CURRICULUM VITAE

Named 12th Edruptor for 2021 and as a top Edruptor in 2022 by ISC research. Edruptors are opinion shapers in international education, named thus because of the impact they can have to effect change for educators.

Vision

MY Ted Talk on the problem with Schools

Guiding principles for learning in the 21st Century

Communication style

An example of a message to students

An example of a message to parents

Major projects

I led the design of The Universal Learning Programme with the International School of Geneva and UNESCO's International Bureau of Education.

I've led the design of the learner passport.

The coalition to honour all learning is a group of schools I convened to work on post-secondary recognition of alternative transcripts.

My online philosophy class is open to anyone interested

Core leadership and teaching experience

International School of Geneva, Switzerland

Director General (2023 - )

Campus & Secondary Principal (La Grande Boissière, 2015-)

Interim Primary School Principal (Campus des Nations, 2014-2015)

Director of Education (Foundation of the International School of Geneva, 2011-2015 )

Founding International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Programme Coordinator (Campus des Nations, 2006-2011)

Teacher of English, Theory of Knowledge and Philosophy (2005 -)

International School of Hilversum, Netherlands

IB Diploma Programme Supervisor; IB Middle Years Programme and Diploma Programme English Teacher; IB Diploma Programme Theory of Knowledge Teacher (2000-2003)

United World College of India

IB Diploma Programme English Teacher and student mentor (1999-2000)

Collège du Pic St Loup, Lycée Jean Monnet (Montpellier), Lycée Jacques Brel (St Pons de Thomières), France

French Baccalaureate Teacher of English (1998-1999)

University of Montpellier III, France

University Lecturer of English (1998)

Département d’Instruction Publique of Geneva, Switzerland

Assistant Examiner of English for the Maturité Suisse (Collège Calvin, 2008 & 2009; Lycée Commercial de Malagnou, 2010 & 2011; Lycée Emiile Gourd, 2011)

Qualifications

Doctorate in Education (EdD), Durham University, 2019

Doctoral thesis (PhD) in English literature, University of the Witwatersrand, 2008

Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (DEA), University of Montpellier III, France, 2000

Master’s degree (MA) magna cum laude in English Literature, University of Montpellier III, France, 1999

Honours and Bachelor of Arts (‘DEUG d’Anglais’) University of Montpellier III, 1997-1998

International Baccalaureate Diploma, Waterford Kamhlaba UWC of Southern Africa, 1994

Certification

Harvard Business School CSML Leading People certificate, 2021; Leading change certificate, 2022.

ICF (ACTP) Accredited Life Coach (Certificate No. ECIC0134122), 2019

Google Certified Educator, 2019

EDUCARE Child Protection certified, 2018

Trained Gifted Education tutor (Unlocking the World, Government of South Australia), 2014

Publications

Published author of four books on education and over 15 peer-reviewed articles

Podcasts

Blogs

Blogs for the World Economic Forum , The Conversation and University of the People

Passions and social commitments

Experience as IB examiner, workshop leader, curriculum board member

Trained Fireman (101 Dardagny-Russin)

Guitarist (3 albums)

Senior Fellow at UNESCO's International Bureau of education

Research Assistant at University of Geneva

Board member, University of the People

Science and Ethical Board member, Dynamilis (EPFL)

Conference keynotes for IB, CIES, Cambridge, Bath, Durham, University of Geneva, UNESCO

Languages

English, French

References

Upon request

About Conrad Hughes

Conrad Hughes (MA, PhD, EdD) is the Director General of the International School of Geneva, the oldest international school in the world. He is also Professor in Practice at the University of Durham's School of Education. He has been School Principal, Director of Education, International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Coordinator and teacher in schools in Switzerland, France, India and the Netherlands.

Conrad, who is also a Senior Fellow at UNESCO's International Bureau of Education, a member of the advisory board for the University of the People and research assistant at the University of Geneva's department of psychology and education, teaches Theory of Knowledge.

His PhD (2008) is in English literature: The Treatment of the Body in the Fiction of JM Coetzee. His EdD thesis (2018), written at Durham University, is on the relationship between prejudice and education with specific focus on how education can reduce prejudice.

He is the author of numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and as Director of Education at the International School of Geneva he led the publication of Guiding Principles for Learning in the 21st Century with UNESCO. He has been chief editor for special editions of Springer’s Prospects Journal with entries by leading academics such as Sugata Mitra, Steve Higgins, Doug & Lynn Newton, Scilla Elworthy, Paul Black, AC Grayling and Juan Carlos Tedesco.

Conrad's most recent books are Education and Elitism: Challenges and Opportunities (2021, Routledge), Understanding Prejudice and Education: The Challenge for Future Generations (2017, Routledge) and Educating for the 21st Century: Seven Global Challenges (2018, Brill). His next book, Changing Assessment: How to Design Curriculum for Human Flourishing will be published by Brill in 2025.

Research Interests:
21st Century Education
Prejudice
Critical Thinking
International Education
Assessment