancy: Education Officer – Munster Area. Find out more : www.worldwiseschools.ie/careers/

The Journal of Creative Research Methods is a space for the #CreativeResearchMethods community; it publishes critical and engaged work on creative research methods and welcomes contributions. Sign up to our newsletter to learn more: buff.ly/byPirsy

On behalf of the Critical Children's Rights Research Network, I'd like to invite you to join us on the book launch for our recently published companion. We have a great line up of speakers, and we are looking forward to discussing the book with you. Any Q's let me know!

Academic job: Postdoctoral researchers for a project on children and youth at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Applications are due by 22 July. tauler.seu-e.cat/detall?idEns...

Thousands meet their MPs to show huge demand for climate action

📢New piece alert! Read Child's Rights International Network's take on #SB62 and what must happen at #COP30 on JTWP and NDCs, using the Advisory Opinion of the IACtHR and the right to a healthy environment as a normative background for the negotiations: home.crin.org/readlistenwa...

Routledge Education will be publishing a book about The Froebel Partnership's work - 'Being and Becoming a Froebelian Community of Evidenced Practice' by Chris Pascal, Tony Bertram, Sally Cave, Sue Bennett, Tina Bruce, Anne Denham and Helen Lyndon. Coming in Autumn 2025! @crecuk.bsky.social‬

🔥⚖️🌐final countdown to a historic moment for #ClimateJustice: in a few minutes, InterAmerican Court of Human Rights will deliver landmark authoritative judicial opinion on States' climate obligations #AOLetsGo #OpiniónConsultiva 🧵key elements of context & analysis in thread👇

Applications now open for our new micro-credential in Working with People of Refugee Background, commencing September 4th 2025. This has been developed in partnership with the Irish Refugee Council Further info at this link: www.ucd.ie/microcredent...

What is pettiness? Is it always morally problematic? I wrote a new post on Substack about these questions. Take a look and let me know what you think. open.substack.com/pub/danielva...

It was an absolute treat to spend the last couple of days at the University of Padova, thinking with colleagues from all around Europe, what are the key competencies most urgently needed in #HumanRightsEducation Thanks to the EMA-UNIP programme and the Global Campus Human Rights. #VARiEGroup

My opinion piece that will appear in tomorrow’s issue of Nature. It is about what we lose when international students are treated as risks rather than as contributors - when border controls override civic imagination www.nature.com/articles/d41...

📕 Out now: Chalisa Chintrakarn's #BookReview of "Critical racial and decolonial literacies: breaking the silence" edited by Debbie Bargallie and Nilmini Fernando ‪@brisunipress.bsky.social‬ Click to read 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0013...

Delving into an entirely new topic and doing a literature review, performed with an example (on hospital ethnography) www.raulpacheco.org/2021/03/delv... #RPVSky Are you wondering how should you undertake a full-fledged literature review? Fear not. In this post, I walk you through the process.

Happy pride from our rainbow garden 🌈 #LoveIsLove

If we choose not to act, Or fail to adapt, Then suffer we will. #ShowYourStripes

New policy brief on PublicPolicy.ie by @seaneens.bsky.social, @dympnadevine.bsky.social adevine.bsky.social, @gmsainz.bsky.social, Olga Ioannidou & Jennifer Symonds @cslstudyucd.bsky.social : “Wellbeing in Children’s School Lives – The Importance of Belonging”. publicpolicy.ie/papers/wellb...

Call for colloquium papers: "Acknowledge Place and More-than-Human: Conceptualisation of Children and Youth’s Living Spaces in the Anthropocene." Abstracts are due by 25 August. The colloquium will take place online in October.

A must-read for every educational 'experts' (I know a few) who have been eagerly advocating for embedding more AI into the classroom. #dusky #edchatIE time.com/7295195/ai-c...

"A kind person knows that kindness takes multiple forms [...] When we are on the receiving end, we not only get help when we most need it, but also get to know someone better and bear witness to a little miracle." - @drdanielvazquez.bsky.social danielvazquezh.substack.com/p/kindness-i...

God bless @katie-drummond.bsky.social and her team. www.wired.com/how-to-win-a...

Just learnt that the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of climate change is now also calling for a climate agenda beyond decarbonisation, including both defossilisation and detoxification.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲? A new paper reveals educators see sustainability education as key in empowering young people, but what’s needed is implementation in curricula. Our work involves advocating for this vital change: se-ed.org.uk/our-work/cha... #edusky #climate

About 123 million remain forcibly displaced as a result of conflict, violence, persecution and human rights violations.

Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration.

This isn't a stalled gender revolution. It's a gender counter-revolution. And the most troubling part is that it's younger men and boys the leading charge. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/o...

⚖️ The upcoming Advisory Opinion on the #climate emergency by the IACtHR can transform lives across the Americas. 🗓️ To learn more about this landmark decision, register now for a webinar next Tuesday, June 10: bit.ly/4kyvxFU @ucs.org @wy4cj.bsky.social @greenpeace.org @earthjustice.org

I received a 30-month jail sentence for nonviolent resistance. Why so harsh? Because protest works | Indigo Rumbelow

When you are teaching, you can't never be sure things will 'click' in your students' minds... you hope they will but can't never be 💯 sure. Then you read their assignments and realise they got it, they absolutely got it! 🥳 A short story of engaged pedagogies working out in Higher Education 🧵

A Toolkit for Educators to Explore Qualitative Data in Schools www.childtrends.org/publications...

👏 Our brilliant student Orla Shiels won the award for best poster presentation at the European Conference on Social Media last week in Portugal. Her research explores the influence of social media platforms on how adolescents develop their identity. @ucddublin.bsky.social #EdChatIE #VARiE