Purpose
The ICSEI Crisis Response in Education Network focuses on how educational systems respond to significant crises and the impact these crises are having on education systems, health, and well-being of practitioners, children, young people, and their families. Crises include natural disasters, pandemics, warzones and post-conflict contexts, and any other social, health or environmental situations.
The network’s primary goal is to stimulate research, curate knowledge, and share emerging practices developed in response to crises, seeking to mitigate educational disruptions and promote equity and justice in these challenging contexts. As a global network of researchers, policymakers, and practitioners, ICSEI is positioned to coordinate such efforts.
The Crisis Response in Education Network aims to:
- Generate research and facilitate knowledge exchange on the impact of post-pandemic recovery, social and political conflicts, and environmental crises on education. This will focus on teaching and learning (e.g., distance and digital methods) as well as health and wellbeing (e.g., fitness, mental health, social and emotional development).
- Support international research on global policy responses to crises and ongoing conflicts, examining their effects on education systems, services, children, and families.
Collaborations and Activities
- Online research labs to explore short and long-term responses
- Voices from the Field to capture emerging responses to the crises
- Webinars to address emerging issues within the network.
Current work
Out of one of our recent research labs on climate change and education, we are currently preparing a special issue for the Journal of Professional Capital and Community titled “Together Addressing the Challenges of the Climate Crisis: Rethinking Professional Cultures, School Improvement, and Leadership.”
Network coordinators
- Romina Madrid: [email protected]
- Mauricio Pino-Yancovic: [email protected] and
- Alvaro Gonzalez: [email protected]