Tony Jenkins PhD is an Assistant Professor in the Program on Justice and Peace Studies at Georgetown University. He has 24+ years of experience directing and designing peacebuilding and international educational programs and projects in the fields of international development, peace studies, and peace education. Since 2001, Tony has served in voluntary capacity as the Managing Director of the International Institute on Peace Education (IIPE) and since 2007 as the Coordinator of the Global Campaign for Peace Education (GCPE) .
Tony works frequently with the UN & UNESCO, most recently working as a technical consultant on the revision of the UNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development (2022-2024) and speaking on the International Day of Education as a panelist on the High Level Dialogue on Learning for Lasting Peace at the United Nations Headquarters (2024). Tony has significant experience designing and developing academic programs in peace studies and peace education including the MA Programme in Peace Education at the UN mandated University for Peace. In 2019, in recognition of his curricular work with World BEYOND War, Tony received the Educators’ Challenge Award and People’s Choice Award from the Global Challenges Foundation in partnership with the London School of Economics Institute of Global Affairs.
Tony’s applied research is focused on examining the impacts and effectiveness of peace education methods and pedagogies in nurturing personal, social and political change and transformation. He is also interested in formal and non-formal educational design and development with special interest in teacher training, alternative approaches to global security, systems design, disarmament, and gender.
Academic Appointment(s)
- Primary
- Assistant Teaching Professor, College - Justice and Peace Program