The Role of Uneven Power Relations in Comparative Knowledge Production

WCCES acts as an umbrella body for some 40 comparative and international education societies around the world. The core of the mission of the WCCES is to recognize and respect the plurality amongst its members. So, I guess to put this simply comparative education has been really great at acknowledging diversity,. but I think it's done less well at acknowledging the ways in which historically specific power relations really profoundly shape how knowledge about difference in the field is produced. They have very real material effects given the link between research and policy and intervention.