Emer Shanahan
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Job Titles
Education Officer (Social and Environmental Education - History) at the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
Departmental Assistant (PhD Student) at Mary Immaculate College
Voluntary Positions
Strategic Team Lead (Education Team) at the Childhood Museum of Ireland
Published Books
Shanahan, E. (2020a) Big World Little Words, Kindle Direct Publishing.
Shanahan, E. (2020b) Big World Little Lessons Book A: Climate Change Education for Early Years Settings, Kindle Direct Publishing.
Shanahan, E. (2020c) Big World Little Lessons Book B: Climate Change Education for First and Second Classes, Kindle Direct Publishing.
Shanahan, E. (2020d) Big World Little Lessons Book C: Climate Change Education for Third and Fourth Classes, Kindle Direct Publishing.
Shanahan, E. (2020e) Big World Little Lessons Book D: Climate Change Education for Fifth and Sixth Classes, Kindle Direct Publishing.
Shanahan, E. (2022) STEM From Nature: Education for Sustainable Development in Primary Schools, Kindle Direct Publishing.
Shanahan, E. (2026) The Peace Between Wars, Kindle Direct Publishing.
Edited
Shanahan. E., Varga, J., Smets, W., Ropero, K., Sakej, M., Neto, S., Eyvindardóttir, G.R., Van den Hoven, J., Čaušević, L., Fitzsimons, S. (Eds) (2026) Hope Manifesto: A collective voice for history education. Euroclio and European House of History. Hope and History Conference, European Parliament, Brussels. 27 th-29 th April 2026.
Available: Hope Manifesto: a collective voice for history education | European School Education Platform
Conference Presentations
Shanahan, E. (2026) Understanding European Union Citizenship in a Global Context: The EU as a Pathway to Global Citizenship Education. DICE Global Citizenship Education Conference, Froebel, Maynooth. 17th June 2026.
PhD (work in progress)
Shining a Light on the Dark Ages: Adopting a Multi-perspectival Approach to Teaching about the European ‘Dark Ages’ and Renaissance to include Islamic Perspectives alongside Christian Narratives. Supervisors: Dr. AnneMarie Brosnan and Dr. Paul O’Brien.
