Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education (CIRE)

CIRE brings together academics and doctoral researchers from a range of disciplinary backgrounds who conduct critical research on education systems, policy and practice across countries and regions, addressing national and global educational concerns. Our work aims to make progress on social, environmental and epistemic justice in and through education, and we draw on a wide range of theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches, including sociological, historical, philosophical, decolonial, arts-based inquiry and statistical analysis.

CIRE holds the UNESCO Chair for Transforming Knowledge and Research for Just and Sustainable Futures and hosts the influential book series Bristol Studies in Comparative and International Education. CIRE includes a number of special interest groups, including the Race, Empire and Education Collective and the Education in Small States Research Group.

• CIRE past events

  Information about our forthcoming public events can be found on the CIRE events page. All are welcome to join!
• CIRE research

  CIRE members are engaged in a range of research programmes and projects in partnership with colleagues locally and around the world.
• CIRE research appears in major journals and outlets. See members’ individual pages for full details.