Call for Abstracts — INECS Conference We welcome innovative and creative abstract submissions that address themes related to globalization and education, including comparative and international education, global governance, and education policy. Please submit a 250-word abstract by 23 January.

INECS / GESIG Webinar Securing Research Funding Please join an INECS–GESIG webinar on securing research funding in international and comparative education. Speaker: Prof. Miri Yemini (Technion – Israel Institute of Technology). Friday, 30 January 2026, 10:00 AM CET (9:00 AM GMT). Online.

Call for Abstracts: INECS 2026 We welcome innovative works from early-career researchers, working on themes related to globalization and education, including comparative education, global governance, and education policy. Submit a 250-word abstract by January 23 through the link below.

The SIG is currently looking for reviewers!! Please fill out the form below to participate as an evaluator in the Book & Dissertation Awards process: wordpress.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?... Thank you in advance for your help with the reviews and looking forward to working with you!

📢 The G&E SIG Awards 2026 are still accepting submissions for the Book, Dissertation, and Travel Awards. Don’t miss your chance to share your work with our community! ✈️ Travel Awards—due Nov 3rd Apply: tinyurl.com/GESIG-Travel 📚 Book & Dissertation Awards—due Dec 8th Email:[email protected].

This is a reminder that our next INECS Webinar is next Friday, October 31st, 2025. See post below for the different time Zones. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Please join our upcoming webinars with Will Brehm. October 31th, 8am-9h30am CET Hosts: Íris Santos and Simona Szakacs-Behling AND November 6th 12h00-1h30pm Canberra time (9am AWST-Perth, and 7pm CT(5th of Nov.)) Host: Ren-Hao Xu Please register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This is a reminder that our next INECS Webinar is this Friday, October 3rd, 2025. See post below for the different time Zones. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Join us for our next INECS Webinar: The Path to Successful Research Publications 📅 Friday, October 3, 2025 🕘 9:00–10:30 AM Central Time (7:00 AM Phoenix | 4:00 PM CEST | 10:00 PM AWST) 🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/LhpSV (Zoom link will be sent after registration)

Join us for our next INECS Webinar: The Path to Successful Research Publications 📅 Friday, October 3, 2025 🕘 9:00–10:30 AM Central Time (7:00 AM Phoenix | 4:00 PM CEST | 10:00 PM AWST) 🔗 Register here: shorturl.at/LhpSV (Zoom link will be sent after registration)

This is a reminder that the deadline for the CIES 2026 conference is in 4 days (Tuesday, August 26th, 2025, 11:59pm ET.) Submit your proposal to the G&E SIG at lnkd.in/eN-Rsb3y Ps. Submission is open for members and non-members

This is a reminder that the deadline for the CIES 2026 conference is this Tuesday August 26, 2025 11:59pm ET (No extensions will be granted). Submit your proposal to the G&E SIG at lnkd.in/eN-Rsb3y Ps. Submission is open for members and non-members

This month of June, our SIG welcomed seven (07) new board members. For more info about the new members, please see below. To see the full SIG board members, please check our website: globalizationandeducationsig.wordpress.com/gesig-office...

Don’t forget to vote! If you a paying-fee member of our SIG, you should have received an official ballot in your inbox from election buddy. The voting deadline is this Monday, May 19th, 2025, 3pm Eastern time (US & Canada). globalizationandeducationsig.wordpress.com/resources/by...

Join OUR TEAM of Officers to shape the future of our SIG! The Globalization & Education SIG (CIES) is looking for new officers: Co-Chair, Awards Chair, Communications Co-Chair and Programme Chair! 📅 Deadline: May 5 🔗 Learn more & apply: lnkd.in/e9-TtyXt

Don't miss on April 28th, at 8am CET, the next INECS webinar/workshop titled 'Slow reading and writing research', by professor Zsuzsa Millei from Tampere University. Th webinar is open for all. For more information and registration visit our website: tinyurl.com/2dtm2hpt

shorturl.at/VIgS0 A must read article by @isilova.bsky.social! "When universities start regulating not just what they say but what they teach, support and stand for – driven by fear rather than principle – they are no longer just reacting to political threats, they are internalizing them."

Don't miss today's session from the @gesigcies.bsky.social! Loads of fantastic panels ahead and of course, our social event!

Our co-chair @simonaszakbehl.bsky.social at the #CIES2025 #solidaritytee! Conferences aren’t just about ideas—they’re about solidarity. We come together to listen, challenge, uplift, and build. Every handshake, every panel, every late-night debate is a reminder: we’re not in this alone!

We were at CIES New Scholars meeting, sharing our SIG and our activities. It has been a great start to the conference so far. Feel free to reach out to us if you see us around!

We are here at #cies2025! Our communications chair - Lorraine, our travel award chair - Pat, and our Secretary/Treasurer - Victoria! Looking forward to meet all of you throughout this conference!

Wrote an entry about my wonderful experience giving my first book talk on 'The Time Inheritors' @sunypress.bsky.social @rcolesworthy.bsky.social & looking forward to my book launch @gesigcies.bsky.social. coralinglingxublog.wordpress.com/2025/03/20/b...

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📢 Join us for the INECS 2025 Online Conference! 📅 Mac 3-4, 2025 | 🖥️ Online 🔹 31 presentations | 10 panels Topics include: 🌱 Climate Change 🎓 HE & Mobility 📚 Inequalities ...and more! 📝Registration Link: forms.gle/vPNzZho4M8z7... Abstract Book: shorturl.at/yCEf9

Illuminating time at Bristol #CSET2025! Led by @lyndsayg.bsky.social, we explored 4 key questions on EdTech: 🔹 Pressing questions & research approaches 🔹 Social harms of Edtech in education 🔹 The political economy—Big Tech, policy 🔹 Grounds for hope in EdTech Lots of thought-provoking sharing!

