Mireia Bolíbar Planas is Associate Professor of Sociology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and researcher at QUIT (Centre for Sociological Research on Everyday Life and Work) and IET (Institute for Labour Studies). She has held research positions at the University of Bremen and Pompeu Fabra University, and has been a visiting scholar at leading … Continued
Simon McGrath holds the established Chair in Education at the University of Glasgow, and is an honorary professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, He has worked on questions of education and development, and on skills policy at national, regional and global levels, both as an academic and as a policy advisor. He is currently … Continued
Dr Paul Lynch is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Inclusive Education and Early Childhood Education and Disability at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. Previously, he was a funded Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham conducting commissioned educational studies for Sightsavers over 14 years. Paul has carried out consultancies for the World Bank, the United … Continued
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
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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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
Dennis Niemann is a post-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. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Bremen. His research interests include the internationalization of education policy, … Continued
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
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 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
