Event Highlights: Launch of the Spanish Edition of NORRAG Special Issue 07: “Education in Times of Climate Change”
Español The Spanish Edition of NSI 07 was launched online on Tuesday 31 October 2023. It was prepared by prepared by Felicitas Acosta, Researcher and Professor of Comparative and History of Education at National University of General Sarmiento, Argentina, Regional Editor of NSI and NORRAG’s Regional Coordinator for Spanish speaking Latin American countries. It includes... Read More
02 Nov 2023
I AIN’T NO AFTERTHOUGHT: Challenging the Non-Prioritisation of the Educational Rights of Children with Disabilities
This blogpost presents a poem that Basirat Razaq-Shuaib delivered at the 2023 UKFIET Conference. The poem draws attention to the non-prioritisation of children with disabilities in educational reform agendas. Globally, various commitments have affirmed the inclusion of all children including those with disabilities and other marginalised groups in education, the most notable of them being the... Read More
01 Nov 2023
Leveraging Education in Emergencies for Climate Action – Report Launch
Palais des Nations, Room V, 20 November 2023 from 3 – 5pm CET MORE INFORMATION REGISTER (IN PERSON) REGISTER (ONLINE) The EiE Hub’s Flagship Report for 2023, Leveraging Education in Emergencies for Climate Action, will be launched at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on World Children’s Day, Monday 20 November 2023. The launch is being co-hosted by the... Read More
31 Oct 2023
NORRAG Job Board: Two post-doctoral researcher vacancies at Oxford
International Mobility and World Development project at the University of Oxford Department of Education has two vacancies for full-time post-doctoral researchers. Please see the details below for a Spanish-speaking researcher and French-speaking researcher. Successful candidates will hold a relevant PhD/DPhil or be nearing completion and possess familiarity with the existing literature and research in at least one... Read More
30 Oct 2023
Event Highlights: Regional Launch of KIX EMAP 2.0
русский I العربية On Thursday, 28 September 2023, the KIX EMAP Hub held its Regional Launch of the second phase of work. Participants from across Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, Asia and the Pacific attended this event to welcome new countries to the KIX EMAP Hub and learn about the changes in the... Read More
26 Oct 2023
Infra-Data: Tapping into the (In)Visible Reservoir of Educational Evidence from the Global South
In this blogpost, Hamza Sarfraz and Zain Ul Abidin introduce and explore the concept of ‘infra-data’ in education and how it can be utilized to develop inclusive, equitable, and contextually relevant educational policies and interventions in the Global South and address the question of ‘missing data’ for SDG4. The Context As the deadline for the... Read More
19 Oct 2023
Global Perspectives on Racialization and Educational Inequality
In this blog, Monisha Bajaj and Janelle Scott introduce the World Yearbook of Education 2023 on “Racialization and Educational Inequality in Global Perspective”. The World Yearbook of Education is an edited book series that each year since 1965 has chosen a theme to focus on from a global perspective. In its 58 years, the book... Read More
17 Oct 2023
ILO - Youth Employment Research Forum
Interested in influencing future youth employment policies? The International Labour Organization, in collaboration with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and INCLUDE Knowledge Platform, invites researchers from around the world to submit their papers for the Youth Employment Research Forum. 🗓️ Event Date: 5-6 December 2023 🌍 Location: Geneva, Switzerland The forum will delve... Read More
12 Oct 2023
Shaking Free from the SDG4 Shackles
In this blogpost, Mike Douse explains how the fourth Sustainable Development Goal is now acting as a straitjacket, constraining the actions and aspirations of those seeking to confront education’s worldwide challenges through the sensitive and ingenious application of contemporary technology and Artificial Intelligence. Before the Sustainable Development Goals came Education for All and the Millennium... Read More