ABSTRACT
In a context of a global systemic crisis in which traditional notions of development and bipolar conceptions of a 'rich North' and a 'poor South' do not apply any more, there is a need for development education to reconsider its role in shaping global transformation. This chapter argues that development education, like any kind of engagement oriented around global justice and sustainability, should today be approached through a perspective of transformational systemic change. Based on interviews with pioneers of an emerging global community of practice for transformational systemic change, it explores how a global system change movement can be conceptualised and what the new role of development education might be in order to meet the challenges of transformation. The 'global thinking, global regime change' approach to a world citizens movement requires people to increasingly identify themselves as 'global citizens'. The chapter concludes by linking the renewed role of development back to its very roots in transformative and emancipatory learning.
