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.
Watch a webinar Exploring Contemporary Crises and Issues through GCE, We Need to Talk About Gaza, hosted by IDEA, expert speakers discussed the ongoing crisis in Gaza and how it can be addressed in educational settings. Speakers are Mary Coogan from Trócaire, Talha AlAli from Amnesty International Ireland, and Dr. John Reynolds from Maynooth University. This session, moderated by Claire Glavey from Global Village, provides a platform for a much-needed conversation about bringing global issues into the classroom.
This webinar takes a look back over the emergence of Development Education in Ireland, with Dr. Eilish Dillon, Head of Department, Department of International Development, Maynooth University, and Adrienne Boyle, Activist, and Development and Development Education Practitioner.
This webinar was facilitated by Éilis Ryan, Activist and Development Education Practitioner. The speakers are Rodrigo Fernandez, Senior Researcher at the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), Professor Michelle Norris, Director, Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin, and Professor Raquel Rolnik, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo.
This webinar takes a look back over the emergence of Development Education in Ireland, with Dr. Eilish Dillon, Head of Department, Department of International Development, Maynooth University, and Adrienne Boyle, Activist, and Development and Development Education Practitioner.
This webinar takes a look forward at future trends and emerging issues in Development Education/Global Citizenship Education, with Dr Audrey Bryan Associate Professor of Sociology in the School of Human Development, Dublin City University, Edward Vickers, Professor of Comparative Education at Kyushu University, and Joyce Raanhuis, a doctoral student at the Centre for International Teacher Education, Cape Peninsula University of Technology. The Session is moderated by Dervla King, Programme Manager with Comhlámh.
In the first in our Challenge the Crisis webinar series, John Restakis, author of "Humanizing the Economy: Co-operatives in the Age of Capital", addresses the history of cooperatives and their role in contemporary human development.
In this, the second in our Challenging the Crisis webinar series, Isabelle Kidney, Technical Advisor to the Irish League of Credit Unions, and Yibeltal Asmare, Gorta - Self Help Africa, address the role of microfinance in global sustainable development.
In this, the third in our Challenging the Crisis webinar series, Davie Philip, Co-founder of Sustainable Projects Ireland, and Ana Huertes, Aid Worker and Sustainability Trainer, look at 21st century competencies for making the transition to a collaborative economy and a low carbon society.
In this, the fourth in our Challenging the Crisis webinar series, Jason Nardi, Co-ordinator of the Social Watch Italian Coalition, and Daniel Tygel, Operating Manager of the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy, give perspectives from Europe and Brazil on the practical impact of social and solidarity economy in responding to the crisis.
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