Dr Katerina Standish profile, Our People, National Centre for Peace & Conflict Studies, University of Otago, New Zealand

Contact

Email katerina.standish@otago.ac.nz

Teaching

No longer teaching for the University of Otago.

Supervision

No longer accepting new supervisions.

Research

Dr Standish's areas of research expertise and writing for publication include:

Peace Education
Hope Curriculum
Suicide
Peace and Conflict Studies
Cultural Violence/Nonviolence
Health and Well-Being
International Curricular Analysis

Dr Standish is an active board member of the Canadian Peace Research Association. She sits on the editorial boards of the Journal for Peace Education, In Factis Pax: Journal of Peace Education and Social Justice, International Journal of Advanced Peace and Gandhian Studies, Global Journal of Peace Research and Praxis and Sustainability: Journal of Sustainable Development.

She is a member of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Canadian Peace Research Association, Canadian Association of Peace and Conflict Studies, Teachers Without Borders, International Association of Peace and Conflict Studies, International Studies Association, American Sociological Association, American Peace and Justice Studies Association, the Global Campaign for Peace Education, the Peace and Justice Development Network, and the Peace and Reconciliation Network.

Dr Standish holds a doctoral degree in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Manitoba, a Master's Degree in Human Security and Peacebuilding from Royal Roads University, a post-baccalaureate in Communications from Simon Fraser University, an undergraduate degree in Sociology, Anthropology and Humanities from Simon Fraser University and is currently completing a Masters in Indigenous Studies from the University of Otago.

Dr Standish is a specialist in transformative education, a scholar of suicide, a local and international scholar/practitioner working at the intersection of well-being and peacebuilding, creator of the theory and practice manual for emotional regulation and violence prevention (Yogic Peace Education), Hope Curriculum educator, the inventor and primary researcher for the Peace Education Curriculum Analysis (PECA) and senior editor of the Palgrave Handbook of Positive Peace. Dr Standish’s peace practices include working in partnership with local communities in Canada and Aotearoa/New Zealand and with international teams in global peacebuilding research and practice. She has experience in peacebuilding in Uganda, Palestine, Israel and with the Red Cross in Canada and New Zealand. She has been a health and well-being practitioner for over 20 years and specializes in teaching wellness, contemplative learning practices and personal violence transformation.

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Publications

Standish, K. (2022). Personal peacebuilding and COVID-19. In K. Standish, H. Devere, A. E. Suazo & R. Rafferty (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of positive peace. (pp. 41-59). Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-0969-5_3

Standish, K., Devere, H., Suazo, A. E., & Rafferty, R. (2022). Defining the platform of positive peace. In K. Standish, H. Devere, A. E. Suazo & R. Rafferty (Eds.), The Palgrave handbook of positive peace. (pp. 3-24). Singapore: Springer Nature. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-0969-5_1

Standish, K., Devere, H., Suazo, A. E., & Rafferty, R. (Eds.). (2022). The Palgrave handbook of positive peace. Singapore: Springer Nature, 1180p. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-0969-5

Standish, K. (2022). Everyday genocide: Femicide, transicide and the responsibility to protect. Journal of Aggression, Conflict & Peace Research, 14(3), 215-230. doi: 10.1108/JACPR-10-2021-0642

Standish, K. (2021). A PACS problématique. Peace Review, 33(2), 310-318. doi: 10.1080/10402659.2021.1998864

Standish, K. (2020). Suicide through a peacebuilding lens. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 292p. doi: 10.1007/978-981-13-9737-0

Authored Book - Research

Standish, K., & Joyce, J. M. (2017). Yogic peace education: Theory and practice. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 194p.

Authored Book - Research

Standish, K. (2015). Cultural violence in the classroom: Peace, conflict and education in Israel. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars, 180p.

Authored Book - Research

Standish, K., Devere, H., Suazo, A. E., & Rafferty, R. (Eds.). (2022). The Palgrave handbook of positive peace. Singapore: Springer Nature, 1180p. doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-0969-5

Edited Book - Research

Reimer, L. E., Standish, K., & Thiessen, C. (Eds.). (2020). Expanding the edges of narrative inquiry: Research from the Mauro Institute. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 278p.

