Peter Kraftl

Peter Kraftl is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Birmingham, UK. An interdisciplinary scholar of childhood, youth and education, his work focuses on children and young people’s interactions with, and learning about, their everyday environments. His work on education has focused on the design and experience of formal, informal, alternative and outdoor learning spaces. Peter has published 11 books and over 120 journal articles and book chapters on the above topics, including the monograph ‘Geographies of Alternative Education’ (Policy Press). He was a coordinating lead author for UNESCO’s International Science and Evidence-based Education Assessment and regularly works with UNESCO, UNICEF, UN-Habitat, WHO and other international and national agencies. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Royal Society of Arts.