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On film 📽️ our staff explain why we are launching #TheSouthAlsoKnows ⤵️ at CIES #CIES2023 NORRAG’s knowledge #equity campaign to reverse North➡️South flows of #decisionmaking and expertise in international #education research & #policy🌍 More info: http://ow.ly/vpak50MV2bm #tSaK is co-creating: 🔺A #network for #GlobalSouth experts 🔺A #database for decision makers & others seeking expertise from and on the Global South 🔺A campaign to address the #underrepresentation of Global South experts in international #education research & policy Are you an #education expert from the Global South? Our Expert Database aims to amplify the work of scholars, practitioners, policy makers and others in #international research & policy debates 🌍 Sign up 📣 ⤵️ http://ow.ly/vpak50MV2bm

This week, on NORRAG’s blog, Xiaomin Li, David A. Turner, and Danrong Li argue that while UNESCO is often viewed as an independent agent promoting convergence, it should actually be understood as an arena in which national interests clash 🏛️🌎🌍 The authors explore their argument by analysing the development of the UNESCO Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education, adopted in 2019 and whose preparation took over a decade. They do so by detailing China’s overwhelming interest in developing a global standard for the recognition of higher education qualifications vis-à-vis relative opposition from other member states, from Germany to the U.S. 📚🤝 Read more: https://ow.ly/FO1U50UFWuF

🥳 Happy Centenary to UNESCO-IBE !! Lots to celebrate and more of Transforming Education to come 🚀

🧐 Join the conversation on The Rise of Knowledge Brokers in Global Education Governance. Mark your calendars for January 22nd 2025 at 2pm CET !

How does the world frame young people’s role in the climate crisis? 🌱⛈️ From portraying children as uniquely vulnerable to climate change to failing to discuss the implications of some youth in it, current dominant framings on the Anthropocene generation obscure more nuanced understandings of its engagement with the climate crisis. In this week’s blog, authors Audrey Bryan and Yoko Mochizuki challenge these framings ✍️ and offer insights into how to interpret them: Childhood Innocence/Vulnerability Frame 😇 : Children are portrayed as uniquely vulnerable to climate change despite the climate crisis affecting people differently based on age, gender, physical status, or geographical location. Meanwhile, the childhood innocence/adult responsibility dichotomy paints older generations as entirely culpable for climate change, failing to account for young people’s own contributions to carbon emissions in consumer capitalist societies. The Exceptionalism/Heroism Frame 🦸 : framing young climate activists as heroes risks placing the burden of responsibility solely on them. The Mental Health/Eco-Anxiety Frame 🧠: portraying young people as especially vulnerable to climate anxiety risks overlooking other social groups, including older and marginalised populations. The Agency/Activism Frame ✊ : while young people are defined as agents of change, those engaging in disobedience are criminalized. Moreover, climate activism by communities of color worldwide is obscured by an overwhelming focus on Global North white climate activism. These frames reveal a more uncomfortable reality of the youth’s engagement in climate change. They do so to elevate more justice-driven approaches to climate action and consider the needs and perspectives of those who suffer most, regardless of age or social status, from the effects of climate change. 📌https://ow.ly/bmfF50UBCWQ

🔔 Now available #OpenAccess: The Rise of Knowledge Brokers in Global Education Governance by Chanwoong Baek and Gita Steiner-Khamsi How do policymakers orient themselves in an era of surplus information? This insightful book presents a multidisciplinary investigation into the growing influence of knowledge brokers and how they utilize data to support education policy and planning. 📖 This title is free to read, download and share on ElgarOnline: https://lnkd.in/eUcwrsPq 🔗 For more information, visit: https://lnkd.in/eWtJawye UNESCO NORRAG Contributors include: Melissa Mouthaan, Samuel Kembou, PhD, Donika Dimovska, Moira Faul,  Anna Numa Hopkins, Bart Sebastiaan Gabriel, Tricia Wind, José Luis Benito Canêlhas, Christopher Lubienski, Maren Elfert Endorsement by Aaron Pallas #EducationPolicy #Policymaking #GlobalEducationGovernance

What’s driving change in global education governance? The Rise of Knowledge Brokers in Global Education Governance unpacks the growing influence of these intermediaries on global education systems. 📖 Explore the book https://ow.ly/ki1650UugF4 More on each chapters: https://ow.ly/MNrn50UuMGW Don’t miss this insightful read for educators, policymakers, and researchers! KIX Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Asia and Pacific (EMAP) Hub #EducationLeadership #GlobalEducation #KnowledgeBrokering

Season's greetings from the NORRAG team ! Wishing everyone great progress towards equitable and accessible education for all for the new year ! 📚🌍🤝 #TheSouthAlsoKnows

Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)-based authors are crucial to Foundational Literacy and Numeracy research. However, they are systematically excluded from high-impact publications. What can global education and development researchers and practitioners do to foster a more inclusive publishing environment? 📝 According to blog author Hélène Binesse, FLN is essential for lifelong learning and success. However, only one in five children in SSA reaches the minimum proficiency levels by the end of primary education. Local FLN research is critical to addressing such context-specific challenges 🎒 Despite this, according to Binesse, SSA-based researchers “face significant challenges to publishing in high-impact journals, often requiring international collaboration for visibility.” While interest in FLN is growing, and so are the significant contributions of SSA-based scholars, such scholarship is heavily concentrated in just six African countries: Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Malawi, which produce 73 percent of FLN publications 🌍 What is more significant is that despite producing the most scholarship on FLN, studies conducted with SSA-based authors often tend to be published in lower-impact journals, displaying clear inequality. Additionally, the most cited FLN articles frequently had one author from the Global North and often covered interdisciplinary topics, like health. The Global North-dominated academic publishing system perpetuates inequalities in access and authorship. According to Binesse, individual researchers and practitioners should help foster a more equitable research landscape by reflecting on their citations and striving to engage with and include scholarship in languages other than English 🤝 👉https://ow.ly/YuN750Uu141

📣 Just Launched! Dive into the world of knowledge brokers with The Rise of Knowledge Brokers in Global Education Governance. 🌐 🎥 The authors share more on each chapter https://ow.ly/MNrn50UuMGW 📚 Access the book now: https://ow.ly/2LHX50Unfrm 🧐 Join the conversation on the intersections of research, policy, and practice during the online book launch on January 22nd 2025 ! https://ow.ly/ki1650UugF4 KIX Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Asia and Pacific (EMAP) Hub #EducationPolicy #GlobalGovernance #KnowledgeBrokers