Recent panel presentations, moderation, and media:

• Are teachers valued in education in emergencies settings? What we know and how we address the challenges - Panel curator and facilitator for the Geneva Global Hub for Education in Emergencies and NORRAG. Watch the event here. October 1st, 2024.

• New understandings of refugee teacher motivation in Cox’s Bazar - Panelist for UNICEF Bangladesh at the UNESCO Forum on Transforming Education for Rohingya and Host Community Children in Bangladesh. May 29th, 2024.

• Finding and supporting teachers in emergency and crisis situations - Panelist for UNESCO Taskforce on Teachers for Education 2030 at the 14th Policy Dialogue Forum on Teachers in Johannesburg, South Africa. February 26th, 2024.

• UN calls for teachers to be prioritized to transform education. Interviewed for an article in Devex on the UN High-level Panel Recommendations on the Teaching Profession. See the article here. February 26th, 2024.

• Bangkit semangat—raise the spirits: Teachers’ vulnerability, resilience, and voice in post-disaster Indonesia. Panelist for the launch of the Journal on Education in Emergencies Volume 9. See the webinar recording here. January 25th, 2024.

• Refugee teachers: The heart of the global refugee response. Publication launch panelist at the Geneva Graduate Institute. See the event recording here. December 12th, 2023.

• Refugee teachers: The backbone of the global refugee response. Panelist for UNHCR and Education International at the UN Global Refugee Forum, Geneva. December 12th, 2023.

• "I thought my dream of getting an education had come to an end ..." Secondary Education in Crisis Contexts. Panelist for UNHCR and Plan International at the UN Global Refugee Forum, Geneva. December 12th, 2023.

• The missing piece: Secondary education in crisis contexts. Panelist for UNHCR and INEE. See the recording here. November 9th, 2023.

• Putting teachers at the center: Celebrating World Teachers Day. Panelist for the World Bank. See the recording here. October 5th, 2022.

• Transforming our understanding of refugee teachers and teaching in contexts of forced displacement. Co-Convener (with UNHCR). United Nations Transforming Education Pre-Summit (Paris) and Summit (New York) meetings. See meeting outcomes memo here. June 30th and September 17th, 2022.

• Strengthening support for teachers in crisis contexts: Promising and innovative practices in teacher professional development. Coordinator and moderator for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Global Education Summit meeting. See the recording here. July 22nd, 2021.

• Leave no girl behind webinar series for South Asia. Co-coordinator and co-facilitator for UNICEF and UKAID Girls Education Challenge. See details here. July - August, 2020.

Recent academic presentations:

• Situating refugee teachers' work and wellbeing within the education in emergencies field. INDEPth (Inter-institution Network Discussion on Education Policy). University of Melbourne. October, 2024.

• An anomaly in the midst? Teaching as a protective factor for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Comparative and International Education Society Conference. Miami. March 2024;

• The ambiguous purpose of a fragile promise: Refugee teacher professional development and motivation in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Comparative and International Education Society Conference. Washington, DC. February 2023;

• More girls are accessing school, but are they achieving? The factors influencing girls' mathematics achievement in Pakistan. Comparative and International Education Society Conference. Washington, DC. February 2023;

• The imperative for inclusion: Why teachers must be at the center of wellbeing policy and programming. Comparative and International Education Society Conference. Washington, DC. February 2023;

• Socio-cultural constructions of play for teacher professional development in contexts of forced displacement. Comparative and International Education Society Conference. Minneapolis, April, 2022;

• Adopting a gender-responsive approach to education at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons and experiences from South Asia. Comparative and International Education Society Conference. Seattle, March 2021;

• The case for localized and culturally informed approaches to teacher well-being in post-disaster contexts. Comparative and International Education Society Conference. Miami, March 2020;

• Taking innovation and leadership from concept to practice: An exercise in comparative education between Vietnam and New Zealand. The World Bank & National Academy for Education Management International Conference on Teacher and Education Management Quality: Current Trends. Hanoi, Vietnam, 2018;

• Rethinking resilience: Positioning culturally located constructs of Indonesian Teachers’ work at the centre of post-Disaster discourse. Comparative and International Education Society Conference. Mexico City, 2018;

• On unstable ground: The Impact of policy reform on Indonesian teachers' work in a post-disaster context. Oceania Comparative and International Society Conference. Sydney, 2016;

• On unstable ground: The impact of policy reform on teachers' work in a post-disaster context. 17th UNESCO-APEID Conference. Bangkok, Thailand, 2014;

• Social media and youth participation post-disaster. 16th UNESCO-APEID International Conference on Education. Bangkok, Thailand. November, 2012.

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