🚨Final call for our first ever Career Paths Webinar organized under the INECS initiative! Happening on 13th of Feb! 5pm CET onwards Featuring Joanna Leek, Frank Adamson, and Felicitas Acosta! Register: shorturl.at/NTVPR

Read this reflection from our Communications Chair!

🚨Join our first ever Career Paths Webinar organized under the INECS initiative! Happening on 13th of Feb! 5pm CET onwards Featuring 3 academics from Europe, North America, and South America -- Joanna Leek, Frank Adamson, and Felicitas Acosta! Register: shorturl.at/NTVPR

🚨Join our first ever Career Paths Webinar organized under the INECS initiative! Happening on 13th of Feb! 5pm CET onwards Featuring 3 academics from Europe, North America, and South America -- Joanna Leek, Frank Adamson, and Felicitas Acosta! Register: shorturl.at/NTVPR

📢 Join this thought-provoking public lecture on "The Global Learning Crisis and the Role of International Organisations" 🌍 🗓️ 22 January 2025 🕒 3:00–4:30 PM (CET) 📍 Microsoft Teams 🎙️ Speakers: 🔹 Dr. Íris Santos 🔹 Prof. Aaron Benavot 🎤 Chair: Dr. Que Anh Dang (Coventry University, UK)!

📢 Join this thought-provoking public lecture on "The Global Learning Crisis and the Role of International Organisations" 🌍 🗓️ 22 January 2025 🕒 3:00–4:30 PM (CET) 📍 Microsoft Teams 🎙️ Speakers: 🔹 Dr. Íris Santos 🔹 Prof. Aaron Benavot 🎤 Chair: Dr. Que Anh Dang (Coventry University, UK)!

If you are an ECR, a PhD researcher, or a Master's student - this conference is for you. Submit your abstract now - don't worry if it is not a polished work - we are also interested to celebrate ongoing work!

🚨ONLINE WRITING RETREAT🚨 Happening on 14th of January 2025 from 8am-5pm CET! Hosted by @santosiris.bsky.social, there will be moments of writing and moments of sharing! If you would like to participate in more INECS activities, see here: globalizationandeducationsig.wordpress.com/ge-sig-globa...

🚨Major Announcement! Pls circulate! 📢 Calling all early career scholars (also MA & PhD)! Submit your 300-word abstract for The Globalization & Education Online Conference 2025! 🌍💡 📝 Abstract Deadline: Jan 18, 2025 🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/npe9pTB7au Conference Date: 4th of March 2025

Don't miss out on this event!

This is happening tomorrow! Featuring Dr. Alexander Gardner-McTaggart, who will deliver a thought-provoking presentation titled: "Sustainable Educational Leadership and the Climate Crisis" 8AM EST/2PM CET To register - please fill up this form - forms.gle/X5Ba2pwxHPjH...

Call for submissions now open for our free online conference taking place on March 4, 2025. Please help us circulate. Submissions due 18 January 2025!

If you're doing research on #technology, then this is a must read! Last night at @madianou.bsky.social book launch at @lsemedia.bsky.social We believe this will be 1 of the most important books in 2025 as we are seeing this concept of #technocolonialism emerging across various disciplines.

INECS last research webinar of 2024 was a success, with Mara Pinto's mock defence. Watch out for the announcement of INECS' exciting new events for 2025, in the upcoming days with @gesigcies.bsky.social

The next INECS (International Network of Early Career Scholars) research seminar will be taking place on Tuesday, 3rd of Dec (8am CET) We will be having our first mock dissertation defense by Mara Pinto from the University of Minho, Portugal! For more information, contact @santosiris.bsky.social

📢 Join the CIES Globalization & Education SIG webinar on Dec 12, 2024, at 8 AM EST/2 PM CET! 🌍 Dr. Alexander Gardner-McTaggart presents: "Sustainable Educational Leadership and the Climate Crisis." Register here: forms.gle/y4pGsa9jGuzP... Free & open to all. Don't miss it!

Thanks to NORRAG for publishing my latest blog! Drawing on Margaret Atwood’s notion of Ustopia, I argue that grassroot movements offer rich and insightful alternatives to the utopian visions promoted by IOs! Big thanks to Maren Elfert for making this happen! www.norrag.org/towards-usto...

📢 Join the CIES Globalization & Education SIG webinar on Dec 12, 2024, at 8 AM EST/2 PM CET! 🌍 Dr. Alexander Gardner-McTaggart presents: "Sustainable Educational Leadership and the Climate Crisis." Register here: forms.gle/y4pGsa9jGuzP... Free & open to all. Don't miss it!

Early bird registrations for CIES 2025 ends on November 25! Don't miss out.

We are at this event today - Responding to ‘Scholasticide’ in #Gaza: The Role of the UK International Education and Training Community! What a great way to start our Bluesky postings. Let's go!

Thanks for joining us here! Looking forward to connect with everyone on this platform.

Finally, we have updated our website: globalizationandeducationsig.wordpress.com On that note, two important news: 1. Call for Nominations for our Annual Awards: shorturl.at/RYHCA 2. INECS-GEP is all launched now and our first activity happening soon: shorturl.at/6udiJ Please like and follow!

We, the Globalization & Education SIG of CIES would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Dr Alison Buckler (Chair) and Dr Namrata Rao (Vice Chair) as the new leads of BAICE!

We are at the #BAICE2024 conference and ready for the opening plenary - conversation with @arathings.bsky.social and Omar Shweiki, chaired by Mario Novelli!