Elitism and Education - A Conversation with Conrad Hughes

Conrad Hughes (MA, PhD, EdD) is Campus and Secondary Principal at
the International School of Geneva, La Grande Boissière, the
oldest international school in the world. He has been School
Principal, Director of Education, International Baccalaureate
Diploma Programme Coordinator and teacher in schools in
Switzerland, France, India and the Netherlands.


Conrad, who is also a member of the advisory board for the
University of the People, senior fellow of UNESCO's International
Bureau of Education and research assistant at the University of
Geneva's department of psychology and education, teaches
philosophy.


His PhD (2008) is in English literature: The Treatment of the
Body in the Fiction of JM Coetzee. His EdD thesis (2018), written
at Durham University, is on the relationship between prejudice
and education with specific focus on how education can reduce
prejudice.


He is the author of numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals
and as Director of Education at the International School of
Geneva he led the publication of Guiding Principles for Learning
in the 21st Century with UNESCO. He has been chief editor for
special editions of Springer’s Prospects Journal with entries by
leading academics such as Sugata Mitra, Steve Higgins, Doug &
Lynn Newton, Scilla Elworthy, Paul Black, AC Grayling and Juan
Carlos Tedesco.


Conrad's most recent books are Elitism and Education:
Challenges and Opportunities (2021, Routledge), Educating for the
21st Century: Seven Global Challenges (2018, Brill) and
Understanding Prejudice and Education: The Challenge for Future
Generations (2017, Routledge).


Social Links


LinkedIn: @conrad-hughes


Twitter: @conradhughes0