The Washington Consortium for Comparative and International Education and Training
Re-envisioning Education in the 21st Century - Deadline for submissions – January 30, 2025
2025 Annual Graduate Student Research Conference of the Washington Consortium for Comparative and International Education
February 22, 2025, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
Spring Valley Campus, American University
Join us for the 2025 Annual Graduate Student Research Conference (SRC) organized by the Washington Consortium for Comparative and International Education. The conference will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2025, from 9 AM – 1:00 PM. This conference is an opportunity for graduate students at their respective consortium schools to present their work and engage in meaningful discussion about the forces that shape international education.
Call for Proposals - Re-envisioning Education in the 21st Century
The Washington Consortium for Comparative and International Education, American University, George Mason University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, and University of Maryland invite proposals for the Annual Graduate Student Research Conference. The theme is Re-envisioning Education in the 21st Century. Proposals must be submitted via the conference website, which requires a title and an abstract of no more than 300 words (see an example). Proposals can be based on a class paper, thesis, dissertation, group project, or other scholarly work. This is an opportunity to gain experience submitting to and presenting at a friendly and encouraging academic conference where your work will be welcomed and supported. The deadline for submitting proposals is January 30, 2025.
The 2025 SRC conference is inspired by the theme of the 69th Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) being held in-person on March 22-26, 2025, in Chicago, IL. Envisioning Education in a Digital Society, the CIES 2025 conference theme, is inspired by rapid transformations taking place due to technological advancements (e.g., Generative Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and Connectivity Technologies) that are reshaping our daily lives, the future of work and our society, all of which have profound impacts on education. These advancements bring complex challenges, including the adoption of technology in educational settings, ethical concerns, and the new digital divide that technologies can create. The digital revolution has ushered in exciting, promising, and imaginative changes, but it is also testing our beliefs about learning and education and the need to envision what the future might hold. (CIES, 2025)
In order to encourage thematically pluralistic and diverse research proposals, SRC has broadened the CIES 2025 theme to Re-envisioning Education in the 21st Century. This theme calls for critical reflection on how education must evolve to respond to the rapid transformations. Re-envisioning education in this era requires not only adapting to technological advancements but also addressing the broader societal changes they bring, including shifts in culture, equity, and global connectivity. We invite you to explore how these rapid transformations and complex challenges, extending beyond digital developments, may test our long-held beliefs about learning, teaching, and the role of education in shaping the future. Through this, we seek to encourage innovative ideas and dialogue that rethink education’s purpose and practice in an increasingly interconnected world.
SRC welcomes any of your academic papers. This is a platform of peers where we can test our theories, our projects, and our hopes to make a difference in CIE. Your paper or your research project may be strongly, loosely, or not directly related to the theme, but SRC remains an invaluable venue to receive and give feedback in a friendly environment where your peers can help you think through and strengthen your project. SRC strongly encourages you to take advantage of this opportunity to network, to share your academic endeavors (at any stage of their development) and to learn of your colleagues’ research projects as well.
Deadline for proposals: January 30, 2025
To submit a proposal, click here.