Global Justice Education through teaching, research, resources and action
Praxis is a programme of Global Justice Education at University College Cork, developed by Dr Gertrude Cotter, Lecturer at the School of Education and Academic Lead for Praxis. It brings together teaching, participatory research, educational resources, student and staff engagement, and public initiatives exploring justice, inequality and social change. Praxis asks not only what is happening in the world, but why; whose voices and interests shape the issues we encounter; and how education can contribute to more just and sustainable futures.
Latest from Praxis
Invitation to Register for Digital Badge in Global Justice Education
I would like to invite all UCC staff and students from across all disciplines and professional areas to participate in: Engaging the World: Global Justice Education in PracticeA 12-hour UCC Digital Badge Register here: Global Justice Education in Practice - UCC Open How do we come to understand the world? How have histories, institutions and ...
Praxis Research Report 3: Education Beyond Borders
Education Beyond Borders: Building a Global Justice University is the third and final report in the Praxis Project’s academic research series at University College Cork. It brings together several years of research with staff, students and wider stakeholders to ask a central question: what would it mean for universities to take global justice seriously as ...
Praxis Malawi-India-Ireland Partnership
Led by Dr Gertrude Cotter as Principal Investigator, this Ireland–India–Malawi partnership brought together Martha Phelan, Manfred Schewe, Fionn Woodhouse, Chikumbutso Manthalu, Sukhesh Arora, Carol Condon and Mary McNicholas, working with University College Cork, the University of Malawi and Yalgaar Sanskrutik Manch in Mumbai. The research explored how care, democracy and performance can strengthen active global ...
Palestine UCC Partnership
A PRAXIS Ireland–Palestine Partnership Resource The Right to Learn Education, Technology and Solidarity in the Context of Genocide A third-level Global Citizenship and Development Education resource based on the PRAXIS Ireland - Palestine partnership. It connects the destruction of education in Palestine with questions of educational rights, digital power, open learning, partnership and responsible solidarity ...
Fostering Ecofeminist Co-Learnings Across Cultures
A PRAXIS Ireland–Peru Partnership Fostering Ecofeminist Co-Learnings Across Cultures An Ireland–Peru partnership exploring land, ancestral and Indigenous knowledges, experiential learning, and Global Citizenship and Global Justice Education. This public resource shares the partnership story, five interconnected pillars for teaching and collaboration, and practical questions for educators who want to connect critical reflection with experience and ...
In a Fractured World: Bringing Global Justice Education into Public Space
What might global justice education look like if we took it out of the classroom and invited the public into the conversation? That question – what happens when global justice education moves beyond the classroom – was at the heart of In a Fractured World: Worlds We Live In, Worlds We Question, Worlds We Imagine, ...
Gambia-UCC Partnership: Whose Sustainable Development? Place, People and Work
One of four partnership teams supported through the PRAXIS Project focused on UCC Planning’s longstanding connections with planning professionals in The Gambia. The team developed *Whose Sustainable Development?*, a pilot interactive StoryMap that uses spatial planning as an entry point into Global Citizenship Education. Through interactive maps, historical comparisons, data and discussion questions, the resource ...
Praxis Week 2026: Learning, Solidarity and Action in a Fractured World
Report by Billy Goodwin and Gertrude Cotter Praxis Week 2026 brought together colleagues from across UCC, community organisations, international partners, educators, researchers and friends of the Praxis Project for a week of conversation, creativity, critical inquiry and connection. This year's week took place against the backdrop of what can sometimes feel like an increasingly fractured ...
Praxis Week 2026: Global Justice Education in Practice
8–12 June 2026 | School of Education, University College Cork Your are invited to join us for Praxis Week 2026 at UCC. Praxis Week is the annual showcase and learning space of the Praxis Project in the School of Education, UCC. It brings together staff, students, educators, researchers, community partners, international collaborators and members of ...
The Quiet Work of Equality: Listening, Solidarity and Global Justice Education
Equality work rarely looks like a big moment. It looks like persistence. It happens in small rooms and ordinary conversations. It happens when people stay at the table long after the “awareness session” is finished. It happens when someone decides to keep going, even when the institution moves slowly, when there is friction, or when ...