FreshEd #414 – Thinking through the Global Education Landscape (Christian Ydesen)

About this episode

The episode explores the global education landscape with a focus on international organizations and governance.

Today we unpack the past, present and future global education landscape, looking at various international organizations. My guest is Christian Ydesen, Professor in History of Education and Education Policy Analysis at the University of Zurich. He has written extensively on global education governance and will be running an international summer school this July that will unpack the theories, histories, and actors within the global education landscape. You can find more details about the summer school he is organizing at freshedpodcast.com/summerschool. freshedpodcast.com/ydesen/ -- Get in touch! LinkedIn: @FreshEdpodcast Facebook: FreshEd Email: info@freshedpodcast.com

People in this episode

Guest: Christian Ydesen

Topics covered

• global education
• education governance
• international organizations

Keywords

• history of education
• education policy analysis
• summer school

Mentioned in this episode

Products: international summer school

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