28 Jul 2016
PISA for Development: Expanding the Global Education Community Esperanto or Developing a Dialect? By Camilla Addey
By Camilla Addey, Humboldt University in Berlin[1] In the 1990s, the International Large-Scale Assessment (ILSA) phenomenon suddenly exploded and over the following... Read More
21 Jul 2016
Can the Measurement of Learning Outcomes Lead to Quality Education for All? By Pablo Zoido, Michael Ward, Kelly Makowiecki, Lauren Miller, and Catalina Covacevich
By Pablo Zoido (former OECD), Michael Ward, Kelly Makowiecki, Lauren Miller, Catalina Covacevich (OECD) This is one of the complex questions that... Read More
18 Jul 2016
International Geneva, Conflict and Peacebuilding: What Role for Education? By Mario Novelli
By Mario Novelli, University of Sussex & NORRAG[1] When we think of ‘International Geneva’ we may reflect on the unique role that... Read More
04 Jul 2016
ICTs in Technical and Vocational Skills Development: Reaching the Poorest Populations? By Rao Bhavani and Ajay Balakrishnan
By Rao Bhavani and Ajay Balakrishnan, AMMACHI Labs, Amrita University, India During the last Tech4Dev Conference[1] NORRAG and AMMACHI Labs (Amrita University,... Read More
27 Jun 2016
“(Mis-)Educating the Ghettoes of our world” – is there a Collective Neglect of the Role of Education for Youth in Violent Cities Around the World? By Mieke Lopes Cardozo, Jovana Carapic, and Joost Monks
By Mieke Lopes Cardozo, University of Amsterdam; Jovana Carapic, Small Arms Survey, Geneva; Joost Monks, NORRAG Violent cities: the ghettoes of our... Read More
20 Jun 2016
Can African Universities Deliver Knowledge for ‘Transforming our World’ Without Decolonizing the Academy? By Hanne Kristine Adriansen
By Hanne Kirstine Adriansen, Aarhus University, Denmark. In the UN document of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Transforming our World: the... Read More
16 Jun 2016
Have Your Say about NORRAG
We are pleased to invite you to complete our biennial online survey. The aim of this survey is to assess how NORRAG... Read More
13 Jun 2016
Towards a Global Landscape of Inequality? The Afghans and the ‘Refugee Crisis’ in Europe By Alessandro Monsutti
By Alessandro Monsutti, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva. Twenty-five years after the fall of the Soviet Union, economic and social... Read More
09 Jun 2016
Lessons Learnt from 67 Years of UNWRA Support to the Education of Palestinian Refugees By Husein Abdul-Hamid, Joel Reyes, and Harry Patrinos
By Husein Abdul-Hamid, Joel Reyes, Harry Patrinos, World Bank. Delivery of education services to communities in conflict-ridden states requires an adjustment in... Read More
06 Jun 2016
Moving on? The Impact of Education for Refugees in First Asylum Countries By Sarah Dryden-Peterso
By Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Harvard Graduate School of Education Four dimensions of refugees’ educational experiences are critical for teachers of refugees to understand:... Read More