UNESCO RIELA: The sounds of integration

Welcome to the podcast series of the UNESCO Chair on Refugee Integration through Education, Languages, and Arts (RIELA) at the University of Glasgow. We bring you sounds to make you think about integration, languages, culture, society and identity. A collection of academic musings, poetry, lesser heard voices and personal stories for you to enjoy and expand you horizons with. In short: a podcast for everyone with stories from the world, about the world, released fortnightly.We work in collaboration with Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network (GRAMNet) and its partners. Together, our aim is to promote creative, practical multilingual action for change at all levels of society to build capacity in research and action focused on fostering cultural expressions of heritage and diversity with displaced peoples, and academic freedom for those at risk.Please subscribe to get notified of new episodes coming out! Full show notes can be found on the University of Glasgow's UNESCO RIELA

UNESCO RIELA: The sounds of integration is a education podcast hosted by UNESCO RIELA, with 101 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  E96 - Reimagining Peacebuilding through Decolonial Pedagogy and AI: Lessons from Nigeria

  Aug 12, 202615 min

  This episode is a recording of Tola Benjamin Kehinde's presentation at the online UNESCO RIELA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating 2025, which took place in October 2025. The presentation explores how peacebuilding can be reimagined through decolonial educational practices and emerging technologies, with a focus on Nigeria. It draws on teaching experiences and research into AI ethics in Africa to examine how interdisciplinary approaches that combine history, language, digital tools, and the arts can foster inclusive and intercultural peace education. Using case studies of Nigerian historical education and civic engagement, the session highlights both the opportunities and challenges of using AI to support peacebuilding while addressing colonial legacies. Participants will gain insights into creating culturally grounded and sustainable non-violent strategies for conflict transformation. Kehinde Tola Benjamin is a historian and researcher specializing in African history, digital humanities, and peace education. He lectures at the Department of History and International Studies, Redeemer’s University, Nigeria. His research focuses on the relationship between AI ethics, decolonial pedagogy, and civic engagement, exploring how emerging technologies shape historical knowledge and peacebuilding in Africa. Kehinde has presented at international conferences and co-authored papers on digital governance, African studies, and sustainable development. He is passionate about promoting inclusive education that draws on local knowledge and digital tools to create equitable and transformative learning experiences. For the slides to the presentation, please visit: https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/reimagining-peacebuilding-in-nigeria-through-decolonial-pedagogy-and-ai-lessons-from-nigeria/289189544

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  E95 - The Learned Ability to Coexist Peacefully

  Jul 21, 202616 min

  This presentation by Blessing Oluchikwu Awamba about her work with students and teachers in Nigeria, was recorded at the online UNESCO RIELA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating in October 2025. Blessing's work focuses on strategies for integrating global citizenship education into classroom learning to promote peace. She details some of the ways she has used writing and film shows to help students understand peace better, reflect on their daily lives, and take actions to become more peaceful from within. She also shared how her work is helping teachers become ambassadors of peace and create classrooms that serve as incubators for changemakers who promote peace. The presentation offers a compelling case for reforming education to prioritise peaceful coexistence alongside literacy and numeracy. Blessing Oluchukwu Awamba is a Nigerian peacebuilding educator and champion for Global Citizenship Education. As the Founder and Lead Educator of Change A Child Community Initiative, she works to transform narratives of violence into opportunities for growth by working with teachers and students to integrate peace education into school learning. Her work has been recognised and supported by international bodies, including UNESCO-APCEIU and SIMA Studios. She is the author of the children's book, Building Our Ideal Community, and a winner of the 2024 UNODC-GRACE international essay competition. Blessing’s vision is to reform educational policy to ensure that peaceful coexistence becomes the primary measure of education across Africa.

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  E95 - The Learned Ability to Coexist Peacefully

  Jul 21, 202616 minS0

  This presentation by Blessing Oluchikwu Awamba about her work with students and teachers in Nigeria, was recorded at the online UNESCO RIELA Spring School: The Arts of Integrating in October 2025. Blessing's work focuses on strategies for integrating global citizenship education into classroom learning to promote peace. She details some of the ways she has used writing and film shows to help students understand peace better, reflect on their daily lives, and take actions to become more peaceful from within. She also shared how her work is helping teachers become ambassadors of peace and create classrooms that serve as incubators for...

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  E94 - Environmental Literacies for Peacebuilding

  Jul 14, 202620 min

  In this podcast, Sundas shares some aspects of her recently completed research project that investigated the use of indigenous, faith, spiritual, and cultural environmental literacies for sustainability education. She elaborates on how these pluriversal environmental literacies are important for not only sustainability and regeneration for all life and life forms on earth, but also for peacebuilding. Dr Sundas Mahar is a researcher and educator currently based at the University of Glasgow. She is specifically interested in using decolonial and pluriversal frameworks to create impactful approaches to education for sustainability and regeneration. Her research focuses on creative, participatory, and embodied approaches to inquiry with students and communities in non-formal educational contexts. To find out more about her work, you can connect with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundas-mahar/

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  E94 - Environmental Literacies for Peacebuilding

  Jul 14, 202620 minS0

  In this podcast, Sundas shares some aspects of her recently completed research project that investigated the use of indigenous, faith, spiritual, and cultural environmental literacies for sustainability education. She elaborates on how these pluriversal environmental literacies are important for not only sustainability and regeneration for all life and life forms on earth, but also for peacebuilding. Dr Sundas Mahar is a researcher and educator currently based at the University of Glasgow. She is specifically interested in using decolonial and pluriversal frameworks to create impactful approaches to education for sustainability and regeneration. Her research focuses on creative, participatory, and embodied approaches...

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