Open research questions in Peace and Human Rights Education
167 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 1,758 Peace and Human Rights Education papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.
What the literature leaves open
required ongoing training and mentorship to support facilitators with varying levels of experience, - facilitator turnover, - limited federal funding streams for global health collaborations
Intervention Mapping to Develop “Creating Peace:” Translating a Youth Activism Intervention from Global Settings to the United States Urban Context · 2026 · DOIThe lack of adaptation of global interventions to the US urban context. The need for community-based facilitation models. The importance of addressing multiple forms of violence.
Intervention Mapping to Develop “Creating Peace:” Translating a Youth Activism Intervention from Global Settings to the United States Urban Context · 2026 · DOIHistorical trauma and collective memory of conflict - Intergroup tensions and prejudice - Limited involvement of various parties at the local, national and international levels
The need for the involvement of various parties at the local, national and international levels in the implementation of peace education in post-conflict countries
Future research should investigate the effectiveness of integrated interventions in upholding children's right to education and well-being in conflict settings. Future research should examine the impact of the Anglophone crisis on other aspects of children's lives, such as their physical health and social relationships. Future research should explore the role of community-based initiatives in promoting children's right to education and well-being in conflict settings.
The Violation of Children’s Right to Education in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon during the Ongoing Anglophone Crisis · 2026 · DOIThe study identifies a gap in the literature on the impact of the Anglophone crisis on children's right to education. The study highlights the need for integrated interventions to uphold children's right to education and well-being in conflict settings. The study emphasizes the importance of strengthening community-based child protection and scaling trauma-informed education.
The Violation of Children’s Right to Education in the Northwest and Southwest Regions of Cameroon during the Ongoing Anglophone Crisis · 2026 · DOIThe study identifies a gap in the understanding of how students make sense of controversial issues related to the Cyprus conflict. The study highlights the need to address emotional dimensions and argumentation skills in teaching controversial issues.
Navigating controversial issues: Greek-Cypriot primary students’ emotional and epistemic responses to conflict · 2026 · DOIFuture research should explore the development of effective interventions to address gender-based violence among school children. The study's findings suggest the need for further research on the intersection of sociocultural factors and gender-based violence.
Understanding Sociocultural Anxieties and Gender-based Violence: Experiences of School Children in Busoga Sub-region, Uganda · 2026 · DOIThe study identifies a gap in the understanding of sociocultural anxieties and factors that contribute to the prevalence of gender-based violence among school children. The research highlights the need for culturally sensitive approaches to combating violence and supporting vulnerable children.
Understanding Sociocultural Anxieties and Gender-based Violence: Experiences of School Children in Busoga Sub-region, Uganda · 2026 · DOIThe study identifies a gap in the literature by highlighting the need to shift from a deficit lens to a strengths-based approach. The study aims to investigate how certain adolescents succeed despite significant adversity.
Beyond Deficit Narratives: A Social–Ecological Reframing of Learning through Resilience and Positive Deviance in Karamoja, Uganda · 2026 · DOIThe paper identifies a gap in the achievement of sustainable development in Nigeria. The gap is attributed to the lack of peace education and the prevalence of conflicts.
Peace, Conflict and Sustainable Development: Management Implications for Peace Education in Nigeria · 2026 · DOIPeace education should be applied to each age group and especially to students who are in their puberty age for peace education to reach its aims. Peace education should be introduced to trainings of teachers both as pre-service and as in-service training. For peace education to be able to achieve its optimum aim, there is the need for teachers to be at peace with themselves, with social sensitivity, to adopt solutions for solving problems peacefully. The Nigerian government should facilitate meaningful and effective medium for skills acquisition to address the issue of youth unemployment in the Country. It is essential that the government should embark upon sensitization and orientation of youths on conflict resolution, to inculcate in them, the values and attitudes towards developing a culture of peace. Through this, they will be encouraged on the need for dialogue, negotiation, respect for human rights and other traditional ways of resolving conflicts for the purpose of peace building. Various governments also need to amplify the opportunity of in-service training on peace education for governments to de-emphasize line officers, overzealousness and insensitivity on the part of government officers, against the citizens and the youths. NIU Journal of Social Sciences Governments at various levels should adhere to the tenets of transparency, accountability and should also avoid paying lip service to enabling and vital policies in governance. The Federal Ministry of education should endeavor to fast track a realistic process of including Peace education in curriculums, right from pre-school education, as a means of inculcating innate peaceful coexisting interrelationship in the psyche of Nigerian citizens. In many countries with low levels of development, such as Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Somali and Sudan, the peace education is included in curriculums since preschool education (Tumuklu; 2006). The Nigerian Government should also introduce peace education as a mandatory course in the trainings of all categories of officers of the Nigeria Police, the Army, the Navy, the Air force and all other Security Agencies or bodies, including Private Security Organizations, that are licensed by the Federal Government of Nigeria.
Peace, Conflict and Sustainable Development: Management Implications for Peace Education in Nigeria · 2026 · DOIOne of the challenges is to ensure that freedom of conscience is protected and respected in all aspects of life. Another challenge is to promote critical thinking, autonomy, moral responsibility, and respect for pluralism in education. A further challenge is to balance individual rights with the need to maintain social cohesion and order.
Freedom of Conscience: A Foundational Principle for Human Rights, Education, and Sustainable Peace · 2026 · DOIFuture research should investigate the impact of freedom of conscience on democratic stability, intellectual development, and peaceful coexistence. Future research should explore the ways in which educators can promote critical thinking, autonomy, moral responsibility, and respect for pluralism in their teaching practices.
