Education

The Education Interest Group (EIG) welcomes members from many disciplines tied together by a common interest in understanding and advancing education in the field of Environmental Peacebuilding. This diverse membership reflects the multi-disciplinarity of the field of environmental peacebuilding education. Our members also come from many countries and a wide range of domains, including formal settings (universities, primary and secondary education), non-formal (popular and community-based education, citizen education, and socio-community mediation), professional (institutions), and practitioners. This diversity of backgrounds reflects the diverse domains in which education for and about environmental peacebuilding occurs.

This interest group aims to support and provide resources for these studies and endeavors. Our main interest in this highly interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary emerging field is to highlight different approaches, tools, methodologies, practices, and programs that exist and may be useful for other educators or students to know about. We also hope to facilitate networking among educators, scholars, and practitioners. The EIG was established in 2019 at the First International Conference on Environmental Peacebuilding. The EIG coordinates meetings, curates materials for educators, facilitates networking in-person and online, participates in discourse and practice of environmental peacebuilding, and aspires to create tangible products for educators. For example, the group produced a 4-part, recorded series on innovative teaching practices and a series of podcasts in which pioneers and thought leaders in Environmental Peacebuilding were interviewed.

The Chairs of the Education Interest Group are Nancy Boyer (nboyer@udel.edu) and Diego Osorio (diego_osorio_un@outlook.com).