NORRAG at the DevEd Conference 2025
Dates: 11 to 13 November 2025
Location: Melbourne, Australia
NORRAG at the DevEd Conference 2025
In November NORRAG participated in the inaugural Development and Education Conference #DevEd2025 conference in Melbourne. The first of its kind in the Asia-Pacific.
Congratulations to the Australian Council for Education Research (link), DFAT (link), and FCDO (link) for bringing attention to the region’s protracted education challenges, but also for highlighting its many positive examples of educational transformation.
The conference confirmed that equitable knowledge production and accessible evidence shape powerful policies and better teaching and learning practices.
Great to also see so many of the KIX EMAP hub partners involved!
Shifting Donor Priorities and the Changing Landscape of International Financing and Partnerships in Education: Impacts in Asia-Pacific
Tuesday 11th November 2025, 01:00 to 02:30 am CET / 11:00 am to 12:30 pm AEDT
NORRAG’s Dr Christopher Henderson acted as discussant for the high-level panel on donor priorities and the shifting financing landscape and he organized the high-level panel on educational inclusion and exclusion in the Asia Pacific, where he highlighted NORRAG’s Policy Insights publication on Refugee Teachers and the region’s Rohingya crisis.
Speakers:
- Will Brehm, University of Canberra
- Kate Lee, Union Aid Abroad
- Steven Lewis, Australian Catholic University
- Ivan Matovich, Monash University
- Ritesh Shah, University of Auckland
- Robin Shields, University of Queensland
- Prachi Srivastava, University of Adelaide
- Christopher Henderson, NORRAG
The Role of Knowledge, Innovation and Exchange in Building Equitable and Inclusive Education Systems
Wednesday 12th November 2025, 12:30 pm to 202:30 am CET / 10:30 am to 12:30 pm AEDT
Speakers:
- Aditi Desai, KIX EMAP Hub
- Nisa Felicia, Pusat Studi Pendidikan dan Kebijakan, Indonesia
- Sangay Jamtsho, IDRC
- Arushi Terway, NORRAG
- Dr Ethel Valenzuela
- Mohammad Ali Zinnah, Dhaka University
Panel session: Equity and Inclusive Education
Thursday 13th November 2025, 03:00 to 04:00 am CET / 13:00 to 14:00 pm AEDT
Speakers:
- Chris Henderson, NORRAG
- Leila Smith, Aurora Foundation
- Beth Sprunt, University of Melbourne