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Read articles by Salzburg Global Fellows published via the Transforming Education channel on Diplomatic Courier

In 2022, Salzburg Global Seminar launched a dedicated Transforming Education channel with Diplomatic Courier, which sees new content published on a regular basis.

The Transforming Education channel offers a platform for sharing new ideas about critical and emerging issues in education, including social, emotional, and creative skills, psychosocial support and well-being, ecological education, and education leadership.

Since October, 16 articles have been published. This has included a mini-series on different aspects of education transformation in Africa and an article on the difference between education reform and transformation, which was followed by a three-part piece on a new global vision for education.

Salzburg Global Fellows from Education Transformation and Gender: Better Outcomes for Everyone co-authored a piece on women and girls in STEM, and in the run-up to Education Cannot Wait's High-Level Financing Conference, the channel published pieces on system strengthening for education crises and on the moral imperative for refugee education.

Salzburg Global is grateful to everyone who has submitted articles and to Diplomatic Courier for the partnership. If you are interested in writing for the channel, please email Dominic Regester, director of the Salzburg Global Center for Education Transformation.

Explore several of our articles below.

The Moral Imperative of Refugee Education

February 16, 2023

Refugees have not only their physical and mental well-being jeopardized but also their education - which endangers every aspect of their future. UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi argues this means to bolster education, we must invest in development, human rights, and peace.

Tomorrow's Education Crises Require Preparedness, System-Strengthening

February 15, 2023

Protracted crises like armed conflicts and climate change impacts are disrupting education systems-and those disruptions are likely to escalate. We need more resilient and smartly funded systems, particularly in low- and lower-middle-income countries, write Hollie Warren and Marc Neesam.

Women are Shunning STEM, That has to Change

February 10, 2023

Women are still grossly underrepresented in STEM and ICT programs despite clear evidence that bias claiming they are less suited to these roles is wrong. This is a problem, but SGS Fellows Lara Zwittlinger, Amy Kardel, and Horacio Alejandro Reyes Leon suggest actionable steps to change things.

Key Components of a Global Education Vision

February 1, 2023

We are at a unique point in time where not only do we have need for a global education vision but there are also conditions in place that give us powerful opportunities to adopt such a vision. Pilvi Torsti, Vishal Talreja, and Joanne McEachen illustrate what some components of that vision would be

Bringing a New Global Education Vision to Fruition

January 31, 2023

Despite the many challenges posed by our fast-changing world, this moment in history also offers us exciting new opportunities that can make it possible to proceed and make a global difference in education within one generation, write Pilvi Torsti, Vishal Talreja, and Joanne McEachen.

Adopt a Global Vision, Curriculum to Meet UN Transforming Education Goals

January 27, 2023

National education systems are no longer enough. A new, global vision and curriculum for education systems is key to attaining the UN’s goals for education transformation, write Pilvi Torsti, Vishal Talreja, and Joanne McEachen.

A New Definition of the Next Normal

January 19, 2023

It took a pandemic for us to acknowledge the fault lines in our “normal” way of being. We need to reframe our definitions of normal, for it is not normal for a young person to be caught in the throes of an irrelevant definition of success, write Dream a Dream's Vishal Talreja & Dr. Varsha Pillai.

The Difference Between Education Transformation and Reform

December 11, 2022

We are in a global learning crisis. To solve this challenge and create education systems that allow all children to thrive, we must collectively co-define and build upon new purposes for education while improving the existing system, writes Eva Keiffenheim.

Africa's Education Opportunity

November 27, 2022

Africa is on the cusp of an education transformation. The greatest challenge currently facing schools in Africa is enabling students to develop a capacity for learning, and several countries, including Sierra Leone, are determined to do better, writes President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio.

Transforming Higher Education in Africa

November 1, 2022

COVID-19 has caused a global education crisis that affects nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries. But the pandemic has had a particularly devastating effect on already-impaired universities in Africa, highlighting the urgent need for reform, writes Moha Ennaji.

Tanzania Promotes Pre-Primary Education Interactive Learning

October 14, 2022

Tanzania currently suffers a shortage of well-trained teachers, teaching/learning material, and appropriate spaces for teaching, especially in early-childhood education. To improve this condition, several initiatives have been adopted, writes Hawa Selemani and Salvatory Alute.

Mainstreaming Values and Life Skills Education in Kenya's Curriculum

October 12, 2022

Like adults, children face challenges from the dynamics of their society. Education should provide tools for learners to face these challenges, equipping them not only with cognitive tools but also values and life skills that will help them thrive in the modern era, writes Grace Ngugi Maina.

Transformation in Education in South Africa's Western Cape

October 9, 2022

Like other education departments worldwide, those in South Africa’s Western Cape are exploring ways of transforming education to make schooling more relevant and meaningful, with numerous changes and innovations having been implemented in recent years, writes Glynis Schreuder.

A Gift to my Younger Self: Building the Classroom I Never Had

October 7, 2022

There are design features in the schooling system that have acquired a quality of being sacred and untouchable. This is a blind spot when we talk about transforming education, but we must challenge ourselves to imagine an education experience many of us never had, writes Enseña Perú’s Franco Mosso.

Inspirational Leadership Can Usher in a Better Future of Education

October 4, 2022

Our world is evolving at a breakneck pace, but our global approach to education has evolved only slowly, inviting calls for a transformation of education systems. However, for this change to occur, we need leadership in schools and across society, writes Alex Battison.

The Case for Global Competence in Education

October 3, 2022

If we consider transforming all essential aspects of the education system post-COVID-19—including content knowledge, civic preparedness, developing social and emotional skills, and empathy—we must also deeply embed global competence into the education systems of the future, writes Jennifer Manise.