2022 Outstanding INNER Peace

Scherto Gill is Professor of Research and Director of Global Humanity for Peace Institute, University of Wales Trinity St David. She directs the UNESCO Initiative on Collective Healing, Social Justice and Global Well-Being. Scherto is also Senior Fellow at the Guerrand-Hermès Foundation for Peace, a board member of Spirit of Humanity Forum, and a Trustee of Rising Global Peace Forum. Scherto is on the editorial board of a number of journals, including International Journal for the Study of Spirituality. She chairs the G20 Interfaith Forum’s Education Working Group, and is Life Fellow of Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).

As a researcher, Scherto’s interests centre on understanding peace, human well-being and global flourishing as dynamic processes. The key concepts she is developing with colleagues include positive peace, human-centred education, relational evaluation in education, holistic well-being, deep dialogue, collective healing, and collaborative governance. Scherto has been actively exploring ways to apply these ideas in peacebuilding, educational innovation, community regeneration, and social transformation.

Scherto has published extensively in the fields of education, well-being and peace, including Lest We Lose Love (forthcoming, Anthem Press); Beyond the Tyranny of Testing: Relational Evaluation in Education (Oxford University Press); Ethical Education: Towards An Ecology of Human Development (Cambridge University Press); Happiness, Flourishing and the Good Life: A Transformative Vision for Human Well-Being (Routledge); and Understanding Peace Holistically (Peter Lang). https://scherto.com/