Researching education in a globalised world
The research group “Researching education in a globalised world”, anchored at MF- Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, 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 sub-Saharan Africa and East Asia.
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The above photograph is taken out of a classroom in Makhanda, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. It shows the beautiful hill that is home to many of the school’s students. These students’ indigenous ways of knowing are usually neither taught nor acknowledged in school. One of our research group’s focus areas is to explore how indigenous ways of knowing can be integrated into Southern African formal education systems.
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