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The Association makes an annual award or awards for the best publication(s) of the year in the field of citizenship education and identity related to children and young people that has been written by a CiCea member (or members). The Awards identify and promote excellence in publication in the field and to commend the quality of publication by members of the Association.
Eligibility
Publications submitted must be published in the year, and must be either authored or co-authored by a member or members of the Association, and be in either print or e-format, as a journal article, book, chapter, or any other form of publication. The first awards were made for publications that appeared in 2010.
Nomination Process
Nominations are to be made on the form available below. Nominations can be made by any member of the Association, including the authors of the nominated work. An anonymised versions of the works were submitted submitted in an electronic copy
format. The nominations for 2025 open on June 25th, 2026. All submissions must been received by September 5th, 2026, and sent electronically to
The Publications Award Process
The Executive Committee has nominated a publications award committee, which may contain some or all members of the Executive Committee. The publications award committee makes a shortlist of works, and then announces the winners at the Association's Annual General Assembly.
Application Form and Regulations
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In the autumn of 2022, the Children’s Identity and Citizenship European Association (CiCea) inaugurated the CiCea International Webinar Series Events. Through these webinars, CiCea members and friends of the Association have the opportunity to provide an international audience with interesting, topical and thought-provoking discussions, research and practices on a particular topic relevant to the Association interests. Webinar materials and recordings (depending on availability and recording quality) are available here.
If, having read the above, you believe you have work of substantive interest and/or import you wish to share with the Association and wish to apply to run a webinar, you may do so, by clicking on the link below:
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AWARD WINNERS
Each year, the association makes an award for the best publication(s) of the preceding year in the field of citizenship education and identity related to children and young people that has been written by a CiCea member or members. Information on the nomination and selection processes are available in the Activities section of the website or directly, by clicking here. Below you can find the awardees for each year, from 2010 to the present.
2024 Awardees
Fifteen (15) submissions were considered for the 2023 award. The award winners were announced at the Annual General Assembly meeting held in May 2025. By category the winners are:
Best Research Paper Award:
- Freires, T., Thomas Dotta, L., & Pereira, F. (2024). Young People’s construction of identity in the context of Southern Europe: Finding leads for citizenship education. Societies, 14(1), 9.
Best Praxis Paper Award:
- Kalessopoulou, D., Sidiropoulou, T., Sotiropoulou, E., & Psatha, F. (2024). Exploring social justice awareness in young children's shopping pretend play at ECEC settings and museums. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 32(1), 55-70.
2023 Awardees
Fourteen (14) submissions were considered for the 2023 award. The award winners were announced at the Annual General Assembly meeting held in June 2024. By category the winners are:
Best Research Paper Award:
- Essomba, M. À., Nadeu, M., & Tarrés, A. (2023). Youth democratic political identity and disaffection: Active citizenship and participation to counteract populism and polarization in Barcelona. Societies, 13(12), 245.
- Chistolini, S. (2023). The Heart of the Citizenship Education and Revival of New Schools in Europe. European Journal of Education, 6(1), 45-51.
Best Book Award:
- Hall, E. (2023). Mellan rörelse och stillhet: minne och flykt i unga människors berättande 2009-2021 [Between movement and stillness: memory and escape in young people's storytelling 2009-2021]. Malmo: Malmo University.
2022 Awardees
Twelve (12) submissions were considered for the 2022 award. The award winners were announced at the Annual General Assembly meeting held in May 2023. By category the winners are:
Best Research Paper Award:
- Chong, E. K. M., Hu, J., Tang, H. H. H., Cheng, E. C. K., Davies, I., Leung, Y. W., & Hung, S. C. F. (2022). Hong Kong secondary school teachers’ pedagogical approaches to controversial issues at a time of social and political turmoil. Teacher Development, 26(1), 34-54.
Best Theoretical Paper Award:
- Gilligan, C. (2022). Methodological nationalism and the Northern Ireland blind-spot in ethnic and racial studies. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 45(3), 431-451.
Best Praxis Paper Award:
- Palla, L., & Vallberg Roth, A. C. (2022). Inclusive ideals and special educational tools in and out of tact: didactical voices on teaching in language and communication in Swedish early childhood education. International journal of early years education, 30(2), 387-402.
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The Research Grant Competition is announced annually, in early to mid Autumn*. The grant period begins in January of the following year. The research award is intended to promote, strengthen and develop education and training for those who currently or in future will work with children and young people providing citizenship education, understanding and education to promote social identity in a European and world context. The award is available to support research for a group of at least three association members and amounts to 1500 euros. Successful applicants will be expected to have renewed and/or established their membership for the forthcoming year by the time that the award is made. We ask that you not apply until the Grant Application Period is formally announced, and a closing date is given. The following extracts from the guidance notes may be useful to those considering making an application.
- The application must be made by a group of at least THREE Association members from different institutions. International collaboration is strongly preferred.
- You will be asked to describe the aim of the research and its relevance in terms of citizenship.
- In cases where the grant is planned to be used to supplement other awards and grants, then you should specify what the CiCea award will add to the overall project.
- The Association will require a final report at the end of the project. The project proposed should be completed within 18 months. It should start in January of the year following submission of your Application (and therefore should be completed within 18 months).
- Download a copy of the CiCea Research Grant Fund Application Regulations and Guidelines.
- Download a (blank) copy of the CiCea Research Grant Application Form.
- 2008 - 2009 Research Grant Final Report: Participative Citizenship
- 2009 - 2010 Research Grant Final Report: Peace Education
- 2019 - 2020 Research Grant Final Report: Art and Citizenship Education in diverse communities
* Research Grants Competitions Announcements are made on the CiCea Facebook page, our social media platforms and in article format on the CiCea Website.
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We are pleased to announce that the Association's annual research grant (1500 Euro) has been awarded to a project entitled 'Peace Education and teacher training: today in the context of yesterday. A comparative perspective from Finland, Lithuania and Sweden.' Members in the project are Roger Johansson, and Irene Andersson, University of Malmo, Sweden; Arja Virta, University of Turku, Finland and Irena Zaleskiene, Lithuania.
The main goal of the research is to compare experiences of peace education before and after 1989 inFinland, Lithuania and Sweden, in three countries with different historical and cultural backgrounds and what "Peace Education" meansin different cultural, political, social, contexts.
The research started in 2010 January and was completed within the specified time period (18 months period).
The final report can be found here: 2009 - 2010 Research Grant Report - Peace Education.