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Karen Mundy

Professor

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education

  • Professor
    Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education

BIO

Karen Mundy is a Professor of International and Comparative Education in the Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, cross-appointed to the Munk School of Global and Public Affairs). She is a leading expert on education in the developing world, educational policy, planning and leadership, and the role of international organizations in education. She is a former president of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES); and served as the Chief Technical Officer of the Global Partnership for Education (2014-2018) and the Director of the UNESCO International Institute for Educational Planning (IIEP - 2021-2022). Professor Mundy is a two time winner of the Bereday Award for best paper in the Comparative Education Review, and recently served as a Commissioner on the UNESCO Futures of Education Commission.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2002 - 2022
  • Assistant Professor
    Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA1996 - 2002

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Chief Technical Officer
    Global Campaign for Education, Washington D.C., United States2014 - 2018
  • Director, International Institute for Educational Planning
    United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, France2021 - 2022

AVAILABILITY

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision
  • Mentoring (short-term)
  • Collaborative projects
  • Media enquiries

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