Professor Jagdish Gundara

  • Qualifications and position:
    • Emeritus Professor
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Department of Learning, Curriculum and Communication
  • Summary:
    • The UNESCO Chair has maintained the academic links which have been pioneered at the Institute of Education for the last three decades. Educational policy issues in the field of intercultural education have been addressed through work with the Council of Europe, the European Union and various ministries of education. These links include contribution to programmes of teaching, research and development work. Much of this output is disseminated through seminars, conferences, publications and translations.
  • Teaching:
    • My teaching includes lectures and seminars in the following subjects:
      • inter-cultural education
      • citizenship and human rights education
      • education in multicultural societies
      • intercultural arts education
  • Research Projects:
    • Research and development work is in the following areas:
      • Education, media and sustainable development
      • Active citizenship
      • Educational inequalities in diverse polities
      • Intercultural and comparative education
      • Intercultural Dialogue, Social and Community Cohesion
      • Intercultural Understandings in Fragmented States
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • I have recently supervised doctoral theses on the following topics:
      • Intercultural Art History and Education
      • Intercultural and Comparative Education
      • Educational Thinkers and Peace Education
  • Professional Activities:
    • UNESCO Chair in International Studies and Teacher Education
      • External Examiner at the following institutions:
      • School of Oriental and African Studies (2005- )
      • University of Mauritius (2007-2008)
      • Anglia Ruskin University (2000- )
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Mauritius Institute of Education/ARET/University of Brighton, 2nd International Education Research Conference. Plenary Paper: 'Intercultural Education in Small States: Sustainability, Citizenship and Democracy'.

      Convegno di studi internazionaie,Educazione Interculturale Alla Cittadinanza, Universita Degli Studi di Verona. Plenary Paper: 'Intercultural and Citizenship Education: Reconciling Differences'.

      International Association for Intercultural Education/IMEPO Conference, Athens. Intercultural Education: Paideia, Polity, Demoi. Plenary Paper: 'Modern Multicultural Democracies: Intercultural Education and Paideia
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • • European Union / Council of Europe: Intercultural and citizenship education
      • Intercultural and Citizenship Education in small states (e.g. Fiji, Mauritius, Zanzibar)
      • Intercultural and Multicultural Education in Australia, Canada and the United States
      • Multiculturalism, Nationalism and Education: The Asian Context
  • Languages Spoken:
    • Urdu (intermediate)
      Punjabi (intermediate)
      Swahili (intermediate)
 

Contact details

Contact details

  • Email:

  • Address:
  • Department of Learning, Curriculum and Communication
    Institute of Education University of London
    20 Bedford Way
    London
    WC1H 0AL

  • Office Location:
  • Room 632
    20 Bedford Way, WC1H 0AL

Publications

  • Gundara, J. 'Racism and Intercultural Issues in Urban Europe' In. R. Pinxton and E. Preckler (ed.), Racism in Metropolitan Areas. New York: Bergham Books.
  • Gundara, J. (2008) 'Complex Societies, Complex Schools and Curriculum: Separate is not Equal', International Review of Education 54, 337-352.
  • Gundara, J. (2008) 'Civilisational knowledge, interculturalism and citizenship education', Intercultural Education Journal 19(6), 469-479.
  • Gundara, J. and Portera, A. (2008) 'Theoretical Reflections on intercultural education (editorial)', Intercultural Education Journal 19(6), 463-468.