I have published four books/edited volumes, 47 articles, 16 book chapters, 4 UNESCO reports, and 18 curricular and public access units locally and internationally in comparative and international education; education, conflict and peacebuilding; and critical approaches to education.
My research draws on the disciplines of sociology and philosophy of education, and I have interdisciplinary interests in global affairs and international justice/human rights,(post)qualitative inquiry, posthumanism/diffraction, posttruth, and decolonizing higher education. My research agenda is here.
9. Patel, J., & Kester, K. (2023). Reflective Research in Peace Education: Theory and Practice. In T. Archer, W. McInerney, & B. Hajir (eds.), Innovations in Peace and Education Praxis: Transdisciplinary Reflections and Insights (pp. 65-81). London: Routledge.
24. Kester, K. (trans by Rira Seo) (2021, December 31). Trauma in the Classroom: How Conflict-Sensitive Practices Can Support Students from War Zones [교실 안의 트라우마: 어떻게 분쟁에 민감한 실천활동이 전쟁 지역에서 온 학생들을 도울 수 있을까]. KoreanEducationalResearch AssociationNewsletter(in Korean).
32. Kester, K. (2020). Postmodernism in Post-Truth Times. In M. Peters, M. Tesar, L. Jackson, and L. Besley (Eds.), What Comes After Postmodernism in Educational Theory? (pp. 34-35) London: Routledge. (Reprint of 2018 Educational Philosophy and Theory article)
33. Eom, J.M., Kester, K., & Lee, T. (eds.) (2020). Multiple Pandemics: Beyond COVID-19 andInequalityTowardGlobalSolidarity.Seoul, Korea: UNESCO-APCEIU. (UNESCO-APCEIU translated report from Korean)
34. Kester, K., Park, S.Y., Abura, M., Velasco, A., & Lim, E. (2020). Final Report of the 5thInternational Conference on Global Citizenship Education Pedagogy and Practice: FosteringSolidarityandHopethroughGCED.Seoul: UNESCO-APCEIU. (UNESCO-APCEIU commissioned report)
38. Kester, K., & Aryoubi, H. (2019). Paulo Freire, Citizenship and Education. In A. Peterson, G. Stahl, & H. Soong (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
40. Cremin, H., Echavarria, J., & Kester, K. (2019). Transrational Peacebuilding Education to Reduce Epistemic Violence. In A. Donahoe and A. Wibben (Eds.), Teaching Peace and War: Pedagogy and Curricula (pp. 119-126). London: Routledge. (Reprint of 2018 Peace Review article)
43. Kester, K. (2018). Korea’s Place in the Field: Internationalizing and Decolonizing Comparative Education for the 21st Century. Commentary Note on the 50th Anniversary of the Korean Comparative Education Society. KCES 50th Anniversary Resource Book (pp. 81-83). Seoul: KCES & UNESCO.
54. Kester, K. (2017). A Peacebuilder’s Perspective on a Limited Nuclear Weapons Free Zone for Northeast Asia: Some Pedagogical Implications. Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia: Institute for Strategic Studies.
63. Kester, K. (2013). Peace Education Primer. AMIJournal:AJournaloftheMontessoriAustraliaFoundation, 1/2, 115-123. (Invited reprint of 2012 Journal of Global Citizenship and Equity Education paper)
78. Kester, K. (2009). Education for International Understanding and Education for Peace:Common Principles, Guidelines, Approaches, and Impact: Report of the 2009 APCEIU Asia-PacificTraining Workshop. Seoul: UNESCO-APCEIU. (UNESCO-APCEIU commissioned report)
82. Kester, K. (2008,January20).UnderstandingConflictandArtisticApproachestoPeacebuilding.UN Works,DepartmentofPublicInformationattheUnitedNations. (Lesson plan commissioned by UN DPI)
83. Kester,K.(2008,January20).APeaceEducationUnit:HumanRights,Access,andGender. UN Works, Department of Public Information at the United Nations. (Lesson plan commissioned by UN DPI)