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UNESCO Futures of Education Ideas LAB – First Publications (2026)

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UNESCO’s Futures of Education Ideas LAB called for short think pieces in fall 2025, and began publishing some ideas in spring 2026.

Under the title “The future of international cooperation in education,” some of the essays published include:

  • Linguistic justice and multilateral cooperation in education
  • Higher education and the gift of the liminal moment
  • International cooperation on education in times of global inequality
  • Rethinking incentives, metrics and funding in global higher education
  • ‘What if?’: A different grammar of global education cooperation
  • From fragility to plurality: South-South cooperation in basic education

They are still accepting proposals for future issues, for anyone interested.

NOTE: The Center for Intercultural Dialogue held focus groups as part of the information gathering stage of the Futures of Education project, preparing what we learned as a report for UNESCO, in 2021.

CFP UNESCO Futures of Education Ideas LAB

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Call for short think pieces on What will shape the future of international cooperation for education? for the Futures of Education Ideas LAB, UNESCO. Deadline: 10 November 2025.

UNESCO’s Futures of Education IdeasLAB invites short think pieces (1500 words maximum) that reimagine, interrogate and analyze recent changes in global governance, multilateralism and international cooperation in education. They welcome contributions from all who engage with governance or education – including researchers, policy-makers, futures thinkers, public servants, private sector actors, educators, youth and civil society.

Multilateralism is in a moment of deep transition. The international system that optimistically pledged its commitments to ‘Education for All’ in 1990 appears less recognizable today. The frameworks and shared vision that once provided firm foundations for international cooperation in education have frayed, and in mid-2025 they appear more fragile than in past decades. At the same time, new imaginaries and solidarities offer opportunities to reimagine multilateralism, international cooperation and governance at all levels. How can we think about this present moment? What has changed, and what trajectories – both promising and perilous – appear ahead?

NOTE: The Center for Intercultural Dialogue held focus groups as part of the information gathering stage of the Futures of Education project, preparing what we learned as a report for UNESCO, in 2021.