1st Edition

New Conversations on Global Citizenship Education Plural Voices, Ethical Commitments, and Emerging Futures

Edited By Emiliano Bosio Copyright 2026
230 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

230 Pages 15 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

New Conversations on Global Citizenship Education explores the multifaceted aspects of global citizenship education (GCE) in the context of contemporary university research, teaching and learning. Through dialogues, interviews and chapters from internationally recognised experts, the book illuminates GCE's complexities and potential within higher education contexts. The collection offers... Read more

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List of Contributors

Foreword

Carlos Alberto Torres

Foreword

Jeffrey D. Sachs

Acknowledgements

 

Introduction: Global Citizenship Education as a Dialogic Ethical Platform for the Common Good

Emiliano Bosio

 

PART I: RETHINKING GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION, FOUNDATIONS, TENSIONS, AND TRANSFORMATIONS

 

Chapter 1. Global Citizenship Education, the "Crisis of Connection," and the Pursuit of Equity, Empathy, Divergent Thinking, and Relevance: A Dialogue with Pedro Noguera

Pedro Noguera, Emiliano Bosio

Chapter 2 Global Citizenship Education: Benign Idea, Perilous Proposal or Harsh Reality?

Betty Leask

Chapter 3. Reflexivity and Productive Tensions: Global Citizenship Education in Theory and Practice

Karen Pashby

Chapter 4. Exploring the Nexus of Global Citizenship Education, Democracy, and Social Justice

Paul R. Carr, Gina Thésée

Chapter 5. From Global Citizenship to Critical Global Competence: More than Semantics

Savo Heleta

 

PART II: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE, INTERSECTIONS WITH DEMOCRACY, JUSTICE, AND INTERCULTURALITY

 

Chapter 6. Global Citizenship Education, Internationalization and the International Association of Universities: Personal Reflections and Academic Perspectives

Giorgio Marinoni

Chapter 7. Perspectives on Global Citizenship Education from Mexico: “No longer lost”

Elisa Guerra

Chapter 8. Global Citizenship Education from an Intercultural Perspective

Agostino Portera

Chapter 9. Global Citizenship Education for Harmony and Social Justice

Jwalin Patel

 

PART III: GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION, ETHICS, VALUES AND SUSTAINABILITY

 

Chapter 10. The Values-based Global Citizen

Neil Hawkes

Chapter 11. Global Citizenship in Need of Connection, Mutuality, and Humility: What About a World Dignity University?

Evelin Lindner, Linda Hartling

Chapter 12. Global Citizenship Education as a Pathway to Sustainability: Valuing People and Nature

Patrick Paul Walsh, Emiliano Bosio

Chapter 13. Global Citizenship Education as a Dialogic Ethics

Emiliano Bosio

 

Index

Biography

Emiliano Bosio is a professor at Toyo University, Japan.