In my latest essay, I argue that "AI" is a term that belongs to the Cold War heap of history - along with "domino theory" and the "Sputnik moment." Today's AI is neither artificial nor intelligent. The moratororium we need is on the use of this very term. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Professor Robert Cowen obituary theguardian.com/education/2023…… Six weeks have passed, but it's still hard to believe that Bob has left this world. He is so much missed. His legacy will continue to live on in our hearts and in our field of study.#ComparativeEducation

Fascinating article by Euan Auld and Paul Morris about Sir Michael Barber and his "Deliverology" movement. The analysis of "secularised salvation narratives and apocalyptic symbolism" is important to understand contemporary education policy movements. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

📚 Excited to share my latest research infographic published through the Early Career Impact Fellowship programme at UCL Institute of Education! Check out the full infographic here: discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1017… #Infographic #Happiness #Wellbeing #Education

It was a great honor to be part of Bob's last project, a memorable experience that I'll forever cherish.

Book launch! If you are interested in the shifting power dynamics in the global governance of education, please join the launch of the book @c_ydesen and I have written together. It's a hybrid event - please register if you would like to attend. @kingsecs kcl.ac.uk/events/the-shi…

In the absence of any adults in the room, so glad to see Israeli and Palestinian mothers make this important stand. Great to see diplomats and politicians join them.

Thrilled to share that my article 'Happiness, politics and education reform in South Korea: building ‘happy human capital’ for the future' is now available in Comparative Education, Volume 59, Issue 4 (2023).📚 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

PISA is and always will be a political project as organizations & politicians push their own self-serving agenda. I'm quoting a UK politician here because I want the Malaysians who follow me to observe how our politicians & orgs will now use PISA to legitimise their claims.

📣 NEW findings about life satisfaction. Our latest project brings together a decade of evidence through 2 rapid reviews to find out what works to improve this core component of #wellbeing. Discover key outputs, findings, recommendations & what’s next. whatworkswellbeing.org/blog/new-findi…

What impacts *your* life satisfaction? We've reviewed what works to improve life satisfaction, with What Works Centre for Wellbeing , commissioned by Cabinet Office Evaluation Task Force, Department for Transport, and Department for Culture, Media and Sport whatworkswellbeing.org/resources/life… Katie Tiley

🙌🏻🙌🏻 Come along to the workshop, or share with anyone you think would be interested! 🙌🏻🙌🏻

For the final presentation, Evelyn Min Ji Kim (Evelyn Kim) presents her paper titled 'Scripting solutions for the future: The OECD’s advocacy of happiness and well-being', which was part of her doctoral study.

The panel 'Global governance and the promissory visions of education' is coming together for the QnA session!

Honoured to contribute to this special issue! Check out my article, "Scripting Solutions for the Future: The OECD’s Advocacy of Happiness and Well-being," here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10….

Can't believe it's been a year already! Good news: after a one-year embargo, my PhD thesis is now publicly available for anyone interested in how OECD and Asian societies are getting into the happiness education trend. discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1017…

🎉Exciting Announcement!🎉 We're thrilled to announce the Emerging Scholars Global Governance of Education Symposium happening on 13 Nov! This hybrid event is hosted by the King's International Education Research Network! Join our mailing list here: shorturl.at/DyHLA

A wonderful symposium organised and hosted by KIERN next month. It is an honour to be invited to present my recent article on education futures and the OECD’s use of techno-scientific fictive scripts (tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…). Come and join me at KCL!

So excited to finally unveil the Emerging Scholars Global Governance of Education Hybrid Symposium 2024 Booklet! Link: tinyurl.com/4kj4caxe Also, still time left to sign up for the hybrid symposium! Happening on 13 of November! Register here: shorturl.at/9CTNO

ICYMI - Feel free to join us this 13th of November for an hybrid symposium on global governance of education with emerging scholars! Link to register: shorturl.at/9CTNO