NORRAG at CIES 2026
28 March – 1 April 2026
San Francisco, California, United States
NORRAG is pleased to participate in the 70th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) in San Francisco, taking place from March 28 to April 1, 2026.
Under the theme “Re-examining Education and Peace in a Divided World,” the conference invites critical reflection on one of the most enduring missions of comparative and international education: the role of education in building peace, social cohesion, and justice.
NORRAG’s participation reflects our ongoing commitment to strengthening the connections between research, policy, and practice in education and development. Our network members will be presenting research, engaging in dialogue, and sharing insights on education systems strengthening, conflict-sensitive education, teacher development, and the humanitarian-development-peace nexus.
List of NORRAG Sessions
- Articulations of teacher agency in conflict: affected settings: Research with, for, and by teachers in Africa, the Middle East, and South Asia
- From Theory to Praxis: Designing Education Alternatives within Farsi-speaking Communities: experiencing Conflict and Political Instability
- Global flows and non-state actors in education reform
- Education Governance Future(s) in a Permacrisis World – Policyscapes, Timescapes, and Actorspaces (Part I): Global / Supranational Imaginaries
- Building Peace through International Cooperation in Education: The UNESCO IBE’s Legacy in Global Governance (Centenary Panel)
- Education Governance Future(s) in a Permacrisis World – Policyscapes, Timescapes, and Actorspaces (Part II): Translation into National Contexts
- Education Governance Future(s) in a Permacrisis World – Policyscapes, Timescapes, and Actorspaces (Part III): Local Dynamics and the Critical Politics of Crisis
- Peace as an Ideal for Transforming Education: From the Universalist Aspirations of the IBE to the UNESCO Futures of Education
- Who rules? Actors, movements, and struggles behind education governance in Latin America (Part I)
- Innovative Financing for Education: Design Choices and Their Consequences for Results
- Form as Praxis: Aesthetics, Affect, and Dialogue in Comparative & International Education
- Financing Education for Social Cohesion: Blended Finance Approaches in Emerging Economies
- Dropout Prevention in the Global Digital Age: A Comparative Analysis of Policies and Practices in Europe and Latin America
- NORRAG Annual Reception
- The Role of Funders in Developing and Supporting Equitable Global Scholarship: Advancing Critical Research in Comparative and International Education
- Qualifications recognition and global educational governance: a panel discussion
- Contesting Dominant Paradigms: Race, Play, Pandemic, and Teachers in Education in Emergencies
- Uptake of local policy expertise: Factors that improve the utility of policy research
- Access to Education Amidst Displacement, Conflict, and Climate Emergencies: A Qualitative Lens