Geopolitics of Education in Conflict-Affected Contexts

Mario Novelli is Professor in the Political Economy of Education at the Centre for International Education, University of Sussex, UK and Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research examines education’s links to armed conflict, globalisation, and social movements, with a focus on policy processes through a critical political economy lens.

• 1. The Geopolitics of International Interventions in Education: Introduction.- Part I The Complex Positionings of International Organisations.- 2. Unmasking the Ecosystem: Tensions, Influences and Perspectives of Education Programme Designers in Conflict and Crisis.- 3. Educational Programs of International Organizations in Conflict-Affected Cameroon and Nigeria: Band-Aids or Problem Solvers?.- 4. Philanthropy and Multistakeholder Initiatives in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States: Examining the Global Partnership for Education and Education Cannot Wait.- Part II Refugee Education and Scholarship Programmes: Funding, Policies and Narratives.- 5. Beyond the Surface: A Critical Discourse Analysis of UNHCR’s Global Refugee Education Strategy.- 6. Discursive legacies: The politics of international assistance to UNRWA’s education program, 1950-2000.- 7. Scholarships for Palestinians in a Historical and Contemporary Perspective.- Part III Learning for the Future: Peace Education and Post-conflict Transition.- 8. The Desegregation of Formal Education and Settlement Accords: Examining the cases of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Northern Ireland.- 9. Navigating International Interventions: Gaps and Gains in Peace Research and Practice in Post-National Accord Kenya.- 10. Convivial Epistemes: Pedagogies of Enmity and Performatives of Postcolonial Cohesion.