25 Mar 2024
Call for Concept Notes: Knowledge and innovation for education in emergencies and fragile, conflict and violence-affected contexts
The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Knowledge and Innovation Exchange (KIX), a joint endeavour with Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), is pleased to announce a new funding opportunity through its latest call for concept notes. Knowledge and innovation for education in emergencies and fragile, conflict and violence-affected contexts This call is seeking concept notes... Read More
25 Mar 2024
Call for Papers: Mongolian Child Development Research 2024 International Conference
CHILD DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH 2024 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE May 21, 2024 – Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia The Mongolian National Institute for Educational Research, under the direction of the Ministry of Education and Science, is planning to hold an international conference on “Mongolian Child Development Research 2024″. Scientists and researchers, teachers, master’s and doctoral students are encouraged to participate and... Read More
Event Highlights: Climate, Justice and Education
Monday 08 April 2024 18:30-19:30 CEST Hybrid (Webex & Auditorium A2, Maison de la Paix, Geneva, Switzerland) Climate, Justice and Education AGENDA FLYER On Monday 8 April, 2024, on the occasion of the Worldwide Climate Justice Education Week, NORRAG, a hybrid event for an expansive audience entitled Climate, Justice and Education. This event was... Read More
21 Mar 2024
One Size Fits … One: International Aid’s Struggle to Adapt to Local Contexts
In this blogpost, Jean-Marc Bernard reflects on the tendency of international aid agencies to adopt a one-size-fits-all approach to development. He argues that a “one size fits one” approach would be more appropriate and calls for a “leadership mindset”, which puts local leadership and context at the center of international aid. This is the second... Read More
20 Mar 2024
Concluding Event of KIX Research Project “Distance Education to Improve Quality and Access to Education in Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Tajikistan”
On 20 February 2024, the KIX research project “Distance Education to Improve Quality and Access to Education in Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and Tajikistan” held its concluding event. The project was implemented by a consortium of three organisations – Taalim-Forum (leading organisation, Kyrgyzstan), Nomadic Nature Conservation (Mongolia) and Anahita (Tajikistan). Read more about the project here. The... Read More
20 Mar 2024
Advancing Equity and Innovation in Research Publishing: Time for a New Era in the Open Access Movement?
Center for Global Development (CGD) Event – Advancing Equity and Innovation in Research Publishing: Time for a New Era in the Open Access Movement? REGISTER When? Wednesday, 27 March, 2024 11 am EST – 3 pm GMT | Virtual About the Event Research publishing is more important and more broken than most people realise. In... Read More
20 Mar 2024
Re-claiming ‘the Conscience of Humanity’: UNESCO, the Futures of Education and the Threat to Democracy
In this cross-posted blogpost, Audrey Bryan critically examines UNESCO’s engagement with social-emotional learning, happiness, and the figure of the ideal learning citizen. Tomorrow’s world: The ideal learner of the future Imagining and predicting what the future holds has become an increasingly important aspect of the global educational governance landscape in the 21st century, not least... Read More
19 Mar 2024
New Online Seminar Series - Education Policy and Research in International Perspective
A new seminar series on education will be launching soon: Education Policy and Research in International Perspective. This series is going to be hosted by the Education Research and Policy Hub at the London School of Economics (LSE). Their intention is to bring together scholars from across the world who are working in the fields of education policy... Read More
19 Mar 2024
Call for Contributions NSI 11: Multilingualism and Language Transition: Innovations and Possibilities - a NORRAG Special Issue
Editors: Angeline Mbogo Barrett, Rachel K.A. Bowden, Anthony A. Essien, Prem Phyak and Barbara Trudell The expectation that children use an unfamiliar language for all or part of their basic education is a major contribution to the so-called ‘global learning crisis’ (World Bank, 2021). Use of an unfamiliar language creates linguistic barriers between schools and... Read More
14 Mar 2024
An Ethical AI for Equitable Education
Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been around for decades, yet recent important innovations made the public interest and policy conversations shift in important ways. AI is here to stay and challenges concerning the reflection of inequalities need to be addressed. On Wednesday 13 March 2024, NORRAG launched its 4th Policy Insights entitled AI and Digital Inequities... Read More