20 May 2022
Introducing the NORRAG Blog Series on Missing Education Data
NORRAG hosted the Inaugural Missing Education Data Summit on 30 November 2021 followed by regional and thematic expert consultations on 2 December 2021. The summit engaged 155 participants in discussions on conceptualizing and addressing gaps in the current education data regime and how such gaps contribute to marginalization. The discussions were informed by one global and four... Read More
16 May 2022
Job announcement: Education Programme Officer
NORRAG is recruiting an Education Programme Officer. This full-time position (100%, negotiable to 80% as a minimum) is located in Geneva and the expected starting date is July 2022 or as soon as possible, for 1 year renewable (pending funding). A flexible work schedule will be required. The deadline to apply is 22 June 2022.... Read More
12 May 2022
Call for Papers for a Special Issue on Reparative Futures
The journal Futures (ScienceDirect / Elsevier), which aims to build substantive research and knowledge about the relationships between humanity and its possible futures, has published a call for papers for a Special Issue on Reparative Futures to be published in April 2024. The aim of this Special Issue is to develop conceptual and practical resources... Read More
11 May 2022
NORRAG at the Paying for outcomes in youth workforce development webinar
Dr Arushi Terway, NORRAG Senior Lead Research Associate, spoke at “Paying for outcomes in youth workforce development” a webinar hosted on 19 May 2022 by the Education Finance Network. The online conversation on Result-Based Financing (RBF) blended the evidence-based perspectives of Dr Terway with insights from industry experts who have engaged directly with RBF instruments,... Read More
10 May 2022
Events Highlights: NORRAG at CIES 2022 "Illuminating the power of idea/lism"
The NORRAG team participated in this year’s Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Annual Conference which took place both virtually and in-person in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA from 18 April to 22 April 2022. This year’s CIES conference theme was Illuminating the Power of Idealism. NORRAG representatives presented during four panel discussions and four paper sessions (in bold). The below... Read More
10 May 2022
KIX Grantee in Focus: Data Must Speak Positive Deviance Research
русский I العربية In this video, we introduce the KIX Research Data Must Speak (DMS) Positive Deviance Research, an initiative led by the UNICEF Office of Research – Innocenti. DMS is implemented in 14 countries globally, including in the KIX EAP countries Lao PDR and Nepal. It focuses on identifying ‘positive deviant’ schools that, despite... Read More
10 May 2022
Announcing NORRAG Special Issue 07: Education in Times of Climate Change
The seventh edition of NORRAG Special Issue (NSI) is entitled “Education in Times of Climate Change“. NSI 07 is guest-edited by Distinguished Professor Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Environmental Learning Research Centre Rhodes University, South Africa and Professor Eureta Rosenberg, Environmental Learning Research Centre Rhodes University, South Africa. It will be launched in October on NORRAG website and... Read More
10 May 2022
Know more about the new KIX EAP Intercountry Exchange Grants
русский I العربية In February 2022, the KIX EAP Hub announced a Call for Expression of Interest (EoI) for its Regional Cooperation Grant for Policy, Planning, or Implementation in the Education Sector. This Call invited policy experts in the KIX EAP region to collaborate with policy experts from other countries working on similar challenges in... Read More
10 May 2022
¿Cómo mejorar el monitoreo de las metas del ODS 4 en América Latina y el Caribe?
Este entrada de blog en español es una contribución de Alejandro Vera (OREALC/UNESCO Santiago, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, y Universidad Torcuato Di Tella), Martín Guillermo Scasso (Universidad de Buenos Aires y OREALC/UNESCO Santiago) y Ernesto Yáñez Aguilar (Universidad Católica Bolivian y OREALC/UNESCO Santiago) como parte de la serie de blogs de NORRAG sobre datos faltantes... Read More
09 May 2022
What Works to Span Science-Policy Boundaries in International Geneva?
As COVID-19 and rampant climate change have shown, science is crucial to inform diplomatic exchanges and policymaking – from setting agendas to implementing policies. Switzerland and the international Geneva community have been creating opportunities for science to join the policy table and for policy to inform science for a long time, pairing knowledge and action... Read More