UNESCO Centre Publications

Our work has been featured in many publications, a selection of which are listed below.

• 2020

  Lambert, H., Gupte, J., Fletcher, H., Hammond, L., Lowe, N., Pelling, M., Raina, N., Shahid, T. and Shanks, K., 2020. COVID-19 as a global challenge: towards an inclusive and sustainable future. The Lancet Planetary Health, 4(8), pp.e312-e314.

  Paulson, J. Et Al. 2020, Education as a site of memory: developing a research agenda. Journal: International Studies in Sociology of Education (RISS)

• 2019

  Shanks, K., 2019. The Politics of IDP Education Provision: Negotiating identity and schooling in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. International Migration, 57(2), pp.32O47.

  Shanks, K., 2019. Societal security and education in deeply divided societies. Education and Conflict Review, (2), pp.15O19.

  O’Connor, K., Larkin, C., Nasasra, M. and Shanks, K., 2019. School choice and conflict narratives: representative bureaucracy at the street level in East Jerusalem. Administration & Society.

• 2018

  Shanks, K, 2018. The Politics of Education in Iraq: The Influence of Territorial Dispute and Ethnopolitics on Schooling in Kirkuk. Journal of Education in Emergencies, 4(1), p.141.

• 2017
  • Novelli, M, Lopes Cardozo, M and Smith, A (2017) The 4RS Framework: Analyzing Education's Contribution to Sustainable Peacebuilding with Social Justice in Conflict-affected Contexts. Journal on Education in Emergencies, 3 (1). pp. 14-43.
  • Worden, E and Smith, A (2017) Teaching for democracy in the absence of transitional justice:The case of Northern Ireland. Comparative Education, 53 (3). pp. 379-395.
• 2016
  • Waldron F. and McCully A. (2016) ‘Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland: Eroded Certainties and New Possibilities’, Robert Guyver (Ed.) Teaching History and the Changing Nation State : Transnational and Intranational Perspectives, London: Bloomsbury Academic, pp. 53-73.
  • Mulholland, M. and O'Connor, U. (2016) ‘Collaborative classroom practice for inclusion: perspectives of classroom teachers and learning support/resource teachers’, International Journal of Inclusive Education, 20 (10).
  • Smith, A., Marks, C. Novelli, M, Valiente, O. and Scandurra, R. (2016) The Links between Equity, Governance, Education and Peacebuilding in Kenya. Nairobi: UNICEF.
  • Smith, A., Datzberger, S. and McCully, A. (2016) Education and Peacebuilding: Synthesis Report on Myanmar, Pakistan, South Africa and Uganda. New York: UNICEF.
• 2015
  • Smith, A. and Hansson, U. (2015) A Review of Policy Areas Affecting Integration of the Education System in Northern Ireland. Belfast: Integrated Education Fund.
  • Smith, A. (2015) Global Public Goods and Challenges (GPGC), Options Paper on Education and Fragility, Brussels: The European Commission.
  • Datzberger, S., McCully, A. and Smith, A. (2015) Education and Peacebuilding in Uganda. New York: UNICEF.
• 2014
  • Smith, A. (2014) Contemporary Challenges for Education in Conflict Affected Countries, Journal of International and Comparative Education, (3) 1: 113-125.
  • McCully A. and Emerson L. (2014) ‘Teaching controversial issues in Northern Ireland’, in T. Misco and J. de Groof (eds), Cross-cultural Case-studies in Controversial Issues: Pathways and Challenges in Democratic Citizenship Education, Tilberg, Legal Wolf Publishers.
• 2013
  • Niens, U, O'Connor, U. and Smith, A. (2013) Citizenship education in divided societies: teachers' perspectives in Northern Ireland. Citizenship Studies, 17 (1). pp. 128-141.
  • Smith Ellison, C. (2013) A Review for Norad: Education in fragile situations, Oxford: Oxford Policy Management.
  • Sayed, Y. Sprague, T. Smith, A. et al (2013) ‘The post-2015 education and development agenda’, Compare: Journal of Comparative and International Education, 43:6, 783-846.
• 2012
  • Smith, A. (2012) Challenges for the International Aid System. In: Education and Internally Displaced Persons (Eds: Smith Ellison, C. and Smith, A.). Bloomsbury Academic, London.
  • Smith Ellison, C. and Smith, A. (Eds) (2012) Education and Internally Displaced Persons. Bloomsbury Academic, London.
  • Novelli, M. and Smith, A. (2012) The Role of Education in Peacebuilding. A synthesis report of findings from Lebanon, Nepal and Sierra Leonne. UNICEF, New York.
• 2011
  • Pherali, T., Smith, A. and Vaux, T. (2011) A Political Economy Analysis of Education in Nepal. EC, Kathmandu.
  • Smith, A. (2011) Education in Countries Affected by Fragility and Conflict: Sierra Leone Case Study. GiZ, Bonn.
