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
20 Feb 2023
#TheSouthAlsoKnows knowledge equity campaign launched at CIES 2023
Launched at the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference on 14-22 February 2023, #TheSouthAlsoKnows aims to contribute to reversing the North-to-South flow of expertise and decision making. The initiative aims to create a megaphone to amplify under-represented expert knowledge from the South to audiences globally, including in the North. This initiative will also... Read More
14 Feb 2023
The Business of Development: The Institutional Rationales of Technology Corporations in Educational Development
In this NORRAG Highlights, Lara Patil, NORRAG Advisor, presents her research on the motivations and rationales of technology corporations in educational development. Given the growing recognition of the role of the private sector in achieving the SDGs, she suggests a need for greater transparency and stronger education sector planning tools to evaluate the opportunities and... Read More
14 Feb 2023
International Review of Education: “The Faure report – 50 years on”
The latest special issue of UNESCO’S International Review of Education – Journal of Lifelong Learning (Volume 68, Issue 5, October 2022) is titled “The Faure Report – 50 Years On,” a collection of articles edited by Maren Elfert and Alexandra Draxler. First published in 1972, the Faure report, titled “Learning to be: The world of... Read More
13 Feb 2023
17 de febrero: Cambios sociales en Colombia a la luz del actual gobierno: retos en educación, paz, y cambio climático
Charla/Discusión: Viernes, 17 de febrero, 10h00 – 11h00, Sala S5, Geneva Graduate Institute, Maison de la paix, Chemin Eugène-Rigot 2. El evento tendrá lugar en español | The event will take place in Spanish | l’événement se déroulera en espagnol Intervienen: Hernando Bayona, Viceministro de educación preescolar, básica y media Juan Felipe Penagos, Jefe de... Read More
09 Feb 2023
Call for Request for Proposal: KIX Knowledge Synthesis Scoping Study on Teacher Professional Development
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) requests proposals for a Consultant to carry out a synthesis study on Teacher Professional Development (TPD) based on Global Partnership for Education Knowledge & Innovation Exchange (KIX) projects and two recent IDRC funded projects on the scaling of TPD that can enlarge the scope of the synthesis work, where... Read More
09 Feb 2023
NORRAG International Geneva Hackathon
NORRAG is inviting students from the Geneva Graduate Institute to contribute to the International Geneva Research Project by producing two outputs: a Database and a Map of International Organisations, foundations and NGOs in Geneva that contribute to SDG4. The event is organised as a hackathon, where are a large number of people meet to engage... Read More
09 Feb 2023
NORRAG International Geneva Hackathon
NORRAG is inviting students from the Geneva Graduate Institute to contribute to the International Geneva Research Project by producing two outputs: a Database and a Map of International Organisations, foundations and NGOs in Geneva that contribute to SDG4. The event is organised as a hackathon, where are a large number of people meet to engage... Read More
08 Feb 2023
New book: Systems Thinking in International Education and Development edited by Moira V. Faul and Laura Savage
Systems Thinking in International Education and Development: Unlocking Learning for All? was published in January 2023 as an open access title published by E. Elgar Cheltenham, UK. The volume is edited by Moira V. Faul, Executive Director, NORRAG and Laura Savage , Associate Member, Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre, University of Cambridge,... Read More