Students at workshop

September 30, 2022 Central Asia Hub News

On 29 September 2022, the Central Asia hub conducted an introductory workshop for PhD students of Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education. The workshop was facilitated by Professor Mario Novelli (University of Sussex), Professor Naureen Durrani and Associate Professor Hélène Thibault (Nazarbayev University). During the introductory one-day workshop, participants explored a number of questions relating to what political economy analysis of education is, why it might be useful and how it relates to research on education in Kazakhstan and the broader Central Asia region.

Lecture hall

September 28, 2022 Central Asia Hub News

On the 28th of September 2022, Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education hosted a public lecture, “The Imperial Entanglements of ‘Education in Emergencies’: From Saving Souls to Saving Schools?” by Professor Mario Novelli. On the 28th of September, Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Education hosted a public lecture, “The Imperial Entanglements of ‘Education in Emergencies’: From Saving Souls to Saving Schools?” by Professor Mario Novelli. Professor Novelli spoke of the relationship between ‘International Education and Development’ actors and foreign intervention in our colonial past and present, focusing on Education in Emergencies.

Online Seminars September-December Flyer in English

August 30, 2021 Central Asia Hub News

Central Asia Hub of the PEER Network invites you to join the second online research seminar series where invited scholars of Central Asia will present their completed and on-going research. The series is aimed at all those who seek to better understand the complex situations facing education systems in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

Asia Hub Info session flyer

August 26, 2021 Central Asia Hub News

The Central Asia Hub of the PEER Network is delighted to invite you to an information session – “Research and Practice Fellowships in the Political Economy of Education”.

Information Session Flyer

August 26, 2021 Africa Hub News

The PEER Network Africa hub is delighted to invite you to attend an information session to launch our Research and Practice Fellowships in the Political Economy of Education. During this session we will explain the aims of the fellowship, details of the programme and eligibility criteria.

Poster for 24th of June Seminar (in English)

June 17, 2021 Central Asia Hub News

Central Asia Hub of PEER Network is delighted to invite you to the online research seminar – “Educational Research & Knowledge Production in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Revisiting the Global Discourses of Decolonization, Recolonization and Indigenization” led by Sarfaroz Niyozov, Associate Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.

17th of June Seminar poster

June 11, 2021 Central Asia Hub News

Central Asia Hub of PEER Network is delighted to invite you to the online research seminar – “A beginning of the end: Learning to look at social diversity in Central Asia through a gender lens” led by SvetLana Peshkova, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Core Faculty, Women’s and Gender(s) Studies Department, University of New Hampshire.