  • Smith, A., McCandless, E., Paulson, J. and Wheaton, W. (2011)Education and Peacebuilding in Post‑Conflict Contexts. A Literature Review. UNICEF, New York.
  • Smith, A. (2011) Education and Peacebuilding: From ‘conflict‑analysis’ to ‘conflict transformation’? Frient Working Group on Peace and Development, 10 Year Anniversary Series, 2011(4).
  • Smith, A. (2011) Education and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland.In: Education and Reconciliation. Exploring Conflict and Post-conflict Situations (Ed: Paulson, J.), pp.55–80. Continuum Books. ISBN 978‑1‑4411‑5325‑8
  • Smith, A. (2011) Education in Countries Affected by Fragility and Conflict: Sierra Leone Case Study. GiZ, Bonn.
  • Smith, A. (2011) ESRC Series on Citizenship and Diversity: A response to Jad’s paper, ‘The Post‑Oslo Palestine and Gendering Palestinian Citizenship’. Ethnicities, 11(2), pp.22–26.
• 2010
  • Smith, A. (2010) EFA Global Monitoring Report 2011: Education and Conflict. [Scholarly edition]
  • Smith, A. (2010) The influence of education on conflict and peace building: Background paper prepared for the Education For all Global Monitoring Report 2011, ‘The Hidden Crisis: Armed Conflict and Education’. Education For All, Global Monitoring Report. UNESCO, Paris. 30pp.
  • Smith, A. (2010) Education and Conflict. Paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2011 ‘The Hidden Crisis: Armed conflict and education’. UNESCO, Paris.
  • Smith, A. (2010) Children, Education and Reconciliation, Innocenti Working Paper No. 2010–10. Florence, UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre. UNICEF. 32pp.
• 2009
  • Smith, A. (2009) A Conflict Analysis of Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Save the Children, Soros Foundation and UNICEF.
  • Smith, A. and Magill, C. (2009) Reconciliation: Does education have a role? Shared Space: A Research Journal on Peace, Conflict and Community Relations, 8(1) , pp.5–15.
  • Smith, A. (2009) Education and Conflict: Think piece prepared for the Education For All Global Monitoring Report 2011, ‘The Hidden Crisis: Armed Conflict and Education’. Education For All, Global Monitoring Report. UNESCO, Paris. 21pp.
  • Magill, C., Smith, A. and Hamber, B. (2009) The Role of Education in Reconciliation. The Perspectives of Children and Young People in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Northern Ireland. Special EU Programmes Body. University of Ulster. 132pp.
  • Magill, C., Smith, A. and Hamber, B. (2009) The Role of Education in Reconciliation. Report for EU Peace and Reconciliation Fund. 129pp.
  • Connolly, P., Kelly, B. and Smith, A. (2009) The Development of an Ethnic Habitus Among Young Children in Northern Ireland. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 17(2), pp.217–232.
• 2008
  • Kerr, D., Twine, C. and Smith, A. (2008) Local and Global Citizenship in the UK. In: SAGE Handbook of Education for Citizenship and Democracy (Eds: Arthur, J., Davies, I. and Hahn, C.), pp.252–263. Sage, London. ISBN 9781412936200
• 2007
  • Smith, A. (2007) Education and Conflict: An emerging field of study.In: Education, Conflict and Reconciliation: International Perspectives (Eds: Leach, F. and Dunne, M.), pp.19–32. Peter Lang. ISBN 978‑3‑03910‑945‑6
  • Smith, A. (2007) Review: Devolution and Pluralism in Education in Northern Ireland. British Journal of Educational Studies, 55(2), pp.221–224.
  • Smith, A. (2007) The Role of Education: Conflict, Reconstruction and Reconciliation. In: Education and Conflict (Eds: Leach, F. and Dunne, M.). Peter Lang, Oxford.
  • Smith, A. (2007) Conflict and Education For All. In: Commonwealth Education Partnerships 2007. (Ed: Jones‑Parry, R.) Published for the Commonwealth Secretariat by Nexus Strategic Partnerships, pp.65–91. ISBN 978‑0‑9549629‑1‑3
  • Craissati, D., Devi Banerjee, U., King, L., Lansdown, G. and Smith, A. (2007) A Human Rights Based Approach to Education For All.UNESCO and UNICEF, Paris and New York. 146pp. ISBN 978‑92‑806‑4188‑2
• 2006
  • Vaux, T., Smith, A. and Subba, S. (2006) Education For All – Nepal. Review from a Conflict Perspective. Embassy of Finland on behalf of an international donor group (Denmark, Finland, Norway, UK and the World Bank). International Alert. 52pp.
  • Niens, U., Reilly, J. and Smith, A. (2006) Human Rights Education as Part of the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. Journal of Social Science Education, 2006(1), pp.30–35.
  • Montgomery, A. and Smith, A. (2006) Teacher Education in Northern Ireland: Policy Variations Since Devolution. Scottish Educational Review, 37, pp.46–58.
• 2005
