05 Jul 2024
Event Highlights: DHIS2 for Education Conference and Academy 2024 in Sri Lanka
The District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2) for Education Conference and Academy took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka from 6-10 May, and was attended by approximately 100 participants, including representatives from provinces, districts and schools, at both the national and international level. The conference was a collaboration between the Ministry of Education, the University of... Read More
05 Jul 2024
New GPE KIX research projects in the EMAP region
русский I العربية The Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (GPE KIX) has selected new projects from its two recent calls for proposals for applied research projects on Knowledge and Innovation for Achieving Gender Equality and Social Inclusion at School and Strengthening Education Data Systems and Data Use. The initiatives cover a wide... Read More
04 Jul 2024
Education System Resilience (ESR): Moving Beyond the Buzzwords
In this blogpost, Leanne Cameron presents a scoping study related to education system resilience (ESR), including a framework for conceptualising ESR. Across the world, disruptions to education have steadily grown, with increasing rates of natural disasters, conflicts, climate change impacts, pandemics, and more existential threats to education, such as the rise of generative artificial intelligence,... Read More
04 Jul 2024
The Potential of Futures and Foresight Thinking in Education System Planning for Resilience in an Uncertain Future
In this blogpost, Ella Page focuses on the potential of futures and foresight approaches to building the resilience and adaptive capacity of education systems in order to navigate complex and uncertain futures. The scoping study commissioned by the Global Partnership for Education Knowledge and Innovation Exchange and implemented by Education Development Trust proposed a framework... Read More
03 Jul 2024
Meet the New KIX EMAP Knowledge Leads
The KIX EMAP Hub welcomes two new Knowledge Leads to the team. Aditi Desai is working as the Knowledge Lead for Southeast Asia. Seu’ula Johansson-Fua is working as the Knowledge Lead for the Pacific. Read more about them below. Aditi Desai is the KIX EMAP Knowledge Lead for Southeast Asia (Bhutan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR,... Read More
03 Jul 2024
Evidence & Policy Call for Papers – Special Issue on Research (Mis)use and Mis/Disinformation in and around Education
Mis- and dis-information are growing problems world-wide, corrupting trust and engagement in consumer markets, media, politics, and other institutions. This issue is particularly concerning for research-driven areas that involve public policy. Education is a prime area. Not only do education policymakers seek ‘research-based’ policy, but schools themselves, while subjected to false information campaigns, are also... Read More
27 Jun 2024
The Missing Inner Dimension of System Change
In this blogpost, which is part of NORRAG’s “Systems Thinking” blog series, Jamie Bristow and Rosie Bell argue that lack of attention to the psychological and cultural dimension of systems is widespread – but these inner factors are fundamental to global crises and the approaches we require. In 1972, the Club of Rome published the world’s... Read More
26 Jun 2024
KIX EMAP Learning Cycles 6 & 7
русский I العربية Update: Applications are now closed. The KIX EMAP Hub is opening applications for two new learning cycles. The courses will both begin in September 2024. An information session was held for interested participants on 3 July 2024, 11:30 – 13:00 CET (Geneva). Applications for both learning cycles are due by 16 August... Read More
26 Jun 2024
GCPEA - Education Under Attack 2024 Report
The Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack (GCPEA) released its flagship report Education under Attack 2024. Published every two years, this report provides a comprehensive analysis of attacks on education in armed conflict around the world. About 6,000 attacks on education took place in 2022 and 2023, a nearly 20 percent increase compared with the... Read More