Edited Book - Research

Reimer, L. E., Standish, K., & Thiessen, C. (Eds.). (2019). Expanding the edges of narrative enquiry: Research from the Mauro Institute. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 278p.

Edited Book - Research

Reimer, L. E., Standish, K., & Thiessen, C. (Eds.). (2018). Conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and storytelling: Research from the Mauro Centre. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 330p.

Edited Book - Research

Chapter in Book - Research

Standish, K. (2020). Conclusion: Reading the room. In L. E. Reimer, K. Standish & C. Thiessen (Eds.), Expanding the edges of narrative inquiry: Research from the Mauro Institute. (pp. 235-241). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Chapter in Book - Research

Standish, K. (2020). Conflict narratives: Using "social cubism" to explore the social/cultural origins of conflict in Sri Lanka, Bosnia, and Northern Ireland. In L. E. Reimer, K. Standish & C. Thiessen (Eds.), Expanding the edges of narrative inquiry: Research from the Mauro Institute. (pp. 77-95). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Chapter in Book - Research

Standish, K. (2020). Innovations: Critical peace education and yogic peace education. In S. Byrne, T. Matyók, I. M. Scott & J. Senehi (Eds.), Routledge companion to peace and conflict studies. (pp. 359-370). Abingdon, UK: Routledge.

Chapter in Book - Research

Standish, K. (2018). Conclusion: Closing the circle. In L. E. Reimer, K. Standish & C. Thiessen (Eds.), Conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and storytelling: Research from the Mauro Centre. (pp. 295-304). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Chapter in Book - Research

Standish, K. (2018). “You’re sitting in my desk!” Researching the ‘Past in the present’ in Israel. In L. E. Reimer, K. Standish & C. Thiessen (Eds.), Conflict transformation, peacebuilding, and storytelling: Research from the Mauro Centre. (pp. 249-270). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.

Chapter in Book - Research

Standish, K. (2015). An alternative to Anzac: White poppies at the Peace Pole. In J. Evans Pim & P. Dhakal (Eds.), Nonkilling spiritual traditions (Vol. 1). (pp. 223-242). Honolulu, HI: Center for Global Nonkilling.

Chapter in Book - Research

Standish, K. (2008). The old city of Jerusalem: Sacred space in conflict. In R. Riewe & J. Oakes (Eds.), Facets of the sacred: Cross-cultural reflections. (pp. 57-65). Winnipeg, Canada: Aborignal Issues Press.

Chapter in Book - Research

Standish, K. (2022). Everyday genocide: Femicide, transicide and the responsibility to protect. Journal of Aggression, Conflict & Peace Research, 14(3), 215-230. doi: 10.1108/JACPR-10-2021-0642

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2021). A PACS problématique. Peace Review, 33(2), 310-318. doi: 10.1080/10402659.2021.1998864

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2021). Encounter Theory. Peacebuilding, 9(1), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/21647259.2020.1811192

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K., & Weil, S. (2021). Gendered pandemics: Suicide, femicide and COVID-19. Journal of Gender Studies, 30(7), 807-818. doi: 10.1080/09589236.2021.1880883

Journal - Research Article

Kertyzia, H., & Standish, K. (2019). Looking for peace in the national curriculum of Mexico. International Journal of Development Education & Global Learning, 11(1), 50-67. doi: 10.18546/IJDEGL.11.1.04

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2019). Learning how to hope: A hope curriculum. Humanity & Society, 43(4), 484-504. doi: 10.1177/0160597618814886

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K., & Nygren, T. (2018). Looking for peace in the Swedish National Curricula. Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 4(2), 92-106. doi: 10.1080/20020317.2018.1474701

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2016). Looking for peace in national curriculum: The PECA Project in New Zealand. Journal of Peace Education, 13(1), 18-40. doi: 10.1080/17400201.2015.1100110

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K., & Joyce, J. (2016). Looking for peace in the national curriculum of Scotland. Peace Research, 48(2), 67-90.

