23 Nov 2022
Call for Proposals: CASID 2023 Annual Conference
The CASID 2023 Annual Conference will take place in person and virtually at York University, Toronto, from 29 to 31 May 2023 as a part of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences Annual Congress. The 2023 CASID Conference Committee invites scholars and practitioners to submit proposals for the conference theme Re-imagining ‘Development’: Reckonings,... Read More
23 Nov 2022
24 November 2022: Geneva SDG Community Coffee: Peace, Justice, and Gender Equality
Hosted in partnership with the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF), and UN Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund, the November edition of SDG Community Coffee will explore the interlinkages between Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)16 on Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions and (SDG) 5 on Gender Equality. Please register by 23 November COB at the latest to save... Read More
22 Nov 2022
How the climate crisis is driving violence against children – and emerging preventative and protective strategies to implement now
Is the climate crisis driving increased violence against children? And what can be done about it? In this NORRAG Highlights published on the occasion of International Children’s Day, Bess Herbert, Advocacy Specialist at the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children explores mounting evidence that climate impacts are increasing violence against children. Drawing from interviews with... Read More
17 Nov 2022
The role of sports and education in building durable, just and sustainable peace – the lessons from COVID
In this blog post, part of the NORRAG Blog Series on the Role of Quality Education in Building Just and Sustainable Peace, Amjad Mohamed-Saleem, Protection, Inclusion and Engagement Manager at the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), discusses the positive impact sport and life skills have on young people, specifically as... Read More
16 Nov 2022
In video: Professor Gita Steiner-Khamsi on her tenure as Academic Director of NORRAG
In this video, Gita Steiner-Khamsi, former Academic Director of NORRAG (2017-2022) and Professor of Comparative and International Education at Teachers College, Columbia University talks to Executive Director Moira V. Faul about NORRAG’s achievements in the past five years.
15 Nov 2022
21 November 2022: Open Conference “Teachers on Strike! Global Perspectives on Educator Struggles in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States”
On Monday, 21 November, NORRAG, the Cambridge Latin American Research Collective (CLAREC) and the Knowledge, Power, and Politics (KPP) research cluster are organising an open conference titled “Teachers on Strike! Global Perspectives on Educator Struggles in Brazil, Mexico, and the United States”. Dr Rebecca Tarlau, Associate Professor at the Pennsylvania State University, will be the... Read More
15 Nov 2022
EdTech’s precarious futures: are there material limits to data-driven higher education?
Data is an important asset in the eyes of EdTech companies. But the realization of value from data – for example through data-driven technology and the personalization of learning – depends on being able to collect, store, process, and analyse enormous quantities. In this post, part of our series on the digitalisation of education, Kean... Read More
14 Nov 2022
New ROSIE report published on “How do government decisionmakers adopt education innovations for scale? Implications for national-level education policymaking in low- and middle-income countries”
Since 2014, the Center for Universal Education (CUE) at the Brookings Institution has sought to address the challenges of scaling impact in education through the Millions Learning project, which focuses on how and under what conditions quality education innovations scale. In 2020, Millions Learning joined the Global Partnership for Education’s (GPE) Knowledge and Innovation Exchange... Read More
14 Nov 2022
Helwan University Scientific Conference on “The Future of Teacher Education in the Light of the Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolution”
The Faculty of Education of Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt, held its third international scientific conference on 12 and 13 October 2022 under the title: “The Future of Teacher Education in the Light of the Fourth and Fifth Industrial Revolution”. The conference comprised thematic sessions and workshops for researchers and teaching staff. It focused on... Read More
14 Nov 2022
Event highlights: KIX EAP Webinar 15 'Learning assessments and education reform in the EAP region'
русский I العربية The 15th KIX EAP Webinar on ‘Learning Assessments and Education Reform in the EAP Region’ was organised by NORRAG in collaboration with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) on 26 October 2022. More than 240 participants from over 50 countries attended this online event. The presentations were conducted in English with... Read More