The research cluster Education and International Development is an interdisciplinary team of researchers focusing on issues related to global and local (glocal) governance and multilevel politics of education and development. Our research takes a specific focus on processes of socio-economic, political and cultural (in)justices, and explores innovative pathways oriented towards more inclusive, regenerative education systems. The research undertaken is this group is developed in the context of the Governance and Inclusive Development research program at the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research of the UvA, and has a range of inter- and transdisciplinary partners.
The research group was founded in 2006 with a focus on the relationship between education and international development. Since 2012, the two main focus areas of the Education and International Development research group are the role of education in (post-conflict) peace-building and reform, and education in relation to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR). Since 2017, we focus on
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We are involved in several research projects. Please find more information through the links below on our current and past projects.
- RISERS: Researching Innovations supporting Education towards Regenerative Societies
- Education in Displacement – an ecosystems approach to All Eyes on Learning
- Critical Development and Diversity Explorations (2017-2022)
- The Role of Education in Peacebuilding, Myanmar (2014-2019)
- Research Consortium on Education and Peacebuilding (2014-2017)
- Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and Education (2012-2017)
- Peacebuilding, social justice and education in Aceh, Indonesia (2013-2022)
- Female Education Leaders for Peace in Aceh (2014-2022)
- Sri Lanka: studying education for peacebuilding
- Bolivia: education and social change
These topics are analyzed from multiple disciplines within the framework of the international development studies field (regenerative design theory, conflict studies, international relations, political geography, sociology, education sciences, anthropology, history and political sciences among others) and applying a broad range of methods (auto-ethnography, participatory action research, cross-national comparison, case study research, discourse analysis, survey analysis, etc.). Group members and affiliated members have expertise in a range of countries and regions including the Netherlands, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Uganda, Indonesia, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Argentina, Guatemala, Ivory Coast, India, and Nepal. We engage in transdisciplinary collaboration in both teaching and research projects, including partners like UNICEF, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, theater DEGASTEN, the Community of Practice Regenerative Higher Education.
For further inquiries on the ongoing research and educational activities on Education and Development , please contact Mieke Lopes Cardozo: t.a.lopescardozo@uva.nl.
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