KIX EMAP Webinar 23: Inclusive Education in Europe and Central Asia: Contextualising Current Challenges and Opportunities
русский Date and Time: Thursday, 6 February 2024, 10:00 – 12:00 PM (CET) Location: Online (Zoom) Language: The webinar will be conducted in English and Russian. Read event highlights KIX EMAP Webinar 23, the first in a two-part series, will focus on inclusive education across Europe and Central Asia. Inclusive education is important for creating... Read More
20 Jan 2025
Event Highlights: KIX EMAP Webinar 21: Climate Change and Education in Southeast Asia and the Pacific
On Wednesday, 27 November 2024, KIX EMAP hosted Webinar 21 on “Climate Change and Education in Southeast Asia and the Pacific”. The webinar was attended by over 170 participants from the EMAP region and beyond. José Luís Canêlhas, KIX EMAP Hub Director, opened the webinar and shared an overview of the KIX EMAP Hub. Aditi... Read More
16 Jan 2025
National Interests within UNESCO: How China Shaped the Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education
In this blogpost, which is part of NORRAG’s blog series on “International Organisations and the Global Governance of Education”, Xiaomin Li, David A. Turner and Danrong Li trace the development of UNESCO’s Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education, paying particular attention to the role of Chinese actors in the process. It... Read More
14 Jan 2025
Applications to the UNESCO IIEP Visiting Researcher Programme are Now Open!
The deadline to apply for the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP) Visiting Researcher Programme has been extended to 15 February 2025. The IIEP Visiting Researcher Programme offers researchers from all over the world the opportunity to enhance their professional skills and develop their careers by learning more about various theoretical, methodological, and practical... Read More
14 Jan 2025
Postdoctoral Fellow in International Education and Teacher Well-Being at the University of Notre Dame
Position Introduction The University of Notre Dame’s Global Center for the Development of the Whole Child (GC-DWC) within the Institute for Educational Initiatives invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship focused on research related to international education and teacher development in the majority world. The GC-DWC has been developing a research portfolio on teacher professional development,... Read More
13 Jan 2025
UNESCO-International Bureau of Education – Centenary
100 years of transforming education: celebrating a century of innovation, impact, and inclusion; shaping national curricula and advancing global learning We are honoured to commemorate the 100th anniversary of UNESCO-International Bureau of Education (UNESCO-IBE). Founded in Geneva in 1925 in the wake of World War I and under the leadership of Jean Piaget, the IBE... Read More
08 Jan 2025
Victims or Vanguards?: The Discursive Construction of the Anthropocene Generation and its Implications for Climate Change Education
In this blogpost, which is based on a recent handbook chapter, Audrey Bryan and Yoko Mochizuki challenge the dominant discursive framings of children and youth who make up the Anthropocene generation. The blogpost is part of NORRAG’s blog series on Provocations for Education from Youth Climate Activism. Generation Anthropocene This post examines the ways in... Read More
23 Dec 2024
Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Research in Sub-Saharan Africa – Collaboration, Impact and Publishing Inequalities
Français In this blog, which is part of NORRAG’s #TheSouthAlsoKnows blog series, Hélène Binesse explores how African researchers in the field of Foundational Literacy and Numeracy, amongst others, often depend on international collaboration to publish in high-impact journals. Drawing on these persistent inequalities in academic publishing, she reflects on how we, as researchers and practitioners... Read More
20 Dec 2024
Consultation on the development of Guiding principles on the right to early childhood care and education
The Guiding principles regarding the right to early childhood care and education (ECCE) aim to clarify the normative content of the right to education concerning ECCE rights. The objective of the Guiding principles is to compile into one document the many references in international human rights law to the right to ECCE, the content of the right... Read More
19 Dec 2024
(Re)considering Wellbeing for Climate-just Futures
In this blogpost, which is part of NORRAG’s blog series on Provocations for Education from Youth Climate Activism, Sunita Lall and Kelly Gingrich describe a project with youth climate activists that focused on (re)considering what wellbeing could mean in climate-just futures, contributing to exploring creative and participatory climate pedagogies and research methodologies. Introduction Wellbeing is... Read More