26 Apr 2021
Digital inclusion in the times of Covid-19: A capabilities approach in understanding inclusion and education
Abstract: This NORRAG Highlights is written by Abbas Abbasov, PhD student in International and Comparative Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. He recognizes that much of the vocabulary we use when we discuss inclusion in education is focused on deficits rather than capabilities. As Covid-19 has brought additional challenges to inclusion in education systems, Abbasov... Read More
23 Apr 2021
New NORRAG Book "Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education"
Human Rights, Public Education, and the Role of Private Actors in Education ‘Realizing the Abidjan Principles on the Right to Education: Human Rights, Public Education, and the Role of Private Actors in Education was published in May 2021 and presented during a CIES 2021 panel session chaired by Professor Gita Steiner-Khamsi, Director of NORRAG. The volume... Read More
20 Apr 2021
Call for Contributions! NORRAG Special Issue 07: Education in Times of Climate Change
NORRAG, an associate program of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland, invites contributions to NORRAG Special Issue (NSI) 07 on Education in Times of Climate Change. The contributions are expected to be short written articles (typically around 1200-1500 words) or multimedia material that can speak to a wider audience of policymakers,... Read More
12 Apr 2021
Remembering Paul Taryam Ilboudo
Dr. Paul Taryam Ilboudo, a world-renowned bilingualism researcher and bilingual policy advisor as well as mayor of Loumbila commune in Burkina Faso’s Oubritenga Province, passed away on 31 March 2021 at the age of 72. After completing high school, Dr. Ilboudo became a primary school teacher. He realized that the use of foreign language as... Read More
11 Apr 2021
Latest NORRAG Podcast Episode 09: Monitoring the 4th Sustainable Development Goal on Education (SDG 4) with Manos Antoninis
NORRAG Podcast Episode 09: Monitoring the 4th Sustainable Development Goal on Education (SDG 4) with Manos Antoninis can now be found on SoundCloud. It features guest host, Alexandra Draxler, NORRAG Senior Advisor and Former Director at UNESCO, who interviews Manos Antoninis, an economist and specialist in questions related to education & development. Antoninis is the Director... Read More
11 Apr 2021
Event Highlights - KIX EAP webinar on Scaling Impact: An Introduction to Achieving Impact at Scale
русский I العربية On 31 March 2021, NORRAG hosted the webinar “Scaling Impact: An Introduction to Achieving Impact at Scale” in collaboration with John Gargani, evaluator, writer, teacher, founder and president of Gargani + Company, Inc. and Robert McLean, senior programme specialist with the Policy and Evaluation Division of Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC).... Read More
06 Apr 2021
KIX EAP Podcast #1: Duishon Shamatov Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University
The first episode of the KIX EAP Podcast is hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Chapman University (USA), featuring Duishon Shamatov, Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University (Kazakhstan). In this episode, Professor Shamatov talks about his international research career from Pakistan to Canada, and how he returned to give back to his community in Central Asia... Read More
30 Mar 2021
25 April – 2 May 2021: NORRAG at CIES 2021 “Social Responsibility within Changing Contexts”
NORRAG and its network members will participate in this year’s Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference which will take place virtually from April 25 to May 2, 2021. This year’s theme, Social Responsibility within Changing Contexts, emphasizes the transformation in cultural values, economic/political agendas, and environmental challenges surrounding education. New, non-state actors are... Read More
30 Mar 2021
7 July 2021: NORRAG Executive Director to Speak at Oxford University’s Global Public Seminar
NORRAG Executive Director, Moira V. Faul, will be presenting: Governing Education by Partnership: the GPE in the Context of Other Sectors’ Global Financing Partnerships on 7 July 2021. This online event is part of the University of Oxford’s Global Public Seminar series on Comparative and International Education, jointly organised by the Department of Education and... Read More
30 Mar 2021
IIEP-UNESCO and NORRAG Launch Specialized Course on “Using Data and Information for Crisis-Sensitive Educational Planning”
Natural hazards and conflicts can devastate education systems. When faced with multiple risks – such as insecurity and severe weather – the stakes are even higher. Today, many governments, humanitarian, and development partners recognize the need to use evidence-informed risk reduction strategies to address threats head on, to prepare, and secure the right to quality... Read More