  • Smith, A. (2005) The Challenge of Diversity for Education in Northern Ireland. In: Perspectives on Equality: The Second Seamus Heaney Lectures (Eds: Lyons, M.A. and Waldron, F.), pp.65–90. Liffey Press, Dublin. ISBN 1‑904148‑66‑2
  • Smith, A. (2005) Investing in Systemic Change through Curriculum, Textbooks and Teachers. In: Education, Social Cohesion and Diversity, Chpt2, pp.2–18. World Bank, Washington DC.
  • Smith, A. (2005) Education in the Twenty‑First Century: Conflict, Reconstruction and Reconciliation. Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, 35(4), pp.373–191.
  • Smith, A. (2005) Education for Diversity: Investing in Systematic Change through Curriculum, Textbooks and Teachers. In: Promoting Social Cohesion Through Education (Eds: Roberts‑Sweitzer, E., Greaney, V. and Duer, K.), pp.29–43. World Bank Institute. ISBN 978‑0‑8213‑6465‑9
  • Smith, A. (2005) Education, Diversity and Teacher Education. The World Bank, Washington DC.
• 2004
  • Smith, A. (2004) Education, Conflict and International Development.Adults Learning (NIACE), January 2004, pp.6–10.
  • Smith, A. and Ó Maoláin, C. (2004) Challenging Intolerance. New Directions for Youth Development, 102, pp.95–108. Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Jossey‑Bass.
• 2003
  • Smith, A. and Vaux, T. (2003) Education, Conflict and International Development. DFID, London.
  • Smith, A. (2003) Citizenship Education in Northern Ireland: Beyond national identity? Cambridge Journal of Education, 33(1), pp.15–31.
  • Montgomery, A., Fraser, G., McGlynn, C., Smith, A. and Gallagher, T. (2003) Integrated Education in Northern Ireland. Integration in Practice. The Nuffield Foundation. UNESCO Centre, University of Ulster.
  • McGonigle, J., Smith, A. and Gallagher, T. (2003) Integrated Education in Northern Ireland. The Challenge of Transformation. The Nuffield Foundation. UNESCO Centre, University of Ulster.
  • Gallagher, T., Smith, A. and Montgomery, A. (2003) Integrated Education in Northern Ireland. Participation, Profile and Performance.The Nuffield Foundation. UNESCO Centre, University of Ulster.
• 2002
  • Smith, A., Fountain, S. and McLean, H. (2002) Civic Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in the Republic of Serbia. UNICEF, UNESCO and Open Society Institute.
  • Kerr, D., McCarthy, S. and Smith, A. (2002) Citizenship Education in England, Ireland and Northern Ireland. European Journal of Education, 37(2), pp.179–192.
  • Gallagher, T. and Smith, A. (2002) Attitudes to Academic Selection, Integrated Education and Diversity within the Curriculum. In: Social Attitudes in Northern Ireland: The Eighth Report (Eds: Gray, A.M., Lloyd, K., Devine, P., Robinson, G. and Heenan, D.), pp.120–137. Pluto Press, London. ISBN 0 7453 1911 4
  • Connolly, P., Smith, A. and Kelly, B. (2002) Too Young to Notice? The Cultural and Political Awareness of 3–6 Year Olds in Northern Ireland.A report commissioned by the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council in Partnership with Channel 4 Television. Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, Belfast.
• 2001
  • Gallagher, A. and Smith, A. (2001) The Effects Of Selective Education In Northern Ireland. Education Review, 15(1).
  • Smith, A. (2001) Religious Segregation and the Emergence of Integrated Schools in Northern Ireland. Oxford Review of Education, 27(4), pp.559–575.
• 2000
  • Smith, A., Birthistle, U. and Farrell, S. (2000) Teachers and Selection in Northern Ireland. Department of Education for Northern Ireland.
  • Print, M. and Smith, A. (2000) Teaching Civic Education for a Civil, Democratic Society in the Asian Region. Asia Pacific Education Review, 1(1), pp.101–109.
  • McKeown, P., Shuttleworth, I., McKeown, E., Smith, A., Birthistle, U. and Montgomery, A. (2000) The Effects of the Selective System of Secondary Education in Northern Ireland: Area Study. Department of Education for Northern Ireland.
  • Gallagher, T. and Smith, A. (2000) The Effects of the Selective System of Secondary Education in Northern Ireland: Overview Paper.Department of Education for Northern Ireland.
  • Gallagher, T. and Smith, A. (2000) The Effects of the Selective System of Secondary Education in Northern Ireland. Research Briefing. Department of Education for Northern Ireland.
  • Gallagher, T. and Smith, A. (2000) The Effects Of The Selective System Of Secondary Education In Northern Ireland. Main Report.Department of Education for Northern Ireland.
• 1999
  • Smith, A. (1999) Education and the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. In: American Education Research Association (AERA), Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada. CAIN.