Civil Society and Sustainability Conference Paper Submission
Civil Society and Sustainability ConferenceJune 3-5, 2024, Stanford UniversityPaper Submissions Solving the world’s greatest sustainability challenges depends on active engagement by civil society actors. Nonprofits, philanthropies, and advocacy groups play an important role in shaping policy agendas on topics related to sustainable development and contribute to innovative solutions to address problems like climate change and mitigate their impact on the…
Global Determinants of Education Reform
On the podcast FreshEd, Patricia Bromley discusses the rise and fall of levels education reform worldwide, as well as the work behind the scenes to create the World Education Reform Database. FreshEd with Will Brehm takes ideas in educational research and seeks to make them accessible through conversations with experts in the field.
World Education Reform Database Mini Workshop
The World Education Reform Database (WERD) research group held a virtual mini-workshop on Thursday, February 1, 2024 at Stanford University. Patricia Bromley, Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Education and the Doerr School of Sustainability and faculty director at PACS, opened the workshop with an overview of the WERD project. The workshop also featured the work of postdoctoral scholars,…
Welcoming Jared and Marcia to the GCSSD team!
The GCSSD lab is excited to announce two of our newest members to the team, Jared Furuta and Marcia Xiyu Yang! We’re thrilled to have two talented individuals bring a wealth of experience and expertise to our lab and we can’t wait to see the positive impact they’ll make. Learn more about Jared and Marcia below. Jared FurutaPostdoc Fellow Jared…
Tom Nachtigal Receives Knight-Hennessy Award
Tom Nachtigal, from Rishon-Lezion, Israel, is pursuing a PhD in international and comparative education at Stanford Graduate School of Education. She graduated magna cum laude from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with a bachelor’s degree in law and international relations. She holds an LLM (cum laude) from Columbia Law School and an EdM from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She…
Civil Society and Sustainability Conference
Civil society actors are central to achieving sustainable development. Nonprofits and activists, for example, influence public policy, corporate practices, and individual behaviors at local, national, and international levels. They are also frontline workers in efforts towards solving environmental problems and are often at the forefront of issues of environmental justice. Further, philanthropy — by individuals and large organizations, alike —…
What’s Worrying the Global Elite in Davos
Bloomberg news discusses research by Shawn Pope and Patricia Bromley showing an evolution both in the gender composition a focus on the public good at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
“Critical race theory” is being weaponised. What’s the fuss about?
Patricia Bromley’s research on history textbooks, mentioned in The Economist, supports arguments that critical race theory is not currently a central part of US history curricula.