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Hilary Cremin

Position/Status

Head of Faculty

E-mail Address

hc331@cam.ac.uk

Phone

(+44) 01223 767555

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Leicester
  • PGCE University of Oxford (Wolfson College)
  • BA (Hons) French and European Literature University of Warwick

Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations

  • Fellow: Royal Society of Arts

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Profile

Dr Hilary Cremin researches writes and teaches about peace education and conflict transformation in schools and communities. She is concerned with big questions about the future of education and peace building and works with her graduate students to consider new directions for the field. She is chair of the Cambridge Peace Education Research Group with her graduate-student co-chairs. CPERG offers seminars in Cambridge and online as well as providing resources on their website for those interested in peace education research and practice. Hilary has an interest in arts-based methodologies including photo-voice poetry and autoethnography.

Hilary has worked in the public private and voluntary sector as a school teacher educational consultant project coordinator and academic. She has worked with various adult and community groups and in hundreds of primary and secondary schools throughout the UK and internationally. She has also worked as a community mediator mediating both neighbour and family disputes. She continues to be involved in the promotion and delivery of conflict transformation and peace-building work in schools and communities.


She is the Chair of the Degree Committee in the Faculty of Education.

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Academic Area/Links

  • Peace education (inner and outer peace)
  • Conflict resolution in schools and communities (including restorative approaches and peer mediation)
  • Embodiment in education research and practice
  • Poetry in research
  • Photo-voice research methodology
  • Autoethnography
  • New models of peace education

Please note - Prof Cremin has no new places available for PhD supervision starting October 2022

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Course Involvement

  • MPhil/MEd
  • PhD supervision
  • Education Tripos
  • PPD

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Principal Publications

Books

Cremin H. & Bevington T. (2017) Positive Peace in Schools: Tackling conflict and creating a culture of peace in the classroom London: Routledge

Sellman E. Cremin H. and McCluskey G. (2014) (Eds) Restorative Approaches to Conflict in Schools: International perspectives on managing relationships in the classroom London: Routledge

Arthur J. & Cremin H. (2011) (Eds) Debates in Citizenship Education London: Routledge

Cremin H. (2007) Peer Mediation: Citizenship and social inclusion revisited. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Vincett K. Cremin H. and Thomas G. (2005) Working together: Effective teacher-teaching assistant teamwork. Buckingham: Open University Press.

Cremin H. (2000) Learning How to Mediate. London: SAGE Publications.

Robinson P. and Stacey H. (1997) Let's Mediate: A Teachers Guide to Peer Support and Conflict Resolution Skills for All Ages. London: SAGE Publications.

Papers in peer-reviewed journals

Cremin H. Aryoubi H. Kurian N. Hajir B. & Salem H. (2021) Post-abyssal Ethics in Education Research in Settings of Conflict and Crisis: Stories from the Field British Education Research Journal 47 4 787-1138


Echavarria J. & Cremin H. (2019) Education for territorial peace in Colombia: what role for transrational peace? Journal of Peace Education 16 3 316-338


Cremin H. Echavarria J. & Kester K. (2018) Transrational Peacebuilding Education to Reduce Epistemic Violence Peace Review 30 3 295-302


Cremin H. (2018) What comes after post/modern peace education? Educational Philosophy and Theory 50 14 1564-1565


Cremin H. (2018). An Autoethnography of a Peace Educator: Deepening Reflections on Research Practice and the Field Emotion Space and Society 28 1-8.

Kester K. & Cremin H. (2017) Peace Education and Peace Education Research: Toward a Concept of Post-Structural Violence and Second Order Reflexivity Educational Philosophy and Theory DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2017.1313715

Cremin H. (2015) Peace education research in the twenty-first century: Three concepts facing crisis or opportunity? Journal of Peace Education DOI:10.1080/17400201.2015.1069736

Cremin H. & Guilherme A. (2015): Violence in Schools: Perspectives (and hope) from Galtung and Buber Educational Philosophy and Theory DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2015.1102038

Cremin H. (2014) Peace Educator Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives 3 2 http://www.othereducation.stir.ac.uk/index.php/OE/article/view/94

Cremin H. McCluskey G. & Sellman E. (2012) Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Restorative Justice: Developing insights for Education British Journal of Educational Studies 60 (4)

Warwick P. Cremin H. Harrison T. & Mason M. (2012) The Complex Ecology of Young People’s Community Engagement and the Call for Civic Pedagogues Journal of Social Science Education 11 (3) 65-87

Stanfield J. & Cremin H (2012) Importing control in Initial Teacher Training: theorizing the construction of specific habitus in recent proposals for induction into teaching Journal of Education Policy DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2012.682608

Mason C. Cremin H. & Warwick P. (2011) Learning to (Dis)Engage?: The socialising experiences of young people living in areas of socio-economic disadvantage British Journal of Educational Studies 59 4 403-419

Cremin H. Mason C. & Busher H. (2010) Problematising pupil voice using visual methods: findings from a study of engaged and disaffected pupils in an urban secondary school British Educational Research Journal iFirst Article 1–19

Cremin H and Warwick P. (2008) Multiculturalism is Dead: long live community cohesion? A Case Study of an Educational Methodology to Empower Young People as Global Citizens. Research in Comparative and International Education 3 (1) 36-49.

Cremin H. and Thomas G. (2005) 'Maintaining underclasses via contrastive judgement: can inclusive education ever happen?' British Journal of Educational Studies 53 (4) 431-446.

Cremin H. Thomas G. and Vincett K. (2005) 'Working with teaching assistants: three models evaluated'. Research Papers in Education 20 (4) 409-427.

Cremin H. and Slatter B. (2004) Is it possible to access the 'voice' of pre-school children? Results of a research project in a pre-school setting. Educational Studies 30 4 457-471.