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K., & Talahma, R. (2016). Looking for peace in the national curricula of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Peace & Conflict Studies, 23(2), 2.

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2014/2015). Cultural nonviolence as praxis: Exploring the other side of Galtung's violence triangle. Global Journal of Peace Research & Praxis, 1(1), 46-54.

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2015). Looking for peace in the Australian national curricula. Peace & Conflict Studies, 22(2), 5. Retrieved from http://nsuworks.nova.edu/pcs/vol22/iss2/5/

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2015). The critical difference of peace education. In Factis Pax, 9(1), 27-38.

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K., & Kertyzia, H. (2015). Looking for peace in the English national curricula. Journal for Peace & Justice Studies, 24(2), 73-99.

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2014). Understanding cultural violence and gender: Honour killings; dowry murder; the zina ordinance and blood-feuds. Journal of Gender Studies, 23(2), 111-124. doi: 10.1080/09589236.2012.739082

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2013). What does a reciprocal peace process look like? Peace Studies Journal, 6(3), 69-84.

Journal - Research Article

Byrne, S., Arnold, J., Standish, K., Skarlato, O., & Tennent, P. (2010). The impact of international funding on reconciliation and human security in Northern Ireland. Journal of Human Security, 6(3), 16-35.

Journal - Research Article

Byrne, S., Arnold, J., Fissuh, E., Standish, K., & Irvin, C. (2009). The EU peace II fund and the international fund for Ireland: Nurturing cross-community contact and reconciliation in Northern Ireland. Geopolitics, 14(4), 630-652. doi: 10.1080/14650040903141323

Journal - Research Article

Byrne, S., Standish, K., Arnold, J., Fissuh, E., & Irvin, C. (2009). Economic aid: The end of Phase II and the impact on sustainable peacebuilding in Northern Ireland. Journal of Intervention & Statebuilding, 3(3), 345-363. doi: 10.1080/17502970903086743

Journal - Research Article

Byrne, S., Standish, K., Fissuh, E., Arnold, J., & Tennent, P. (2009). Building the peace dividend in Northern Ireland: People's perceptions of self and country. Nationalism & Ethnic Politics, 15(2), 160-188. doi: 10.1080/13537110902921206

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2008). Human security and gender: Female suicide bombers in Palestine and Chechnya. Peace & Conflict Review, 1(2). Retrieved from http://www.review.upeace.org/index.cfm?opcion=0&ejemplar=13&entrada=73

Journal - Research Article

Standish, K. (2021). A coming wave: Suicide and gender after COVID-19. Journal of Gender Studies, 30(1), 114-118. doi: 10.1080/09589236.2020.1796608

Journal - Research Other

Standish, K. (2019). Undigenous: Be quiet and know your place. Diaspora, Indigenous & Minority Education, 13(2), 123-128. doi: 10.1080/15595692.2019.1585344

Journal - Research Other

Devere, H., & Standish, K. (2017). Gender issues in politics and peace and conflict studies. Women Talking Politics, December, 22-23.

Journal - Research Other

Kertyzia, H., & Standish, K. (2020). Peace Education Curriculum Analysis: Looking for peace in the curricula of England and Mexico. Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting: The Power and Possibilities for the Public Good. Retrieved from https://www.aera.net

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Kertyzia, H., & Standish, K. (2016). Looking for peace in the national curriculum of Mexico. Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference. Retrieved from http://www.aera.net/tabid/10208/Default.aspx

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Standish, K. (2016). Peace education research in New Zealand. Proceedings of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education (NZARE) Educational Ideas Special Interest Group (SIG): Aims and Ends in Education. (pp. 8-9). Retrieved from http://www.nzare.org.nz/educational-ideas.aspx

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Standish, K. (2017, June). War (violence) education. Verbal presentation at the Performance and Performativity of Violence Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand.