The Is Academie Education and Development, since 2005 funded by Minbuza and the University of Amsterdam (UvA), is developed in the context of the Governance and Inclusive Development research program at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research of the UvA.
The main objectives of the Is Academie Education and Development are: a) to carry out quality and relevant research on the relationship between education and processes of economic and social development; b) to train experts in the field of educational development, both with a professional and/or a research profile; c) to increase public awareness and promote the public debate on the relevance of education policies for development.
The participants of the program work broadly on the relationship between education and international development. They have a range of interests including privatization and decentralization of education, education and conflict, the architecture and delivery of development aid to education, teaching and learning processes, educational reform, multicultural and bilingual education, education and citizenship regimes, teacher training and the relationship between the state and teachers, the global governance of education systems in low-income countries, the role of advocacy coalitions and social movements in promoting quality education; education and religion, and non-formal education.
Since 2012, the programme focuses more specifically in two research areas, including the field of Education and Conflict, and secondly the area of Education in relation to Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR).
These topics are analyzed from multiple disciplines that conform the international development studies field (political geography, sociology, education sciences, history and political sciences) and applying a broad range of methods (cross-national comparison, case study research, discourse analysis, survey analysis, etc.). Group members have expertise in a range of countries and regions including Latin America (Guatemala, Colombia, Bolivia, Argentina, Brazil); Africa (Uganda, Ivory Coast, South Africa); and Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia).
The main outputs of the programme and future research agendas were discussed in the context of the International Seminar Education and International Development: Why research matters that was held in Amsterdam on the 29th and the 30th of September 2011. The seminar was oriented towards scholars, students and practitioners operating in the education and development field, but is also open to a broader audience. A report of this seminar is posted under ‘past events’.
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