This book is a timely and much-needed addition to scholarly work in both PE and HRE, as the authors highlight how the overlaps between PE and HRE can emerge as fertile ground for new thinking and action in the global fight for social justice. Accessible and relevant to beginners and seasoned human rights and peace educators alike, the authors demonstrate their conceptual expertise in these fields through the depth and breadth of their analysis.

International Journal of Human Rights Education

[T]his book is an important, well-written, and even essential text for new and seasoned PE and HRE scholars, practitioners, and activists. Its global scope, accessible approach, and breadth of content make this text primed for use in university classrooms, grassroot campaigns for justice, and in the hands of everyday peacebuilders and human rights advocates around the world.

Educational Review

Educating for Peace and Human Rights: An Introduction builds on previous texts by the two authors, but it truly shines as a way of introducing students new to these areas of education. Of particular importance is the care that Bajaj and Hantzopoulos take both to present the historical emergence of peace education and human rights education and to build on discussions of these historical foundations, with an emphasis on critical and decolonial elements of these fields.

Global Campaign for Peace Education

Maria Hantzopoulos and Monisha Bajaj, leading figures in the fields of peace studies and human rights education, offer a critical foundation for their respective fields of practice and show how education for peace and human rights can together reduce inequality and oppression ... For those seeking an introduction and for those long immersed in either or both of these fields, this book is a valuable resource.

Theory and Research in Education

[An] accessible text that is eminently suitable for courses on both human rights education and peace education. This book leads the way in inspiring new courses that combine and synthesise the two fields.

London Review of Education

[E]ssential for those within the fields of PE and HRE. Future researchers, policymakers, and activists can use the book as a starter for them in deciding future studies and making educational policies ... [T]eachers and practitioners from various educational contexts and settings may find it a useful resource, particularly as a practical guide to teach peace and human rights together in the classrooms.

Journal of Peace Education