Transitional Justice and Education

Engaging Young People in Peacebuilding and Reconciliation

Contributions by Najwa Belkziz Contributions by Denise Bentrovato Contributions by Jasmina Brankovic Contributions by Ruben Bücking Contributions by Sara Clarke-Habibi Contributions by Roger Duthie Contributions by Stefana Fratila Contributions by Daniel Haumschild Contributions by Clara Ramírez-Barat Contributions by Maria Andrea Rocha Contributions by Ties Schelfhout Contributions by Martina Schulze Contributions by Nadia Siddiqui Edited by Clara Ramírez-Barat Edited by Martina Schulze

Book cover: Transitional Justice and Education

Extent: 252 pages

Publisher: V&R unipress

Subjects: Social Sciences 

Series: Eckert. Die Schriftenreihe

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(July 2018)

ISBN: 9783847108375

6.1 x 9.13 inches

Price: $44.00

In stock

In the aftermath of conflict and mass violence, education has been one of the tools with which societies have sought to achieve positive transformation. While education has the potential to trigger, maintain, and exacerbate conflict, it has also been designed to promote a deeper, more nuanced understanding of the past and to advance reconciliation, peacebuilding, and prevention. The original contributions in the book reflect on lessons learned from education policies of the past in post-conflict societies and seek innovative, sustainable, and context-sensitive grassroots approaches, designed to advocate critical thinking, values of inclusion and tolerance, and ultimately a culture of peace.


This volume addresses the role and importance of education for processes of transitional justice. In the aftermath of conflict and mass violence, education has been one of the tools with which societies have sought to achieve positive transformation. While education has the potential to trigger, maintain and exacerbate conflict, it has also been used to promote a deeper, more nuanced, understanding of the past and to advance reconciliation, peacebuilding and prevention. The original contributions in the book reflect on lessons learned from education policies of the past in post-conflict societies and seek innovative, sustainable and context-sensitive grassroots approaches, designed to advocate critical thinking, values of inclusion and tolerance, and ultimately a culture of peace.

Dr Clara Ramirez-Barat is the Director of the Educational Policies Program of the Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation. Previously, she was a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow and Senior Research Associate at the International Centre for Transitional Justice. Martina Schulze coordinated the Georg Arnhold Program on Education for Sustainable Peace at the Georg Eckert Institute for International Textbook Research, Braunschweig, from 2013 until 2016. She currently heads the International Office of Hamburg University of Applied Sciences.

  • Contributions by Najwa Belkziz
  • Contributions by Denise Bentrovato
  • Contributions by Jasmina Brankovic
  • Contributions by Ruben Bücking
  • Contributions by Sara Clarke-Habibi
  • Contributions by Roger Duthie
  • Contributions by Stefana Fratila
  • Contributions by Daniel Haumschild
  • Contributions by Clara Ramírez-Barat
  • Contributions by Maria Andrea Rocha
  • Contributions by Ties Schelfhout
  • Contributions by Martina Schulze
  • Contributions by Nadia Siddiqui
  • Edited by Clara Ramírez-Barat
  • Edited by Martina Schulze