Without any hesitation, it was such an engaging, successful inaugural seminar! Thanks to Maren Elfert for the interesting talk, and thanks to everyone for making this happen. If you haven't already, sign up for future updates on the seminar series! bit.ly/3v0vgaO

New post in the Global Governance of Education series on UNESCO’s Odessey 📃norrag.org/global-governa… Alexandra Draxler & Maren Elfert review some of the themes discussed in a recent podcast on UNESCO’s role in the global governance of education.

If anybody is interested in writing a review of UNESCO's (2023) "An EdTech tragedy", please contact me. unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0…

The International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning have just issued a call for papers on the topic ‘Education and the Crisis of the ‘Liberal Order’ Editors: April Biccum & Su-Ming Khoo @[email protected]. Deadline: 31 Oct. 👉journals.uclpress.co.uk/news/16/ #IJDEGL

NORRAG is launching a new blog series on “AI and the Digitalisation of Education: Challenges and Opportunities”. Please contact me if you are interested to contribute a blog!

Fixed term Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Education position at King's: kcl.ac.uk/jobs/090347-po…

If you are interested to contribute a blogpost to this series, you can contact me directly.

So delighted to share my latest publication that investigates the potential and limitations of AI in enhancing lifelong learning. Its limitation are digital inequality, artificial community, and epistemic exclusion link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Save the date: UNESCO International Forum on the Futures of Education 2004: unesco.org/en/renewing-ed…

Just published: Research Handbook on Adult Education Policy e-elgar.com/shop/usd/resea…, including my chapter with Palle Rasmussen on "Transnational adult education governance and policy" academia.edu/121606643/Tran…

Euan Auld and I wrote a paper together on "The waning legitimacy of international organisations and their promissory visions". (The unofficial title is "dangerous maniacs".) tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

#CESE2024 was a lovely conference, very friendly and interesting people, some great papers. I also got to see Mount Olympus! I look forward to CESE2026, probably in Denmark.

Just published: My editorial (with Christian Ydesen) for the special issue of Comparative Education on "Global governance and the promissory visions of education" - open access. The special issue will follow soon (all papers have been published online). tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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Interesting call for papers for a special issue on ‘‘Education and the Crisis of the ‘Liberal Order’’’ journals.uclpress.co.uk/media/journals…

This is a great paper on how social accountability tools contribute to producing and "performing" the often cited "global learning crisis." Highly recommended for "Education and International Development" courses. Chris Kirchgasler tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Now published in full. The special issue of Comparative Education on "Global Governance and the Promissory Visions of Education", co-edited with Christian Ydesen tandfonline.com/toc/cced20/cur… Thank you to the brilliant contributors Evelyn Kim Audrey Bryan Kirsi Yliniva Kristiina Brunila

Do you have any thoughts on the Summit for the Future/Pact for the Future?un.org/en/summit-of-t… NORRAG would welcome your blogposts on the matter: norrag.org/norrag-blog-se…

In this powerful presentation, Maren Elfert and Pravin Balakrishnan explore the 'crisis' narrative in education and its consequences. #BAICE2024

Just published. Special issue of the International Review of Education International Review of Education on "The Sustainable Development Goals and the Global Governance of Education", co-edited by William Smith, Melanie Ehren and Sotiria Grek. link.springer.com/journal/11159/…