Today we explore the production of global learning metrics inside the UNESCO Institute for Statistics. My guest is Clara Fontdevila, a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Education at the University of Glasgow.

Clara’s newest article is entitled “The politics of good enough data. Developments, dilemmas, and deadlocks in the production of global learning metrics,” which was published in the International Journal of Educational Development.

Today’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience at the School of Education at the University of Glasgow. Thanks to Matthew Thomas for organizing the event.

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Today we explore scholarly podcasting: what it is and why it matters. With me is Ian M. Cook, who has recently published the book Scholarly Podcasting: Why, What, How?

Ian M. Cook is Editor and Chief at Allegra Lab. He is an anthropologist whose work focus includes urban India, scholarly podcasting, open education, and environmental (in)justice.

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Today we explore one Ph.D. student’s journey from Yemen to the USA. We dig into different traditions of Islam and education, and what it means to shift between extremes.

My guest is Abdulrahman Bindamnan, a Ph.D. student in Comparative ‎and International Development Education at the University of ‎Minnesota. He serves as a Fellow at the Interdisciplinary Center ‎for the Study of Global Change and is a contributing writer for Psychology Today where he documents his journey living abroad in a regular column.

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Today we explore the process of colonization and decolonization from a comparative perspective. My guest is Lachlan McNamee who has recently published the book Settling for Less: Why states colonize and why they stop.

Lachlan McNamee is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at UCLA and a Lecturer of Politics at Monash University.

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Today we explore the experiences of Black Caribbean youth in the United Kingdom and the United States. My guest is Derron Wallace, an assistant professor of sociology and education at Brandeis University.

Derron Wallace’s new book is The Culture Trap: Ethnic Expectations and Unequal Schooling for Black Youth.

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Today we talk about Black Lives Matter and what it means for the field of comparative and international education.

With me are Sharon Walker and Krystal Strong, who have recently co-edited with Derron Wallace, Arathi Sriprakash, Leon Tikly, and Crain Soudien, a special issue of Comparative Education Review entitled “Black Lives Matter and Global Struggles for Racial Justice in Education.”

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Today Michael Crossley reflects on the field of comparative and international education. He looks at different eras to unpack some of the major debates in the field. Taking a historical perspective provides useful context and intellectual tools to understand and make sense of the big issues facing the field today, such as environmental uncertainty and decolonization.

Michael Crossley is Emeritus Professor of Comparative and International Education at the University of Bristol. The reflections in today’s episode are based on his article “Epistemological and Methodological Issues and Frameworks in Comparative and International Research in Education,” which was published in the New Era of Education: The Journal of the World Education Fellowship.

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Today we explore the learning crisis in education. In particular, we unpack the crisis narrative, which has reached a crescendo during Covid-19.

With me is Michele Schweisfurth, a Professor of Comparative and International Education at the University of Glasgow. She has a new article in the International Journal of Educational Development entitled “Disaster Didacticism: Pedagogical interventions and the ‘learning crisis.’”

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Today we explore the concepts of racialization and educational inequality in the field of comparative and international education. My guests are Janelle Scott and Monisha Bajaj who have recently co-edited the latest edition of the World Yearbook of Education.

Janelle Scott is a Professor in the School of Education and African American Studies Department at the University of California at Berkeley and Monisha Bajaj is a professor of international and multicultural education at the University of San Francisco.

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Today we talk about affirmative action in higher education in the United States. The Supreme Court will soon rule on the latest case over race-based college admissions, which many fear will end affirmative action as we know it.

My guest is Natasha Warikoo, a professor of sociology at Tufts University. Her new book is Is Affirmative Action Fair?, which was published by Polity press.

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