John Annette, PhD
Pro Vice Master for Lifelong Learning and Engagement
Professor of Citizenship and Lifelong Learning
Contact details
Department of Social Policy and Education
Birkbeck, University of London
26 Russell Square
London WC1B 5DQ
email: j.annette@bbk.ac.uk
tel: 020 7631 6681
Research interests
John is currently researching and publishing in the areas of citizenship education in schools and for lifelong learning, community based learning and community partnerships in higher education, and on community leadership and involvement in community development and local governance. He has recently given keynote address at a number of international conferences.
Editorial and advisory roles
John Annette is Professor of Citizenship and Lifelong Learning, Pro Vice Master for Lifelong Learning and Engagement at Birkbeck, University of London and Chair of the International Centre for Education for Democratic Citizenship, which is a joint research centre with the Institute of Education. He recently with Dr. Dina Kiwan secured an ESRC Research Seminar on diversity, nationality and citizenship education.
He is on the editorial boards of the British Journal of Educational Studies, the International Journal of Citizenship Education and the London Review of Education.
He has been active in working in partnership with local communities in London and facilitating capacity building for community involvement for many years. He is an advisor to the Department for Children, Families and Schools on youth volunteering and citizenship education, also the Department for Communities and Local Government on capacity building for citizenship and community development. He is on the Executive of the Universities Association for Lifelong Learning (UALL) and is the Chair of the Higher Education Panel of the Lifelong Learning Sector Skills Council as well as an advisor to the HEFCE Beacons for Public Engagement and a member of the East London Business Alliance.
He was recently a Commissioner on the Commission on the Future of Volunteering chaired by Baroness Julia Neuberger, is on the executive of the London Empowerment Network organized by the London Civic Forum, which supports the Greater London Authority and the Mayor, and he is currently the Chair of the Linking London Lifelong Learning Network and the Higher Education Academy’s PVC Employer Engagement Group.
Recent publications
Books
- Education for Democratic Citizenship co-edited with Professor Andrew Lockyer and Sir Bernard Crick, Sage 2004
- Diversity and Citizenship Education, (special issue of the London Review of Education) Taylor&Francis, 2008
- Active Learning for Active Citizenship, co-ed with M.Mayo, NIACE 2009
- Civic Engagement and Higher Education (Routledge/Forthcoming)
- Public Engagement and Higher Education, ed., (special issue of BJES 2010)
Chapters in books
- "Citizenship and Higher Education in the UK" co-written with Terence McLaughlin in J.Arthur, ed.,Citizenship and Higher Education, Routledge Falmer, 2007
- "Lifelong Learning for Active Citizenship Through Community Involvement" Old and New Worlds of Adult Learning, eds. A. Bron, et.al., eds., ESREA, 2007
- "Education for Community Involvement and Service Learning" in Tony Breslin and Barry Dufour, eds., Developing Citizens, Hodder Murray, 2007
- "Community Involvement and Active Citizenship" in C.Hahn,et.al.,eds., Education for Citizenship and Democracy, Sage, 2008
Articles in journals
- "Lifelong Learning and Education for Democratic Citizenship" in International Journal of Citizenship Studies 2007
- "Diversity, Nationality and Deliberative Democratic Citizenship, ed. John Annette, (Special Issue London Review of Education on ‘Diversity and Citizenship Education", 2008)
- "Deliberative Democratic Engagement and Citizenship Education," Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2009
