Benjamin Mallon
Dr.

Benjamin Mallon is Assistant Professor in Geography Education in the Institute of Education, Dublin City University. Ben has expertise in geography, global citizenship and sustainability education and coordinates and teaches undergraduate and postgraduate modules across the Institute of Education. He is co-director of the DCU Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education.
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Clíona Murphy, Benjamin Mallon, Greg Smith, Orla Kelly, Vasiliki Pitsia & Gabriela Martinez Sainz (2021) 'The influence of a teachers’ professional development programme on primary school pupils’ understanding of and attitudes towards sustainability'. Environmental Education Research, . [DOI] | |
2021 | Mallon, B.;Martinez-Sainz, G. (2021) 'Education for children's rights in Ireland before, during and after the pandemic'. Irish Educational Studies, 40 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2021 | Redman, E.;Murphy, C.;Mancilla, Y.;Mallon, B.;Kater-Wettstaedt, L.;Barth, M.;Ortiz, M.G.;Smith, G.;Kelly, O. (2021) 'International scaling of sustainability continuing professional development for in-service teachers'. Interdisciplinary Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 17 . [Link] [DOI] | |
2021 | O’connell, C.;Mallon, B.;Cassaithe, C.N.í.;Barry, M. (2021) 'Addressing the complexity of contemporary slavery: Towards a critical framework for educators'. Policy and Practice, 2021 . [Link] | |
2020 | Cliona Murphy, Greg Smith, Benjamin Mallon, Erin Redman (2020) 'Teaching about sustainability through inquiry-based science in Irish primary classrooms: the impact of a professional development programme on teacher self-efficacy, competence and pedagogy'. Environmental Education Research, . [DOI] | |
2020 | Alan McCully, Fionnuala Waldron, Benjamin Mallon (2020) 'The contrasting place of political history in the primary curricula of Ireland, north and south: a comparative study'. COMPARE: A JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE EDUCATION, . [DOI] | |
2020 | Cliona Murphy, Nicola Broderick, Benjamin Mallon (2020) 'Primary science in Ireland – 17 years on'. Irish Teachers' Journal, 8 (1):141-156. [Link] | |
2019 | Massimiliano Tarozzi & Benjamin Mallon (2019) 'Educating teachers towards global citizenship: A comparative study in four European countries'. London Review of Education, 17 (2):112-125. [Link] [DOI] | |
2018 | Mallon, Benjamin (2018) 'ILLUMINATING THE EXPLORATION OF CONFLICT THROUGH THE LENS OF GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION'. Policy and Practice, (27):37-69. |
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | Waldron, F.;Mallon, B.;Kavanagh, A.M. (2021) 'Transforming pedagogy for a socially just and sustainable world: Concluding thoughts' In: Teaching For Social Justice And Sustainable Development Across The Primary Curriculum. [Link] [DOI] | |
2021 | Mallon, B. (2021) 'Global citizenship education: Interconnection, social justice and sustainability' In: Teaching For Social Justice And Sustainable Development Across The Primary Curriculum. [Link] [DOI] | |
2021 | Kavanagh, A.M.;Waldron, F.;Mallon, B. (2021) 'Teaching for social justice and sustainable development across the primary curriculum: An introduction' In: Teaching For Social Justice And Sustainable Development Across The Primary Curriculum. [Link] [DOI] | |
2021 | Benjamin Mallon (2021) 'Educational Responses to the Emotions, Foundations and Everyday Realities of Climate Change' In: Policy and Practice: A Development Education Review Fifteenth Anniversary Special Edition. Belfast : Centre for Global Education. | |
2020 | F. Waldron, B. Mallon, M. Barry & G. Martinez-Sainz (2020) 'Climate Change Education in Ireland: Emerging Practice in a Context of Resistance' In: Ireland and the Climate Crisis. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan. [Link] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47587-1_13 | |
2020 | Benjamin Mallon (2020) 'The Right to Education' In: International Human Rights, Social Policy and Global Development: Critical Perspectives. Bristol : Policy Press. | |
2019 | Benjamin Mallon (2019) 'National Case Study: Ireland' In: Teachers’ education in GCE: emerging issues in a comparative perspective. Bologna : Università di Bologna. [Link] [DOI] | |
2019 | Benjamin Mallon (2019) 'Contrasting Cultures in GCE Teacher Education' In: Teachers’ education in GCE: emerging issues in a comparative perspective. Bologna : Università di Bologna. [Link] [DOI] |
Other Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2015 | Benjamin Mallon (2015) 'A Development Education Perspective on the Challenges and Possibilities of Climate Change in Initial Teacher Education' :135-146. | |
2013 | Benjamin Mallon (2013) 'Lessons in Conflict and Peace in Nagorno-Karabakh' . [Link] |
Guidelines for Practice
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | Benjamin J Mallon, Fionnuala Waldron, Rowan Oberman, Seline Keating (2017) Making Rights Real: Learning Activities and Actions on Children’s Rights for Children. GFP [Link] | |
2013 | Benjamin Mallon & Connall O'Caoimh (2013) Proudly made in Africa: a Transition Unit for Business Studies and Development Education. Dublin: GFP [Link] |
Book Review
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | Benjamin Mallon (2020) Important work in a time of volatility: transnational perspectives on democracy, citizenship, human rights and peace education. BREV [Link] | |
2016 | Benjamin Mallon (2016) Children’s Rights, Educational Research and the UNCRC: Past, Present and Future. BREV | |
2015 | Benjamin Mallon (2015) Sowing seeds: the militarisation of youth and how to counter it. BREV [DOI] | |
2013 | Benjamin Mallon (2013) Education that Matters: Teachers, Critical Pedagogy and Development Education at Local and Global Level. BREV [Link] |
Conference Publication
Year | Publication | |
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2013 | Benjamin Mallon (2013) Irish Association of Social Science and Environmental Education Peace building education on the island of Ireland: A conceptual framework [Link] |
Conference Contribution
Thesis
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Research Interests
Ben researches and teaches in the areas of Geography Education, Education for Sustainability and Global Citizenship Education, with a particular focus on pedagogical approaches which address conflict, challenge violence and support the development of peaceful and sustainable societies. Current research projects include:
- an exploration of the potential of geography education to contribute towards peacebuilding processes.
- a national survey exploring teacher's attitudes towards and perspectives of global citizenship education
- a quantitative analysis of children's rights within post-conflict peace agreements.
- an exploration of the potential of geography education to contribute towards peacebuilding processes.
- a national survey exploring teacher's attitudes towards and perspectives of global citizenship education
- a quantitative analysis of children's rights within post-conflict peace agreements.