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SUMMARY:Data for Accountability in Education: Global Trends in School Refor
 m
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 15 April 2026\, 14:00 to 15:30 BST\nREGISTER HERE\nFi
 ve leading scholars explore a set of urgent and complex questions: When di
 d data-for-accountability emerge as a governing tool in education? How has
  it evolved over time and across regions? Who benefits from the dataficati
 on of education—and who loses out? This co-authored book traces the rise
  of student testing\, performance-based evaluation\, and governance by num
 bers. Drawing on a variety of methods\, theories\, and disciplines\, the c
 o-authors demonstrate how these instruments have taken root globally\, why
  they persist\, and how their meanings and effects vary across policy cont
 exts. This book launch will be of interest to scholars and practitioners a
 cross the fields of comparative education\, sociology of education\, polic
 y studies\, and international relations.\nAbout Authors\nPatricia Bromley 
 is Associate Professor of Education\, Environmental Social Science and (by
  courtesy) Sociology at Stanford University. Her research spans a range of
  fields\, including comparative education\, organisation theory\, sociolog
 y of education\, and public administration and policy. Her work focuses on
  the historical rise and globalisation of liberal culture emphasising rati
 onal\, scientific thinking and expansive forms of rights as well as contem
 porary attacks on this culture. Much of her research empirically focuses o
 n two settings – education systems and organisations. Her recent publica
 tions examine pushbacks against liberal culture in the form of growing res
 trictions on civil society and declining emphases on education reform. \n
 Rie Kijima is Assistant Professor at the Munk School of Global Affairs &am
 p\; Public Policy\, University of Toronto\, where she serves as the inaugu
 ral director of the Initiative for Education Policy and Innovation. Rie Ki
 jima’s research addresses topics such as the politics of international a
 ssessments\, the impact of education reforms\, and STEAM education. Her re
 cent articles have appeared in journals such as The Review of Internatio
 nal Organization\, Review of International Political Economy\, Sociology
  of Education and International Journal of STEM Education. Her research 
 project on education reform is supported by the Social Sciences and Humani
 ties Research Council of Canada. She received her PhD and MA from Stanford
  University and her BA from the ICU in Tokyo\, Japan. \nKerstin Martens i
 s Professor of International Relations at the University of Bremen\, Germa
 ny. She is head of research project A05\, “The Global Development of Cov
 erage and Generosity in Public Education\,” at the Collaborative Researc
 h Center 1342 “Global Dynamics of Social Policy\,” also based at the U
 niversity of Bremen. She has published widely on international organisatio
 ns in education policy (particularly on the OECD and the UN)\, internation
 al large-scale assessments in education\, such as the PISA study\, and on 
 global public policies\, particularly those focusing on education\, health
  and social policy. She holds a PhD from the European University Institute
  in Florence\, Italy. \nGita Steiner-Khamsi is the William H. Kilpatrick 
 Professor of Comparative Education at Teachers College\, Columbia Universi
 ty\, New York. She also holds the Honorary UNESCO Chair in Comparative Edu
 cation Policy at the Geneva Graduate Institute. A former president of the 
 Comparative and International Education Society (2009/2010)\, editor of th
 e World Yearbook of Education (2008–2021) and academic director of NORRA
 G (2017–2022)\, she has published widely on topics such as policy transf
 er\, qualitative comparative analyses and school reform from an internatio
 nal comparative perspective. Her most recent book\, Time in Education Poli
 cy Transfer. The Seven Temporalities in Global School Reform\, was publish
 ed with open access in English (Palgrave/Springer Nature)\, Chinese (Hong 
 Kong University Press) and Spanish (Prometeo).\nAntoni Verger is Professor
  of Sociology at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and an ICREA resea
 rch fellow. His research focuses on the relationship between governance in
 stitutions and education policy\, using comparative policy analysis to exa
 mine the adoption\, trajectory and impact of key education reforms\, inclu
 ding public-private partnerships\, accountability mechanisms and school go
 vernance models. He has secured multiple research grants on these topics\,
  including two from the European Research Council (ERC) for the REFORMED a
 nd ACCOUNTED projects. He also holds editorial leadership roles with the W
 orld Yearbook of Education and the Journal of Education Policy. He also di
 rects the Erasmus+ joint master’s programme Education Policies for Globa
 l Development (GLOBED)\, which has received three awards from the European
  Commission for its excellence in international education.\nThis event is 
 organised with the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Education Policy\, Geneva G
 raduate Institute\n&nbsp\;
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