Anne Marie Kavanagh (PhD, FHEA) is Assistant  Professor in Ethical and Intercultural Education in the School of Human Development, DCU Institute of Education. She teaches and researches in the areas of intercultural education, ethical education, social justice education, climate justice education and human rights education. 

Anne Marie is the DCU-lead on the ‘Literature Review on Intercultural Education’ funded by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, which will inform the development of revised Intercultural Education Guidelines for use across the education continuum.

She is currently collaborating with partners at Newcastle University and the University of Northumbria along with Prof Audrey Bryan on a British Academy funded research project, ‘Classrooms for Climate Justice’. This action research project focuses on how teachers can be supported to incorporate climate justice perspectives into primary and post-primary education.

In recognition of her teaching excellence, she was awarded the Vere Foster Medal (INTO) in 2004, Lecturer of the Year Award (St. Patrick’s College) in 2015, and the tender to develop an e-Learning module for teachers in ETB schools on supporting social class and ethnic and racial diversity in 2023. This e-learning module, which was launched in February, is currently being undertaken by teachers in 200 ETB primary and post-primary schools.

In 2006, she was awarded the Kellogg's Scholarship and completed an MEd in Education (St. Patrick's College). In 2009, she received the Michael Jordan Fellowship in Education and completed her PhD on Emerging Models of Intercultural Education in Irish Schools at St Patrick’s College under the supervision of Prof Fionnuala Waldron and Prof Audrey Bryan. 

Anne Marie holds numerous leadership roles including leading DCU’s work on the Advisory Committee for the Framework for the Recognition of Qualification to Teach Ethical, Multi-Belief and Values Education (Educate Together & ETBI). She serves as the BEd2 Year Head and as the BEd3 Erasmus Academic Co-ordinator. She is an active member of the Faculty Research Committee, the Publication Action Plan sub-committee, and the Faculty Athena Swan Assessment Team. Prior to incorporation, she served on the College Research Ethics Committee at St. Patrick’s College.

She is a member of the steering committee of the DCU Centre for Human Rights and Citizenship Education (CHRCE) and a member of the DCU Anti-Bullying Centre. In 2021, her first co-edited book (with Prof Fionnuala Waldron & Dr Benjamin Mallon) 'Teaching for Social Justice and Sustainable Development Across the Primary Curriculum' was published by Routledge. This volume supports educators in integrating meaningful education for social justice and sustainability across a wide range of curricular subjects at primary level. Her co-edited book ‘Beyond Single Stories: Changing Narratives for a Changing World’ was published in 2024 by Information Age Publishing.