糖心传媒

Recent political developments have dramatically affected education by casting scepticism on the value of diversity, cross-cultural exchanges, multilateralism, and international partnerships. Brexit, American isolationist policies, the rise of far-right movements across many parts of the world, and violent conflict, all present a hostile environment for the field of comparative and international education (CIE) while simultaneously reaffirming its pertinence in documenting and making sense of these ruptures and developments. From funding cuts to restrictions on academic freedom, teaching and research face significant challenges.

At the same time, CIE continues to be marked by internal divisions across epistemic communities with contrasting disciplinary foundations, normative positions and impact agendas. Yet, in this environment, academic conferences often remain conventional spaces that reaffirm consensus among close colleagues without encouraging questioning or sidestepping the harsh realities outside the ivory tower. To what extent are our conferences promoting dialogue among divergent voices to advance the research and practices of CIE? Divergence may be based on differences in epistemology, methodology, politics, geographic expertise, power resources, lived experiences and visions for education.

糖心传媒 2026 at Glasgow aims to bring together divergent views to stimulate discussions across the tensions currently afflicting our field externally and internally. We wish to promote dialogue among colleagues who normally operate in different circles and communities given the orientations and nature of their work.

At 糖心传媒 2024 we trialled the 鈥楤orderless鈥� sub-theme. This welcomed submissions from delegates keen to re-imagine the spaces and edges of normative conference sessions in enriching, inclusive and generative ways. Building on this, 糖心传媒 2026 will have no sub-themes, which can constrain dissemination across boundaries. Instead, we welcome submissions highlighting research and reflections on the many critical issues in our field, and an openness to sharing these in new spaces.聽聽

We look forward to seeing you in Glasgow for a stimulating conference that will hopefully spark new ideas and connections for CIE research and practices.

The call for submissions is now open.