Civic Engagement in Changing Contexts

Professor Kerry J. Kennedy is currently Professor Emeritus and Advisor (Academic Development) at The Education University of Hong Kong. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Johannesburg. His research interests are in curriculum policy and theory with a special focus on civic and citizenship education. He is a Co-Editor of the Routledge International Handbook of Schools and Schooling in Asia. He is the Series Editor of the Routledge Series on Schools and Schooling in Asia as well as the Asia-Europe Education Dialogue Series. He is the Series Editor of SpringerBriefs on Civic and Citizenship Education in the 21st Century and Co-Editor of the Springer Series on Governance and Citizenship in Asia. He is a Fellow of the Australian College of Educators and a Life Member of the Australian Curriculum Studies Association. In 2012 he was the co-winner of the Richard M. Wolf Memorial Award for educational research, presented by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement. In 2018 he was the recipient of an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Children’s Identity and Citizenship European Association.