Presentations
Having made more than 125 presentations around the world, I regularly participate in academic conferences and symposia, in addition to giving invited lectures at numerous universities.
Some of the conferences in which I participate are those of: the American Education Research Association, the Comparative and International Education Society of the United States, the European Educational Research Association, the World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, the World Education Research Association, the UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development, and the International Conference on Education and Social Justice, among others. Below are a few recent examples of my presentations. |
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Academic Conferences |
Edwards Jr., D. B. (2023). “Ritual governance and the ritual aid dance: Rethinking World Bank influence.” Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Washington, D.C., February 14-22, 2023.
Quilabert, E., Moschetti, M., Edwards Jr., D.B., Caravaca, A., & Grillet, P. (2023). “Education policy and reform in Paraguay: From shadow state to neoliberal bureaucracy.” Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Washington, D.C., February 14-22, 2023. Edwards Jr., D.B., Moschetti, M. & Caravaca, A. (2022). “Network governance and new philanthropy in Latin America and the Caribbean: Reconfiguration of the State,” World Educational Research Association Focal Meeting at the Conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, April 22-25, 2022. Edwards Jr., D.B., Moschetti, M., & Caravaca, A. (2022). “Estado poscolonial, globalización y privatización: Rastreando continuidades en el Sistema educativo de Honduras,” XVII Congreso Nacional de Educación Comparada, Barcelona, February 2-4, 2022. Edwards Jr., D.B. & Moschetti, M. (2021). “The sociology of policy change within international organizations: Beyond coercive and normative perspectives—towards circuits of power,” Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, April 26, 2021. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2019). “Mechanisms and pathways of transnational influence in the trajectory of a global education policy from El Salvador,” paper presented at the Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, San Francisco, April 14-18. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2018), “The mobilization and relationality of knowledge dissemination: A critique of Colombia’s charter school research production and circulation,” paper presented at the conference of the Oceania Comparative and International Education Society, Wellington, New Zealand, November 20-22. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2018). “Shifting the Perspective on Community-Based Management of Education: From Systems Theory to Social Capital and Community Empowerment.” Paper presented at the International Conference on Education and Social Justice. Honolulu, Hawaii, October 5-7. |
Invited Lectures |
Edwards Jr., D.B. (2023). “Globalization, privatization, and the State: Post-colonial insights and decolonial directions for education,” OISE, University of Toronto, April 27, 2023.
Edwards Jr., D.B. (2022). “Investigating effective teaching and learning for sustainable development and global citizenship: Implications from a systematic review of the literature,” Waseda Institute for Advanced Studies 15th Anniversary Symposium, December 12-13, 2022. Edwards Jr., D.B. & Martin, P. (2022). “The political economy of reform in Central America,” Scientific Week, sponsored by Rafael Landívar University, Guatemala City, Guatemala, October 10-15, 2022. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2021). “Global education policy from the perspective of IPE, mechanisms of influence, and the politics of knowledge production,” University of Western Ontario, September 29. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2021). “Public policy for educational quality and educational justice in Central America,” University of Central America (Nicaragua), August 13. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2021). “The limits of education for development: An interrogation of privileged paradigms, interests, methods, and ontologies,” Central American University (El Salvador), February 12. Edwards Jr., D.B., Moschetti, M., & Caravaca, A. (2020). “Privatization tendencies in Dominican education: Heterarchy, network governance, and new philanthropy, Education International, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, August 7. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2020). “The trajectory of global education policy: Community-based management in El Salvador and the global reform agenda,” Hamilton College, February 13. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2019). “The policy-practice dynamics of international education goals: A global governance perspective,” at the seminar entitled, “Exploring a model of policy-practice cooperation in educational development: For a better future of SDGs, George Washington University, October 18. Edwards Jr., D.B. & Moschetti, M. (2019). Education in Honduras: Between privatization and globalization,” Colegio Profesional Superación Magisterial Hondureño, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, May 17. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2018). “The trajectory of global education policy: The origins and politics of community-based management as a global exemplar,” University of Auckland, Auckland, December 6. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2018), “The dynamics of global education policy: The case of school-based management as a window to the world of policy traveling,” Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, October 5. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2018). “Hidden history and unknown outcomes: Connections among EDUCO, community empowerment, and civil war in El Salvador,” invitation by the Ministry of Education of El Salvador to make a presentation in San Salvador, El Salvador, for the launch of the 10th edition of the Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences, week of September 17th. Edwards Jr., D.B. (2018). “Education in Central America: Trends, tensions, and trade-offs,” paper presented on a “presidential session” at the conference of the Comparative and International Education Society, Mexico City, Mexico, March 25-29. Edwards Jr., D. B., (2017). “Researching international processes of education policy formation: Conceptual and methodological considerations,” Autonomous University of Barcelona, July 18. |