S3E1 - Developing Social Cohesion through Schools

This is an episode of Behind the Pages - the podcast of the Journal on Education in Emergencies. Join us for these exciting and timely conversations with JEiE authors about their work on education in regions affected by crisis and conflict. Developing Social Cohesion through Schools in Northern Ireland and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: A Study of Policy Transfer by Rebecca Loader, Joanne Hughes, Violeta Petroska-Beshka, and Ana Tomovska Misoska How can an education policy tailored to one unique post-conflict situation be adapted to work successfully in an extremely different post-conflict context? In this episode, JEiE’s Deborah Osomo and authors Rebecca Loaders and Joanne Hughes dive into the process of adapting, transplanting, and delivering shared education developed for Northern Ireland to the Macedonian education system and the ways in which shared education may be a promising solution for promoting positive intergroup contact in a variety of settings after conflict.