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SUMMARY:The role of education in peacebuilding: an analysis of five change
  theories in Sierra Leone - Christine Smith Ellison\, UNESCO Centre\, Univ
 ersity of Ulster
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DESCRIPTION:*Childhood\, Education and Wartime Seminar Series 2012*\n\nThi
 s paper raises a number of critical questions regarding the contribution o
 f education to peacebuilding.  Despite recent calls for greater collaborat
 ion between the two fields (UNESCO 2011)\, there is still a lack of clarit
 y regarding the change theories through which education may contribute to 
 peacebuilding processes.  This paper outlines developments over the past d
 ecade in the field of education and conflict\, before identifying five rat
 ionales for the ways in which education contributes to peacebuilding.  The
  second half of the paper examines the translation of these rationales int
 o practice.  Sierra Leone is often regarded as a success story of UN peace
 building and\, 10 years post-agreement\, offers the opportunity to examine
  a broad range of programming.  Using data gathered during a two week fiel
 d study (17–28 January\, 2011)\, the paper reflects on five education pr
 ogrammes that operated in Sierra Leone in the post-conflict period.  Semi-
 structured interviews were held with project personnel and beneficiaries\,
  educational officials\, students and graduates\, community leaders and UN
  personnel to assess views on the contribution of education to peacebuildi
 ng\, the rationales informing projects and challenges to implementation.  
 A number of critical questions are raised regarding the lessons learned by
  the international community\, its tendency to pursue its own agendas and 
 its commitment to conflict transformation through peacebuilding.\n\n*Speci
 alist in Education\, Conflict and International Development*\n\nChristine 
 Smith Ellison is a Research Associate in Education\, Conflict and Internat
 ional Development at the UNESCO Centre\, University of Ulster.  Her work e
 ntails examining the linkages between education\, conflict and the UN peac
 ebuilding agenda\, and undertaking political economy analysis of the educa
 tion sector.  Before joining the UNESCO Centre\, she held positions at the
  Université de Montréal and the UNDP International Poverty Centre.  She 
 holds a First Class Honours degree in French and Anthropology from the Uni
 versity of Glasgow and an MPhil in International Development from the Univ
 ersity of Oxford.  \n
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