Rise of Knowledge Brokers in Global Education Governance

Edited by Chanwoong Baek, Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations and Political Science; Academic Director of NORRAG; UNESCO Co-Chair in Comparative Education Policy, Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland and Gita Steiner-Khamsi, William H. Kilpatrick Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA

‘This timely book insightfully explores the intersections between science and policy following the “knowledge turn” in global education governance. The book not only draws attention to the relationship between knowledge and expertise, but shows the ways in which brokering itself involves the complicated art of influence.’

• Contents1 Knowledge brokers in education and international cooperation: a typology with blurred boundaries 1Gita Steiner-Khamsi2 Navigating the terrain: global knowledge brokering and use in education policy 25Chanwoong Baek3 Knowledge exchange for educational progress: the OECD’s approach to horizontal policy learning 43Michael Ward and Melissa Mouthaan4 Evidence labs in the education sector: a review and early reflection on the Jacobs Foundation journey 77Samuel Kembou and Donika Dimovska5 “What works”? Power and politics in studies of evidence use in policy 97Moira V. Faul, Anna Numa Hopkins and Bart Sebastiaan Gabriel6 Lessons learned about promoting knowledge production and utilization in low- and middle-income countries 131Tricia Wind and Margarita López7 Uptake of research evidence in Kyrgyzstan and Moldova policy and planning decisions 149Julia Levin, José Luís Benito Canêlhas and Janyl Bokonbaeva8 Evidence production, promotion, and pollution: private interests and knowledge brokerage in US education policy 173Christopher Lubienski, Joel Malin and Emma Rowe9 Knowledge brokerage and global governance: current research trends and future avenues for research 193Chanwoong Baek and Gita Steiner-Khamsi10 Can we trust “evidence” in policymaking? 201Maren Elfert