Stephanie Allais

Stephanie Allais is Professor of Education at the Centre for Researching Education and Labour, University of the Witwatersrand, and Research Chair of Skills Development. She researches international education and development, focused on education/work relationships. Her books include Knowledge, Curriculum, and Preparation for Work (Brill/SENSE) with Yael Shalem, and Selling Education Out: National Qualifications Frameworks and … Continued

Keita Takayama

Dr. Keita Takayama is Academic Lead Research/Professor at School of Education, College of Education, Behavioural and Social Sciences, Adelaide University, Australia. He previously served as the Director of Global Education Office at the Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University, Japan and taught at the School of Education, the University of New England, Australia. Dr. Takayama’s … Continued

Fangyue (Diana) Bao

Fangyue (Diana) Bao is a doctoral researcher in International Relations and Comparative Education at the University of Bremen. Her research focuses on global education governance and the role of international organizations in shaping policy processes across diverse contexts, with a particular focus on China. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked in the technology sector … Continued

Tore Bernt

Tore Bernt is a researcher and professor in contemporary education governance at the University of Glasgow. In recent years, he has focused on three lines of research: Globalisation and global education governance; public policy analysis; and the teaching profession. Before starting as a Lecturer in Education at School of Education, University of Glasgow, in November … Continued

Berenike Prem

Berenike Prem is an interim professor for International Relations and World Society at the University of Bremen, Germany. She holds a PhD from the University of Bremen, where she worked on a research project examining the privatization of security. Her research focuses on evolving practices of warfare, particularly the role of Private Military and Security … Continued

Charalambos Charalambous

Charalambos Y. Charalambous is an Associate Professor at the Department of Education of the University of Cyprus, specializing in Educational Research and Evaluation. He holds a BA in Elementary Education from the University of Cyprus (2000), an MA in Mathematics Education from the same university (2003), an MA in Statistics from the University of Michigan … Continued

Adrián Zancajo

Adrián Zancajo is a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Department of Sociology of the UAB. His research areas are education privatisation and markets, educational policies and inequalities. In these areas, he has developed different research lines, including the political economy of education reforms, the enactment of education policies and their impact on equity. Currently, his … Continued

Yulia Nesterova

Dr. Yulia Nesterova is a Lecturer in International and Comparative Education based at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Her research focuses on peace and peacebuilding education and community- and youth-inclusive peacebuilding. Yulia co-led the development of a strategy on youth engagement in preventing violent extremism through education and of a framework for Together for Peace programme for Asia-Pacific, both … Continued

Clara Fontdevila

Clara Fontdevila is a Ramón y Cajal researcher at the Department of Sociology of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Prior to that, she was British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Glasgow. Her research focuses on the comparative analysis of education policy and politics, driven by an interest in understanding how education systems change and … Continued

Sebastian Fehrler

Sebastian Fehrler is Professor of Economics at the University of Bremen. His research interests lie in the fields of public, organizational, and behavioral economics. He applies game theory and experiments (lab and field) to address his research questions. His research agenda focuses on decision-making and communication in groups (such as, committees or cartels), and the … Continued

Eleftherios Klerides

Associate Professor in Comparative Education and History of Education, President of the Comparative Education Society in Europe (CESE), President of European Baccalaureate and the Co-Editor of the international journal European Education. He is also a Honorary Research Fellow of North-West University, South Africa. His studies include an MA and a Ph.D. in Comparative and International … Continued

Helen Seitzer

Helen Seitzer is a doctoral researcher in the project “The Global Development, Diffusion and Transformation of Education Systems” at the Collaborative Research Centre 1342 “Global Dynamics of Social Policy” at the University of Bremen. She holds a Masters in Educational Research form the University Tuebingen. Together with her colleagues, she is building a large scale … Continued

Mauro Moschetti

Mauro C. Moschetti is an Assistant Professor (Serra-Húnter Lecturer) at the Department of Theories of Education and Social Pedagogy of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. His research is located at the intersection of policy sociology, sociology of education, education policy, and comparative and international education. His work has focused on education privatization, public–private partnerships, market … Continued

Helen Phtiaka

Graduate of the University of Athens, (B.A. in History and Archaeology), University of Stirling, (M.Sc. in Psychology) and the University of Cambridge (PhD in Sociology of Education), supported by National Scholarships. She worked as a Research Fellow at the Universities of Cambridge, London and Warwick. She is a funding member of the University of Cyprus … Continued

Xavier Rambla

Xavier Rambla is Full Professor of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). He has researched lifelong learning policies in the European Union, the Civil Society Education Fund, and Education for All in Latin America. Some of his recent projects focus on learning outcomes (https://clear-horizon.eu/), employability (https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/epd/) and hybrid learning (https://blearn-autonomy.eu/). Rambla is co-convenor of the education policy network … Continued

Fabian Besche-Truthe

Fabian Besche-Truthe is a post-doctoral researcher in the project “The Global Development of Coverage and Generosity in Public Education” at the Collaborative Research Centre 1342 “Global Dynamics of Social Policy” at the University of Bremen. His doctoral dissertation at the University of Bremen is entitled: "Global Transformation of Education Systems. Investigating Domestic, Relational, and Transnational … Continued

Kerstin Martens

Kerstin Martens is Professor of International Relations at the Univer­sity of Bremen, Germany. Her research interests include education policy, interna­tional organizations, in particular the OECD and the UN, and NGOs. She heads the research project on A05 “The Global Development of Coverage and Generosity in Public Education”, as part of the Collaborative Research Centre 1342 … Continued

Queralt Capsada-Munsech

Dr. Queralt Capsada-Munsech is Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Sociology of Education at the University of Glasgow (UK). Her research focuses on skills mismatches, vocational education, adult education, and youth transitions from education to the labour market from a social stratification perspective. Throughout her academic career she has contributed to European and UK funded projects … Continued

Oscar Valiente

Oscar Valiente is Professor of Education and International Development at the University of Glasgow. Oscar is particularly interested in the role of education and skills in global development agendas, the political economy of education reforms, and the impact of education policy on social inequality. His most recent work has focused on the international policy transfer … Continued

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