Research Group Global Citizenship
We are all citizens of the world. But what kind of global citizens do we want to be? The new Global Citizenship research group explores the possibilities.
Global citizenship is a concept with many different definitions and which covers many different aspects. Key questions are: how do we determine our responsibility for the world, as human beings and as professionals? Which values do we aspire to? How can we shape these? How much of an activist is a global citizen?
Team
Natasha Labohm
Tiaan Westenberg
Tamara Lewis
Shashi Roopram
Behnaz Taebi
Carien Verhoeff
Janneke Wubs
Natasha Labohm
Tiaan Westenberg
Tamara Lewis
Tamara N. Lewis Arredondo serves as a Senior Lecturer for Legal Skills in the International and European Law department at The Hague University for Applied Sciences. She earned her PhD in International Human Rights from Maastricht University School of Law. Her thesis explored human rights discourse in the Universal Periodic Review mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council. She also has a Juris Doctor degree from Columbia University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science degree from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.
Tamara researches the broadening of the scope of both ‘human’ and ‘rights’ by challenging who and what deserve a seat at the table with humans and what responsibilities should be paired with rights for the global citizen. Her research examines the role and responsibilities of non-state entities, legal persons and nature in global communities as well as the collective responsibility toward the planet and its inhabitants. The collective and communal aspects of the global citizen are a central aspect of her research.
Tamara has taught in bilingual (Spanish/English) primary and secondary education in New York City and in New Jersey. She has also worked as a neutral monitor in a landmark civil rights case involving racial discrimination in agricultural lending practices.
Shashi Roopram
Behnaz Taebi
Contact:
b.taebi@hhs.nlCarien Verhoeff
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Janneke Wubs
Contact:
j.m.wubs@hhs.nlAbout the professor
Laurence Guérin
Laurence Guérin gained her doctoral degree in citizenship education and the translation of a vision of citizenship into educational principles and learning resources. She is the project leader of Bèta Burgerschap (Citizenship science, a project of TechYourFuture) in which a new form of citizenship education has been developed based on her doctoral thesis. She is also a practical researcher for Citizenship at the ROC Twente, where she leads the Citizenship workshop (an NRO project). Her research group at The Hague University of Applied Sciences will focus on the further development of Global Citizenship, in particular its significance in vocational education. Her starting point is Global Citizenship as a controversial subject: different visions of global citizenship lead to different implementations in the curriculum, in the teaching methods and in the organisation.
Additional positions
- Practical researcher on Citizenship at ROC Twente
- Board member of the Rathenau Institute
l.j.f.guerin@hhs.nl