This paper investigates changes in the promissory visions articulated in education reforms
around the world. We use structural topic modeling to inductively analyze the content of …

This article argues that contemporary education policies promoted by UNESCO and the
OECD are embracing two distinct post-humanist visions, which I call the 'sustainable futures' …

We argue that the legitimacy of international organisations (IOs) as self-proclaimed
representatives of humankind, which was unfounded from the outset, is waning. To …

This article–and the special issue it introduces–contributes to the expanding scholarly
literature on the global governance of education, with a particular focus on its future-oriented …

This study analyses artificial intelligence (AI's) impact on education in Africa, focusing on
personalized learning, technology integration, and challenges in educational development …

In this commentary, we venture to explore the “unity in diversity” dilemma revolving around
the tension between human diversity and standardizations as it appears in the context of …

This article reviews my involvement since the late 1960s in education development, largely
in developing countries. It focuses on what became the two cornerstones of my career:(i) …

SDG4, and all the SDGs, are already failures. A direct cause is the failure of the international
community and national governments to finance them. Despite good intentions by many, we …

Over the past decade, the OECD has gradually shifted its governing mechanism from
promoting 'best practices' based on comparative data on pupils' cognitive skills to actively …

Offering imaginaries of the future is a significant part of the work of documents produced by
national policymakers, interest groups and international organisations. In this article, we …