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
06 Mar 2023
Event Highlights: NORRAG at the IC Forum and ECW High-Level Financing Conference
NORRAG’s Executive Director Moira V. Faul and Academic Director Chanwoong Baek represented the Geneva Graduate Institute at two conferences hosted by Switzerland in Geneva in February 2023: the Switzerland International Cooperation Forum (IC Forum), held on February 15th on the theme “Education for Future”, followed by the Education Cannot Wait (the United Nations global fund... Read More
06 Mar 2023
New Issue Release: Journal on Education in Emergencies in French and English
This bilingual special issue of the Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) offers empirical observations of the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on students, parents, and teachers in conflict and crisis-affected contexts. It lends rigorous evidence in support of approaches that strengthen preparedness and mitigate against adverse child protection and learning outcomes from future... Read More
03 Mar 2023
Job Board: The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is building its management team
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) is recruiting different roles to build a management team that will implement its vision to serve the needs of Member States, ensuring that their policies and decision-making are informed by sound statistical information, that they can benchmark progress towards national and international goals, and learn from the experience of... Read More
02 Mar 2023
Job Board: Postdoctoral Fellow in International Sustainable Development at Indiana University
The Hamilton Lugar School (HLS) of Global and International Studies at Indiana University is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Sustainable Development. This post-doctoral position will contribute to a growing HLS strength in teaching and research on sustainable development studies in an international context. The postdoctoral fellow will maintain an active research agenda in the... Read More
Event Highlights: Launch of the Spanish Edition of NORRAG Special Issue 06 “States of Emergency: Education in the Time of COVID-19”
The Spanish Edition of NSI 06, 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, was launched on 2 February. It includes two original articles written by authors located in... Read More
28 Feb 2023
Per-capita school funding in Kazakhstan
In this NORRAG Highlights, Ali Ait Si Mhamed and Rita Kaša argue that the introduction of per-capita school funding in Kazakhstan creates a possibility for achieving better educational outcomes. It describes per-capita school funding reform rationales and its initial effects on the schools. The blog also discusses how the per-capita funding formula adjustments for large... Read More
21 Feb 2023
The Privatization of Education: The Big Picture
In this NORRAG Highlights, based on a talk given on February 14, 2023 at the Comparative and International Education Society’s (CIES) annual meeting in Washington D.C., Steven J. Klees, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher and Professor of International Education Policy at the University of Maryland, settles accounts with the privatization of education, which he considers a juggernaut of... Read More