31 May 2022
Job announcement: 4 Regional Network Coordinators
NORRAG is hiring 4 new part-time Regional Network Coordinators, in (1) Africa (2) Asia and the Pacific, (3) Europe and North America, (4) Latin America and the Caribbean. Under the stewardship of the Regional Network Coordinators, NORRAG will forge connections between network members in the regions, amplify their voices and perspectives of them, and host events... Read More
30 May 2022
Call for Contributions! NORRAG Special Issue 08: The Education-Training-Work Continuums: Pathways to socio-professional inclusion for youth and adults
NORRAG, an associated programme of the Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland, invites contributions to NORRAG Special Issue (NSI) 08 on The Education-Training-Work Continuums: Pathways to socio-professional inclusion for youth and adults. The contributions are expected to be short written articles (typically around 1200-1500 words) or multimedia material that can speak to a wider audience of policymakers, academics,... Read More
27 May 2022
Launch of GI-ESCR Report on Transparency of Private Commercial Education Providers: A case study of Bridge International Academies
The Global Initiative for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (GI-ESCR) has launched a new report on entitled Transparency of Private Commercial Education Providers: A case study of Bridge International Academies. This case study draws attention to the importance of transparent education governance, for learners and their families and for education authorities. It argues that all... Read More
25 May 2022
Job Board: Cambridge's Faculty of Education is hiring an Assistant Professor in Education and Social Justice
The Faculty of Education at the University of Cambridge is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Education and Social Justice. The successful applicant will have an outstanding research and teaching background in inequalities in education and social justice. The successful applicant will have a specialism in one or more of the following areas of... Read More
21 May 2022
The Thinking Ear, A New Podcast Series by FreshEd
Introducing FreshEd‘s new podcast series, the Thinking Ear with Will Brehm! The Thinking Ear is an audio magazine featuring episodes independently created by education researchers and is funded, in part, by NORRAG. It’s like an academic journal, only in audio. Your research will be at the heart of each episode, but you won’t read your... Read More
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