Cremin H. (2003) Violence and Institutional Racism in Schools. British Educational Research Journal 29 6 929-941.

Short works and book chapters

Cremin H. and Kester K. (2020) Bare-Foot Hope for Peace: Vulnerability in Peace Learning. In McKenna M. and Brantmeier E. The Pedagogy of Vulnerability Charlotte N Carolina: Information Age Publishing


Tsuruhara T. & Cremin H. (2019)
Understanding conflict transformation dialogue through coding based on Buber and Rogers. In N. Mercer R. Wegerif & L. Major (Eds) The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Dialogic Education Abingdon: Routledge 610-622


Ahmed F. & Cremin H.
(2019) Dialogic Education for Transformative Processes (Section introduction). In N. Mercer R. Wegerif & L. Major (Eds) The Routledge International Handbook of Research on Dialogic Education Abingdon: Routledge 595-597


Bevington T. Kurian N. & Cremin H. (2019)
Peace Education as Citizenship Education: Shared Critiques. In A. Peterson G. Stahl & H. Soong (Eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education Cham: Palgrave Macmillan


Cremin H. & Guilherme A. (2019)
Violence and Peace in Schools: Some Philosophical Reflections. In H. Shapiro (Ed) The Wiley Handbook on Violence in Education: Forms Factors and Preventions New York: Wiley 559-575


Cremin H. & Archer D.T. (2018)
Transrational Education: Exploring possibilities for learning about peace harmony justice and truth in the twenty first century. In J. Echavarría Alvarez D. Ingruber & N. Koppensteiner (Eds.) Transrational Resonances: Echoes to the Many Peaces Houndsmill: Palgrave Macmillan.

Cremin H. & Warwick P. (2015 2009) Developing skills of enquiry: A critical dialogic approach to CE and its contribution to community cohesion. In Gearon L. (Ed.) Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School Second Edition Abingdon: Routledge

Cremin H. Thomas G. & Vincett K. (2013) Working with Teaching Assistants: Three Models Evaluated In G. Thomas (Ed) Case Study Methods in Education London: Sage


Busher H. & Cremin H.
(2012) Developing understanding through ethnography: Students’ and teachers’ perspectives on schooling in performative times In D. Beach B. Jeffrey G. Troman and G. Walford (Eds) Performativity & Ethnography in Education in the UK: Effects consequences and agency Milton Keynes: Open University Press

Faul M. & Cremin H. (2011) Governing Citizenship Education.In J. Arthur & H. Cremin (Eds.) Debates in Citizenship Education Abingdon: Routledge

Cremin H. (2011) Gender and Citizenship Education In J. Arthur & H. Cremin (Eds.) Debates in Citizenship Education Abingdon: Routledge

Cremin H. (2010) Talking Back to Bazemore and Schiff: A Discussion of Restorative Justice Interventions in Schools. In Rosenfled Quinet and Garcia (Eds) Contemporary Issues in Criminological Theory and Research: The Role of Social Institutions Kentucky: Cengage publishing.

Cremin H. (2008) Education as a social and political process. In S. Dymoke and J. Harrison Reflective Teaching and Learning: A guide to Professional Issues for Beginning Secondary Teachers. London: Sage.

Cremin H. and Warwick P. (2006) Mapping subject knowledge. In L. Gearon (ed.) Teaching Citizenship in the Secondary School: A practical guide. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Stacey H. (2000) Mediation and Peer Mediation. In Cowie H. and Wallace P. (Eds.) Peer Support in Action: From Bystanding to Standing By. London: SAGE Publications.

Stacey H. Robinson P. and Cremin D. (1997) Using Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation to Tackle Bullying. In Tattum D.P. and Lane D.A. (Eds.) Bullying: Home School and Community. London: David Fulton Publishers.

Articles in professional journals

Slatter B. and Cremin H. (2005) Consulting with pre-school children. Primary Practice: Journal of the National Primary Trust 39 33-39.

Cremin H. (2004) Missing the Point of the Circle. Emotional Literacy Update September 2004.

Cremin H. (2004) La médiation par les pairs. Recherche dans quinze écoles primaires anglaises possédant des services réussis de médiation Ville Ecole Intégration Violence en milieu scolaire : recherches pratiques exemplaires et formation des maîtres. Hors série No. 8 février 2004 72-83.

Cremin H. Thomas G. and Vincett K. (2003) Learning zones: an evaluation of three models for improving learning through teacher/teaching assistant teamwork Support for Learning 18 4 154-64.

Cremin H. (2002) Circle Time: why it doesn't always work. Primary Practice The Journal of the National Primary Trust 30 23-29.

Cremin H. (2002) Pupils resolving disputes: Successful peer mediation schemes share their secrets. Support for Learning 17 3 138-144.

Cremin H. (2000) School Mediation Works. Mediation Magazine 63 7.

Robinson P. and Stacey H. (1999) Infant Mediation: Helping young people to develop the ability to resolve their own conflicts. Building Blocks for Global Learning.

Stacey H. and Robinson P. (1998) Human Schools. In Perfect Partners. Supporting Literacy in the Community. London Kingscourt Publishing Ltd.

Silcock P. and Stacey H. (1997) Peer Mediation and the Co-operative School. Education 3 to 13. Vol. 25 No. 2 3-9.

Stacey H. (1996) Mediation into schools does go: An outline of the mediation process and how it can be used to promote positive relationships and effective conflict resolution in schools. The Journal for Pastoral Care and Personal and Social Education Vol. 14 No.2 7-10.

Stacey H. (1996) Peer Mediation: Skills Training for life. Primary Practice: The Journal of the National Primary Trust No.3 1-3.