Researching Education in a Globalized World
The research group “Researching education in a globalized world”, anchored at MF, contributes to developing and strengthening a research community within the field of international and comparative education and development in Norway and beyond.
Our field covers thematic areas such as:
- comparative studies in education
- curriculum studies
- education in emergencies and in conflict areas
- education and politics (civic education)
- education and the sustainable development agenda
- critical, decolonial, counterhegemonic and indigenous perspectives in education and educational research; and
- the integration of knowledge systems in education
We also study and develop methodologies and ethics that are suitable to research the above thematic areas. This includes a focus on both various ethnographic methods, visual methods and the exploration of indigenous/non-Western research methodologies, theories and paradigms.
The group consists of both Norwegian and international members as researching education in a globalized world is dependent on collaborations across and beyond North-South divides.
Our three main objectives are:
- developing and promoting/strengthening an important field of research
- discussing and sharing research through co-publications, paper presentations locally and internationally
- developing international research projects across continents, with a primary focus on the global South
Members
Group leaders:
- Maren Seehawer, Associate Professor, MF
- Merethe Skårås, Associate Professor, MF
Members:
- Solvor Lauritzen, Professor, MF
- Kalpani Dambagolla, PhD Student, MF
- Marielle Stigum Gleiss, Associate Professor, MF School of Theology, Religion and Society
- Nora T. Hollekim, student, MF
- Mehdi Abdo, University of Hawassa, Ethiopia
- Pretty Abraham, PhD student in Religion and Social Transformation, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- Louis Botha, Senior Lecturer, Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand
- Anders Breidlid, Professor, OsloMet
- Tami Carsillo, George Mason University
- Live Grinden, PhD candidate at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
- Moyra Keane, associate professor and research associate, University of Johannesburg
- Constance Khupe, academic advisor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand
- Milton Milaras, Independent Researcher
- Vongai Mpofu, Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe
- Chrispen Mutanho Lecturer University of Fort Hare
- Kenneth Mlungisi Ngcoza, Professor in Education, Rhodes University
- Farasten Mashozhera, Rhodes University, South Africa
- Sipho Nuntsu, PhD Student, Rhodes University, South Africa
- Martha Nyamakuti, PhD Student, Rhodes University and Lecturer at The International University of Management (IUM), Namibia
- Sinethemba Mdleleni, PhD student, Rhodes University, South Africa
Activities
We collaborate through various means and formats. Regular activities include:
- Monthly text seminars where 2 members present their academic texts, which can be in the format of ideas, first drafts of articles, and almost finished work. The texts are shared a week beforehand, all members prepare prior to the meeting, and during the seminar we discuss the text and the way forward. Each author of the presented texts get about 5-10 minutes to give a brief introduction about their submitted text.
- A 3-day seminar/workshop every academic year, primarily aimed at local members residing in the area. In this seminar, the main objective is to focus on writing and facilitate academic discussions and friendship within the group.
Do you want to become a member?
We welcome new members who work on themes aligned with our objectives. We ask all regular members to participate in the monthly text seminars to keep the group's conversations going. We support each other when we present our texts and when we read and comment on others. Please be in touch with Maren Seehawer or Merethe Skårås.