The network’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background; it is not a university and grants no degrees. KCO’s peer-to-peer learning space, open to contributors of every background.
One subject of the Academy, with its fields, courses and communities of practice.
Civic education
Rights, institutions and lawful participation in each state where Kurds live, from the homeland to the diaspora.
- Status
- Open
- Fields
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- Courses
- 8
- Faculty
- Faculty of Law, Governance and Public Affairs
Before you begin The Kurdish Cooperation Organization is a federation of communities that learn from one another. It is not a university, claims no public authority and serves no government, party or faith body.
A set of lessons with an outline, written and reviewed by peers; it carries no academic credit. are written and reviewed by peers. A course plan with outcomes, modules and assessment, written before the lessons and reviewed before teaching starts. are A text awaiting review; it can change before it is used. until expert review.
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Sources
Open scholarly records on this subject, from approved indexes. Listed for reference, not yet reviewed.
- Francis Patrick O’Connor (2024). Radical Political Participation and the Internal Kurdish Diaspora in Turkey. Kurdish Studies Archive. DOI 10.1163/9789004706590_004
- Sabah Mofidi (2024). The Experience of Suspension among Political Identities; Kurdish Nationality and Aspiration for Kurdistani Citizenship among Kurdish Immigrants in Western Europe. Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism. DOI 10.1111/sena.12435
- Francesco Ventura (2023). Diaspora as socio‐material assemblage: Political agency in the Kurdish freedom movement’s representations of homeland. Global Networks. DOI 10.1111/glob.12460
- Joanna Bocheńska (2025). Reading Kurdish Heritage Anew: Women’s Representation, Intimate Citizenship, and Moral Empowerment. Enacting Citizenship. DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-83537-7_6
- Orhan Kaya (2025). The intergenerational transmission of collective action within the Kurdish diaspora in Switzerland: An analysis of socio-political dynamics. Current Psychology. DOI 10.1007/s12144-025-07724-z
01Fields
The A narrower topic within a discipline. this discipline covers.
- Civic participation by country
- Voting and representation
- Associations and civil society
- Rights and duties of residents
02Classification
Where the discipline sits in the international lists of fields.
| Scheme | Code | Steward |
|---|---|---|
| OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.2 | 5.6 | OECD |
| ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013) | 0312 | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
03Courses
Outlined 2
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Civic participation in Germany
How German democracy works at federal, Land and local level, and how Kurds living in Germany can take part lawfully and safely.
Wave 1 · 10 h Outline drafted
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Civic participation in Sweden
How Swedish democracy works at national, regional and municipal level, and how Kurds in Sweden can take part lawfully and safely.
Wave 1 · 10 h Outline drafted
Proposed 6
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Civic participation in France
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Civic participation in the United Kingdom
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Civic participation in the Netherlands
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Civic participation in Belgium
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Civic participation in the United States
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
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Civic participation in Canada
Outline in preparation.
Wave 2 Planned
A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.
04Communities of practice
No A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. is Being set up: nobody is listed as a member and nothing runs yet. for this discipline yet.
05Contribute to this field
Experts of every background teach, review and advance the field.
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Course author
Write or revise a course of this field, from its outline to its lessons.
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Expert reviewer
Review outlines, lessons and assessments in your field before teaching starts.
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Translator
Translate courses and pages of this field into the languages of the community.
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Steward
Keep the field’s map of courses, sources and Anyone who writes, reviews, translates or teaches here, from any background, named only with consent. current.
06Related service subsites
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Civic
Civic education, rights literacy, statelessness help and dialogue.
07More in this department
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Deliberation and dialogue
How people who disagree, across dialects, faiths and movements, can reason together and decide fairly.
1 course4 fields
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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Civic education. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/civic-education/
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The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Civic Education.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/civic-education/.
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08Research and sources
Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.
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Radical Political Participation and the Internal Kurdish Diaspora in Turkey
Francis Patrick O’Connor · 2024 · Kurdish Studies Archive
ChapterCrossrefOpenAIREOpen accessCC-BY-4.0
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Sabah Mofidi · 2024 · Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism
ArticleCrossrefCC-BY-4.0
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Francesco Ventura · 2023 · Global Networks
ArticleCrossref
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Reading Kurdish Heritage Anew: Women’s Representation, Intimate Citizenship, and Moral Empowerment
Joanna Bocheńska · 2025 · Enacting Citizenship
ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0
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Orhan Kaya · 2025 · Current Psychology
ArticleOpenAIREOpen access
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Citizenship from Below: The Impact of Kurdish Women’s Small-Scale Activism
Wendelmoet Hamelink · 2025 · Enacting Citizenship
ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0
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2023 · Wiley
ArticleCrossref
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Between Majority Power and Minority Resistance: Kurdish Linguistic Rights in Turkey
Nesrin Uçarlar · 2009 · Lund University Publications (Lund University)
ThesisOpenAlexOpen accessother-oa
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Besime Şen · 2025 · Enacting Citizenship
ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0
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Bahar Başer, Ann-Catrin Emanuelsson, Mari Toivanen · 2015 · Kurdish Studies
ArticleOpenAIRECrossrefOpen access
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Charlotta Zettervall · 2013 · Lund University Publications (Lund University)
ThesisOpenAlexOpen accessother-oa
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Enacting Citizenship: Kurdish Women’s Resilience, Activism, and Creativity
Wendelmoet Hamelink, Joanna Bocheńska, Dobrosława Wiktor-Mach et al. · 2025 · Springer eBooks
ChapterOpenAlexOpen accessCC-BY
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