Education and Global Human Movement: Research and Practice Hub
Education and Global Human Movement:
Research and Practice Hub
Vision:
Advance scholarly work on education and global human movement;
Facilitate collaborative research and create a scholarly environment to deepen the debate on education and global human movement;
Bring together distributed competences and knowledges from different disciplines across the university and beyond and conduct research that informs policy and practice in the field;
Bridge the current research and scholarly divide between global north and south in the field of education and global human movement;
Inform policy and donor agendas that shape existing practices;
Contribute to the current efforts to decolonise the field of education and global human movement from theoretical, methodological, relational, institutional, professional, practical and financial perspectives;
Support capacity building for early career scholars in the field across the globe with a focus on redressing inequalities created by current structures.
Activities:
Conduct research on education and global human movement including comparative studies;
Facilitate seminars and webinars for academics, policy makers, practitioners and donors;
Create opportunities and spaces for emerging scholars to share and develop their knowledge and experiences in the field such as PhD retreats, summer institutes, workshops and seminars;
Initiate innovative methodological agendas to capture evidence of global human movement and inform evidence-based policy making;
Use traditional and alternative multi-lingual open sources and media platforms to disseminate insights from research.
Who are we:
Scholars in the field of education, forced migration, and global human movement based in the global north and south.
Founding Members:
Yongcan liu (co-convener)
Maha Shuayb (co-convener)
Cathrine Brun
Mai Abou Moghli