Latest Edition of the IDEA Podcast: The 2024-2025 STAND Exhibition Partnership Initiatives 

This edition features Susie Spratt, the Festival Manager From STAND. Tune in to hear her insights on engaging events, and initiatives aimed at raising awareness about important global issues partnering with the African Leadership University in Rwanda. 

Global Citizenship Education (GCE) and social justice in adult learning spaces

This edition features Dr. Lilian Nwanze - Akobo, an esteemed educator and advocate for social justice in adult education. Dr. Lilian, who holds a PhD in Adult and Community Education, serves as the Co-Director of the Higher Diploma in Further Education (HDFE) Program at Maynooth University. Drawing from her professional, academic, and lived experiences, she passionately contributes to adult and community education in Ireland. Tune in to hear her insights on making classrooms more inclusive for marginalized communities and the critical role of Global Citizenship Education in fostering social justice.

Global Citizenship Education and Young People

This edition features Mohammed Naeem, who has an established record in activism at only 19, having served as chairperson of Mayo Comhairle na nÓg and was the youngest person to sit on a county council committee when he joined the Mayo County Council sub-committee on Climate and Biodiversity in 2021. In this edition, you will get insights into the importance of inviting young people to the table within Ireland's Global citizenship education sector and internationally.

Stories of Change from the launch of "The Catalyst" 

This edition features Aóife Malone, Kate O'Callaghan, Ebere Edeh, Hazel and Madza the speakers from the launch of our innovation Magazine the ‘The Catalyst’. In this Edition, you will hear stories of change from our speakers. This magazine was born from a passion for sharing knowledge and celebrating the spirit of Global Citizenship Education, ‘The Catalyst’ is also a platform for innovation, a testament to our commitment to fostering creativity and progress in the global citizenship education sector

Critical Race Theory and its application to GCE with Dr. Aoife Titley and Sandrine Uwase Ndahiro 

This Edition features Dr. Aoife Titley, Maynooth University who has led the design and development of modules on the Certificate in GCE and Sandrine Uwase Ndahiro, a fourth- year PhD student in the English department at the University of Limerick. This episode explores how Educators can use Critical Race Theory to bring an anti-racist lens to all aspects of society, particularly education.

The role of International Law in Tackling Contemporary Crises with Dr John Reynolds 



This Edition features Dr John Reynolds, an Associate Professor of International Law at Maynooth University. Dr Reynolds is the author of ‘Empire, Emergency and International Law’ and an editor of the Third World Approaches to International Law Review journal and website. This episode explores the role of international law in tackling contemporary crises such as the War in Gaza and other emerging crises. 

IDEA Conference 2020 Panel Discussion on Where do we go from here?

This features the second panel session from our Virtual Conference: Rising to the Challenge – Global Citizenship in 2020. We have five wonderful speakers exploring the questions ‘where do we go from here?’ How do we move forward with purpose? If uncertainty opens up possibilities, how do we create a “new normal”, built on equality, diversity, sustainability and human rights for all? What could that look like and how do we get there from here?

IDEA Conference 2020 Panel Discussion on How did we get here?

This features the first panel session from our Virtual Conference: Rising to the Challenge – Global Citizenship in 2020. We have five wonderful speakers exploring the questions How did we get here? 2020 has brought seismic changes: our lives are in flux, systemic inequality is in the spotlight, and our response to the looming economic and climate crises hangs in the balance. What systems, approaches, & responses are at play? What is and isn’t working?

IDEA Conference 2020 Keynote by Philip Alston

Philip Alston's keynote speech for the IDEA Virtual Conference: Rising to the Challenge – Global Citizenship in 2020. Philip is a Professor of Law at New York University, and from 2014 to 2020 he was UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. In this he gives us an overview of the issues that have been in the spotlight in 2020 through the frame of human rights and inequality.

Conversation with Kathleen Kenna 2019

Conversation with Kathleen Kenna about Overseas Volunteering and the Global Citizen Award. Kathleen is a 2019 recipient of the Gold Award from the Global Citizen Award.

Conversation with John Simmons on Communication 2018

Conversation with John Simmons on Communications. John is a former director of Global Brand consultancy Interbrand. In the course of his career, he has led brand programmes for companies as diverse as Guinness, AIB, Marks & Spencer, Waterstones Royal Mail and the national Theatre. He has also written many books on creative writing for business, and is a founding director of 26, a non-profit aimed a spreading the joy of language and good writing.

Conversation with Matt Bailie Smith on Partnerships 2018

Conversation with Matt Bailie Smith on Partnerships. Matt is Professor at Northumbria University (UK) and an interdisciplinary global development academic, whose research focuses on the relationships between civil society, citizenship and development in the global South. His current work explores volunteering in humanitarian and development settings, and on young people as development actors. Matt previously worked for a development NGO and he continues to work in partnership with a range of national and global development organisations.

Interview with Dr. Lorna Gold, Policy and Advocacy Manager at Trócaire, 2011

Interview with Dr. Lorna Gold, Policy and Advocacy Manager at Trócaire by Matthias Fiedler, IDEA. It deals with the issues raised by Trócaire's "Leading Edge 2020" report on critical thinking for the future of international development. The interview was conducted for the IDEA Summer School 2011.

Interview with Martin Kirk on Oxfam's Finding Frames Report 2011

An interview with Martin Kirk of Oxfam GB on the Finding Frames report, published by Oxfam. The interview was conducted for the IDEA Summer School 2011, "What's Around the Corner for Dev Ed?"

IDEA 2011 Conference Sylvia Borren

Keynote speaker Sylvia Borren, Director of Greenpeace, Netherlands at the IDEA 2011 Annual Conference 17th June 2011. Theme: Active Global Citizenship and Education.