Freedom of Conscience: A Foundational Principle for Human Rights, Education, and Sustainable Peace · 2026 · DOIThe article identifies the challenge of rethinking education in a context of genocide and war. It highlights the need to address the dehumanisation of marginalized communities. The article notes the challenge of developing a new lexicon for education that prioritizes justice and solidarity.
The article identifies a gap in how education has historically responded to wars and genocides. It highlights the need for a new lexicon for education that speaks to current failures and dares to name new possibilities.
Lack of teachers and poor infrastructure in the education system. Cultural norm of using physical punishment. Limited sample size of 40 teachers.
The Impact of Anger Control and Zero Violence Training on Preventing Teacher Violence: A Quantitative Study from Timor-Leste · 2026 · DOIFurther studies on the long-term effects of zero-violence training. Investigations into the impact of anger control and zero-violence training on student outcomes.
The Impact of Anger Control and Zero Violence Training on Preventing Teacher Violence: A Quantitative Study from Timor-Leste · 2026 · DOIThe study relies on convenience sampling from a single metropolitan, research-intensive state university. Translating interviews from Turkish to English may raise validity concerns. The study's generalizability may be limited due to the sampling method.
Future research should investigate the impact of policy initiatives on advancing social justice in higher education institutions. Further studies should explore the factors that influence university students' understanding of social justice and their readiness to lead responsibly.
The study identifies several challenges facing the history curriculum in South Sudan, including a lack of qualified teachers, inadequate resources, outdated curriculum, and limited history records. The study also identifies the challenge of promoting critical thinking, historical inquiry, and cultural diversity in history education.
Predictive Model of Civic Engagement Based on History Curriculum Characteristics: A Case Study of South Sudan · 2026 · DOIThe study suggests that future research should focus on developing and implementing effective history education programs that promote critical thinking, historical inquiry, and cultural diversity. The study recommends that future research should investigate the impact of different pedagogical approaches on civic engagement.
Predictive Model of Civic Engagement Based on History Curriculum Characteristics: A Case Study of South Sudan · 2026 · DOIThe paper identifies a gap in the literature on post-conflict education, highlighting the need for further research on longitudinal studies of learner outcomes following transformative frameworks proposed. The review suggests that current approaches to post-conflict education may be inadequate, highlighting the need for a paradigm shift towards transformative pedagogies.
The potential contribution and inclusion of youths in effective peacebuilding has received little attention and support. The need for inclusive approaches to address the root causes of conflict.
Cameroon's Youths, Radicalisation, Victimisation and Conflicts: Pathways to Sustainable Peace since 2016 · 2026 · DOIThere is a lack of empirical research tracing the precise socialization and tactical training mechanics within these specific alternative school systems. The study aims to address this gap by analyzing the recruitment pathways in Salugpongan Lumad schools.
The Lived Experiences of Former Students and Community Stakeholders on Recruitment Pathways in Salugpongan Lumad Schools: An Inquiry · 2026 · DOI
Most-cited papers in Peace and Human Rights Education
- Peace education theory · Journal of Peace Education · 2004 · 235 citations
- Education in Emergencies: A Review of Theory and Research · Review of Educational Research · 2016 · 212 citations
- Preventing and Producing Violence: A Critical Analysis of Responses to School Violence · Harvard Educational Review · 1995 · 200 citations
- Reconciliation after Genocide, Mass Killing, or Intractable Conflict: Understanding the Roots of Violence, Psychological Recovery, and Steps toward a General Theory · Political Psychology · 2006 · 194 citations
- "I Was Born Here, but My Home, It's Not Here": Educating for Democratic Citizenship in an Era of Transnational Migration and Global Conflict · Harvard Educational Review · 2007 · 173 citations
- ‘Pedagogies of resistance’ and critical peace education praxis · Journal of Peace Education · 2015 · 159 citations
- A socio-ecological framework of social justice leadership in education · Journal of Educational Administration · 2014 · 147 citations
- Peace Education in Societies Involved in Intractable Conflicts: Direct and Indirect Models · Review of Educational Research · 2009 · 144 citations
- The hidden curriculum and the nature of conflict · Interchange · 1971 · 136 citations
- Conflict, education and the global south: New critical directions · International Journal of Educational Development · 2008 · 133 citations
Most recent work
- A Conceptual Framework for Education Research in Conflict and Protracted Crisis (ERICC): A Holistic Approach for Systematic Field Building · Educational Researcher · 2026
- Developing peace and justice education praxes at a university – towards pedagogies for life-deep learning · Teaching in Higher Education · 2026
- Inclusive education in Chad: in-service teachers’ perceptions, practices, challenges, and expectations · Frontiers in Education · 2026
- Leadership beyond access: adaptive management and peacebuilding in geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas in the Philippines · Frontiers in Education · 2026
- Agentic Leadership During a War Crisis: School Principals Displaced by War · Education Sciences · 2026
- Post‐Traumatic Growth in the Global South: Possibilities in Relational Ethics from Communities to Classrooms · TESOL Quarterly · 2026
- Unsettling conflict and peace through teaching in higher education: diverse contexts, approaches and pedagogic possibilities · Teaching in Higher Education · 2026
- Challenges, opportunities and systemic barriers of social emotional learning: the case of Badjao learners in Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao · Frontiers in Education · 2026
- Trauma and language learning: ELT classroom practices in Sri Lanka · ELT Journal · 2026
- School principals’ perspectives on non-Arabic speaking students through a social justice lens: Q methodology research · International Journal of Leadership in Education · 2026
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