16 Mar 2023
The Global Debate on Low Fee Private Schools (LFPS) and Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE)―Some Missing Links?
In this NORRAG Highlights, the first in a new series on Early Childhood Education, Taeko Okitsu and D. Brent Edwards Jr. share some of the key insights from a recent study on Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) provision in urban informal settlements of Lusaka, Zambia, related to household demand and preferences for Low-Fee Private... Read More
Event Highlights: Complex Interlinkages between the SDGs
On 23 March 2023, the hybrid “Complex Interlinkages between the SDGs” took place online and in-person, at the Maison de la paix, Geneva Graduate Institute. Around 40 people attended the event in person and 310 registered for online attendance. The event was organised in partnership with the Centre for International Environmental Studies, the Global Health... Read More
13 Mar 2023
KIX EAP Podcast #22: Qualitative Research in Development and Knowledge Exchange in the Pacific with Elizabeth Cassity
This episode of the KIX EAP Podcast, hosted by Ryan Allen, Assistant Professor, Soka University of America (USA), features Elizabeth Cassity, Senior Research Fellow in the Education and Development Program at Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER). In the podcast, Elizabeth Cassity talks about success and barriers related to her work in the Asia and Pacific region,... Read More
09 Mar 2023
Educational Research and Democracy: In Search of a Linkage
In this NORRAG Highlight, Richard Sack comments on a recent article by Achille Mbembe about “the decline of democracy in Africa” and explores the ways in which education research could contribute to the strengthening of democracy. Writing in the French daily Le Monde last October, Prof. Achille Mbembe (Wits Institute for Social & Economic Research... Read More
08 Mar 2023
The Geneva Graduate Institute's UNESCO Chair in Comparative Education Policy
In February 2022, the Geneva Graduate Institute established the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Education Policy to strengthen policy research in education with the vision of amplifying the voices and promoting knowledge from the Global South. Professor Gita Steiner-Khamsi, NORRAG’s previous academic director (2017-2022), is the Chairholder, and Professor Chanwoong Baek, NORRAG’s current Academic Director and... Read More
08 Mar 2023
Call for papers - International Journal of Educational Development
Education governance, digitalization and the Global South: New actors and methods in local realities IJED invites scholars to contribute to a reflection on the effects of education digitalization over education governance with a focus on the implications for and enactments in the Global South. They invite submissions that can illustrate through empirical as well as... Read More
08 Mar 2023
Call for expressions of interest - 2024/5 Global Education Monitoring Report on leadership
I. Summary The 2024/5 Global Education Monitoring (GEM) Report will focus on leadership aiming to address the following questions: Role: What are the requirements of good leadership in education and how do they vary between countries and over time? Influence: What vision and goals drive leadership in education and what are the signs of exercising... Read More
08 Mar 2023
NORRAG Annual Retreat in Washington DC
The annual NORRAG team retreat took place on 23-24 February 2023 in Washington DC. The strong presence of the team at the CIES 2023 was a perfect occasion to gather all NORRAG personnel in one location. The growing team met for two consecutive days to reflect on the past year, generate ideas and share on... Read More
08 Mar 2023
UN Survey for youth: New Social Contract
In the late 18th century, a Swiss-born philosopher named Rousseau published a revolutionary manuscript by the title “The Social Contract”. The contract was essentially a set of rules constituting the foundational agreement between individuals and governments, allowing the latter to rule over the former in exchange of security and provision of a public good. Such... Read More
08 Mar 2023
9 March 2023: Event - OROS: From special schools to disability inclusive education systems. The case of Madagascar
RECI member CBM Schweiz will host an Online RECI Open Space (OROS) on 9 March 2023 from 15:00 to 17:00 CET. The event will take place online, in French and English with simultaneous interpretation. Colleagues from CBM Global’s Madagascar country office, organisations of persons with disabilities, the partner organisation FJKM and representatives of the Madagascan... Read More