24 Apr 2024
EdTech from the Perspective of Edtech Firms and Investors
In this blogpost, Lulu Shi presents some takeaways from the edtech summit EdTechX, which provided an opportunity to gain insights into the edtech sector. She notes that EdTech firms conceptualise education as a market rather than as a common good. A part of NORRAG’s digitalisation of education blog series, this blogpost is the first in... Read More
Hybrid Symposium - Exploring the global reform scripts of development partners: Comparative retrospective analyses
русский I العربية I ខ្មែរ I Sponsors Date: Thursday, 9 May 2024 Time: 10:00am – 12:00pm Japan Standard Time (JST) Location: Hybrid event; Kobe University, Japan & Zoom Simultaneous translation into Arabic, Russian, and Khmer will be provided. REGISTER Kobe University’s Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies (GSICS), hosts a hybrid symposium on... Read More
18 Apr 2024
Global Action Week for Education GAWE 2024
GAWE 2024 Campaign – Transformative Education Concept and Campaign Plan April 22 -26, 2024 The Global Action Week for Education 2024 (GAWE 2024) on April 22-26 is an important landmark as it launches the 25th anniversary of the Global Campaign for Education (GCE). It will signify the historic moment in Dakar, Senegal in 1999 when... Read More
18 Apr 2024
Behind the platforms: Safeguarding intellectual property rights and academic freedom in Higher Ed
Mark your calendars for May 6! Explore the future of academic freedom and intellectual property in the digital era. Webinar with Janja Komljenovic to launch the research Behind the platforms: Safeguarding intellectual property rights and academic freedom in Higher Ed. Monday 6 May 2024 15:00 CEST Please fill in the form below to sign up... Read More
18 Apr 2024
Spotlight on Ethiopia's Secondary Education Challenges
In this blogpost, Dawit T. Tiruneh and Tebeje Molla shine the spotlight on challenges in Ethiopia’s education system, with a focus on secondary education. The education system in Ethiopia has been grappling with a substantial crisis. Continuing civil war and political instability have disrupted the educational trajectories of millions of Ethiopian children. The school sector... Read More
17 Apr 2024
NORRAG Job Board: Education Project Officer, ICR
Education Project Officer Deadline: April 28, 2024 ABOUT US The CMCC Foundation is a scientific research center on climate change and its interactions with the environment, society, the world of business, and policymakers. Our work aims to stimulate sustainable growth, protect the environment, and develop strategies for the adaptation and mitigation of climate change. WHAT... Read More
17 Apr 2024
Working Paper #14: Mapping the International Geneva Education Ecosystem
NORRAG launched Working Paper #14: Mapping the International Geneva Education Ecosystem at a briefing for the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations Office and to the other international organisations in Geneva on 23 January 2024. The briefing was introduced by Laetitia Kirianoff, Head of the Humanitarian Section, who spoke to the importance of better understanding the education... Read More
16 Apr 2024
International Congress CUICIID 2024 - Call for Papers
XIV edition of the virtual and online (non-face-to-face) CUICIID 2024 Congress (International University Congress on Content, Research, Innovation and Teaching) at www.cuiciid.net to the Academy. The official languages are Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, English and French, and each author (individually or in co-authorship) may present up to 2 papers that will be publishable in 2024 and 2025 (at 50%... Read More
12 Apr 2024
Join the DECODE Project to Shape the Future of Education Data
Researchers worldwide are generating critical data and evidence in the field of education. However, barriers hinder the widespread dissemination and utilization of this valuable information on a global scale. That’s where USAID’s DECODE Project comes in! LEARN MORE How Can You Contribute? Be part of this transformative effort! Help us understand the challenges by completing a brief survey. Your... Read More
11 Apr 2024
Unboxing Multistakeholderism in Global Governance of Education and Policy Making
In this blogpost, which is part of the NORRAG blog series on “International Organisations and the Global Governance of Education”, Camilla Croso, Rui da Silva and Giovanna Modé Magalhães critically discuss the rise of multistakeholder initiatives in education. In the past two decades, we have had the privilege of participating in international, regional, and national... Read More