Helen Hanna

Dr Helen Hanna is passionate about education rights and inclusion. A lecturer in international education at the Manchester Institute of Education, she has worked as an academic and educator in the UK, mainland China, Hong Kong and Russia, and completed funded research in Thailand, England, South Africa, Hong Kong, Northern Ireland, Israel, Canada and Kenya. Her research and teaching focuses on citizenship education, the educational experiences of migrant and ethnic minority learners, and creative research methods. Helen has published in journals such as Compare: A Journal of International and Comparative Education, Literacy and Children’s Geographies. She is the author of Young People's Rights in the Citizenship Education Classroom (Palgrave, 2019). She is an Associate Editor for Human Rights Education Review, member of the Editorial Board for Compare, and Co-Convenor of the British Education Research Association's SIG on Comparative and International Education. She is also committed to supporting early career researchers find their way in scholarly life, through her educational consultancy and training in writing for academic publication and employability.