The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education

Andrew Peterson is Professor of Character and Citizenship Education in the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, University of Birmingham. His research focuses, broadly, on civic virtues and education. His recent books include Civility and Democratic Education and Compassion and Education: Cultivating Compassionate Children, Schools and Communities. He is Assistant Editor of the British Journal of Educational Studies, is Associate Editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Education and is a Deputy Editor of Citizenship Teaching and Learning.Garth Stahl, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the School of Education at the University of Queensland. His research interests lie on the nexus of neoliberalism and socio-cultural studies of education, identity, equity/inequality, and social change. Currently, his research projects and publications encompass theoretical and empirical studies of learner identities, gender and youth, sociology of schooling in a neoliberal age, gendered subjectivities, equity and difference, and educational reform. Of particular interest is the exploration of counternarratives to neoliberalism around 'value' and 'respectability' for working-class youth.ORCID Profile: orcid.org/0000-0002-1800-8495Hannah Soong, PhD is a Senior Lecturer and a socio-cultural researcher in the School of Education, University of South Australia. Hannah's research interests lie in the empirical studies and theorisation of transnational mobility of families, international students and migrant teachers; sociology of Asia literacy and teacher identity work in an 'East-meets-West' curriculum. Currently, she is exploring the transnational aspirations of middle-class and refugee-background parents on their children's education and wellbeing in Asia and Australia. One key area is the investigation around developing ethical engagement with global shifts and relations in education. ORCID Profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1798-4881Advisory Board:Professor Cynthia Brock, University of Wyoming, USAProfessor Ian Davies, University of York, UKProfessor Ee Ling Low, National Institute of Education, SingaporeProfessor Alan Sears, University of New Brunswick, CanadaProfessor Yusef Waghid, Stellenbosch University, South Africa