Theme: “Reimagining Life: Education for Planetary Justice.”
Introduction:
The Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) is the largest and oldest Comparative and International Education Societies around the world for researchers, analysts, practitioners, and students.
CIES Annual Conference 2027 invites scholars to explore how education can respond to contemporary social, political, economic, and environmental challenges. The theme highlights the potential of comparative and international education to contribute to more just and equitable futures by addressing interconnected global crises, including ecological degradation, economic inequality, and authoritarianism.
Conference themes:
1. Planetary Crisis, Education, and the Limits of Development
2. Internationalism Under Pressure
3. Education, Labor, and Political Economy
4. Migration, Displacement, and Border Regimes
5. Indigenous Knowledges, Land, and Educational Justice
6. Gender, Sexuality, and Embodied Justice
7. Education, Democracy, and Authoritarianism
8. Reparative and Transformative Educational Futures
9. Comparative Methods and Pluriversal Epistemologies
10. Learning in and with Social Movements
Submission Deadline: September 3, 2026