People

Conrad Hughes

South African

“Violence, war, oppression, exploitation, they strip not only the oppressed, but the oppressor of their humanity. It goes beyond a feeling of guilt, it forces people into positions that dehumanises them, pressurises them to say things and do things that take away not only the dignity of the victims, but the dignity of the oppressors too….”

Conrad Hughes

Conrad Hughes is the Director General of the International School of Geneva where he teaches Theory of Knowledge. He is also a Senior Fellow at UNESCO’s International Bureau of Education, a member of the advisory board for the University of the People and a research assistant at the University of Geneva’s department of psychology and education. Conrad’s most recent books are Education and Elitism: Challenges and Opportunities (2021, Routledge), Understanding Prejudice and Education: The Challenge for Future Generations (2017, Routledge) and Educating for the 21st Century: Seven Global Challenges (2018, Brill).