UNESCO Chair Series in Comparative Education Policy with Manuel Enrique Cardoso
Lecture:
Thursday 10 April 2025
16:30 to 18:00 CEST
Hybrid: S8, Maison de la Paix, Geneva & Online (Zoom)
Open Café:
Friday 11 April 2025
10:00 to 11:00 CEST
IN PERSON ONLY: Cafeteria, Maison de la Paix, Geneva
How do countries and International Organizations value education policies?
Introducing the 6 ‘E’s framework
On April 10th, 2025, the UNESCO Chair Series on Comparative Education Policy held its fifth session at the Geneva Graduate Institute. Co-organized by the UNESCO Chair in Comparative Education Policy and NORRAG, the event was co-sponsored by the Global Governance Center, the International and Development Studies Program, and the KIX EMAP Hub. Professor Chanwoong Baek, UNESCO Co-Chair in Comparative Education Policy and Academic Director of NORRAG, chaired the session.
The featured speaker, Manuel Enrique Cardoso—Head of Research at the Institute of Education in Universidad ORT, Uruguay—delivered a lecture on “the 6 ‘E’s framework” and the value of education policies by countries and International Organisations.
The following day, an open café discussion provided a platform to further explore key issues mentioned in the lecture, such as the use of empathy and the impact of social norms in education policy, the inclusion of accessibility in schooling, learning and assessment.
Manuel Enrique Cardoso (PhD, Comparative and International Education, Teachers College/Columbia; Ed.M., International Education Policy, Harvard) was a learning specialist at the UN system for nearly two decades, first at the UNESCO Institute for Statistics in Montréal, and then at UNICEF’s headquarters in New York. Previously he worked for Uruguay’s national assessment system while teaching at two universities. In 2023 he returned to TC, this time as faculty, from his position as Coordinator of Learning Assessment Programs at the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. Now back in his home country, he is Head of Research at the Institute of Education in Universidad ORT, Uruguay. His work has been published in Comparative Education Review, the International Review of Education, and Compare, among others. His research interests include international organizations; large-scale assessments, both national and international; their links with education policy; and language(s) in education.
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