Education: (back to map)

      Zurich, Switzerland
• 1983, Ph.D. [Dr.phil.I] University of Zurich;
• 1979-1982 Researcher at the Swiss Federal Polytechnical University, Zurich (ETH);
• 1979-1988 Founder and Director of the Section Multicultural Education, Department of Education, Policy Research and

         School Reform
• 1984-1988, 1992-1995 Lecturer at the University of Zurich

(Near) St. Gallen, Switzerland
1992-1995 Comprehensive evaluation of education programs for war-orphans in the period 1946-1995, Children’s Village of Pestalozzi

Essex, U.K.
1980-1982 Diploma Program in Social Science Data Analysis, University of Essex (ECPR)

Basel, Switzerland
1993-1995 Professor of Educational and Social Policy, School of Social Work & Senior Lecturer at the University of Basel

London, U.K.

     1988 Visiting Scholar, University of London, Institute of Education

Toronto, Canada
1988 Visiting Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto

Berkeley, California
1989-1991 Visiting Scholar, University of California-Berkeley, School of Education

Klagenfurt, Austria
1993 Guest Professor University of Klagenfurt

Berlin, Germany
2002 and Academic Year 2003/04 Visiting Professor, Humboldt University, Centre for Comparative Education Research

Stanford, California
2002 Visiting Professor, Stanford University School of Education, International Comparative Education Program

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Projects: (back to map)

Kyrgyz Republic
2006 Rural School Project, Ministry of Education and World Bank

Mongolia
• 1998-2001 School 2001 Project, Soros Foundation Mongolia
• 2002-2005 Teacher 2005 Project, Soros Foundation Mongolia
• 2001 Analytical Work for World Bank (access and quality of education in Mongolia)
• 2004-2006 Analytical Work for World Bank (Public Expenditure Tracking Survey Mongolia)
• 2004 DANIDA Rural School Development Project (evaluation)
• 2004 Honorary doctoral degree in education, Dr. h.c. Mongolian State University of Education, Ulaanbaatar

Tibet Autonomous Region, China
2000 Pilot Project in Nagchu Prefecture, funded by Trace Foundation

Mozambique
2000-2001 Pilot Project in Capo Delgado, Ministry of Education and World Bank

Siberia, Russia
1995-1996 Council of Europe, Evaluations of CoE projects in Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk

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Lectures: (back to map)

Almaty, Kazakhstan
Athens, Greece
Baku, Azerbaijan
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Berlin, Germany
Berne, Switzerland
Bishkek, Kyryz Republic
Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Boulder, Colorado, USA
Bucharest, Romania
Budapest, Hungary
Buffalo, NY, USA
Cape Town, South Africa
Chicago, USA
Delphi, Greece
Derry, Northern Ireland
Dortmund, Germany
Durban, South Africa
Frankfurt, Germany
Fribourg, Switzerland
Geneva, Switzerland
Göttingen, Germany
Hamburg, Germany
Heidelberg, Germany
Hong Kong, China
Honolulu, Hawaii
Johannesburg, South Africa
Kaliningrad, Russia
Khabarovsk, Russia
Klagenfurt, Austria
Kobe, Japan
Lisbon, Portugal
London, UK
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Madrid, Spain
Mexico City, Mexico
Moscow, Russia
Munich, Germany
New Orleans, USA
New York, USA
Niagara Falls, NY, USA
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sofia, Bulgaria
Stanford, California
Salt Lake City, USA
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Strasbourg, France
Tallinn, Estonia
Tel Aviv, Israel
Timisoara, Romania
Tokyo, Japan
Toronto, Canada
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Washington, DC, USA
Williamsburg, Virginia, USA
Zürich, Switzerland
 

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Academic Positions / Education

1995 -              Teachers College, Columbia University, graduate level courses in the

                        programs  International Educational Development & Comparative and

                        International Education

Courses: Comparative Education, International Education Program Evaluation (distance learning with mixed instructional design including on-site evaluations of Teachers College students), International Education Policy Studies (distance learning with mixed instructional design), Educational Planning (focus: civic literacy), Policy Entrepreneurs and International Networks, Postcolonial Studies in Education, Major World Developments in Education: International Organizations, Doctoral Seminar

      (AY 1999/2000: Golden Apple Teaching Award, Student Senate, Teachers College, Columbia University)

Visiting Professorship and Guest Teaching Since 1995:

2006     Teachers College, Columbia University, Tokyo/Japan Site:

Summer A (June): Comparative Education, Major World Developments in Education: International Organizations

2003     Humboldt University, Berlin/Germany, Spring Semester

                                    Program Evaluation, Globalization Theories

2002     Humboldt University, Berlin/Germany, Winter Semester

                                    Comparative Education, Colloquium for Doctoral Students

2002     Stanford University School of Education, Spring Term

                                    Education and Political Change

1994-95            University of Basel, graduate level courses in the Institute for Advanced

                        European Studies, program: educational policy studies

1992-95            University of Basel, graduate level courses in the School of Education,

                        program: multicultural education

1992-95            University of Zürich, graduate level courses in the Department of Social 

                        Psychology (topic: citizenship and multiculturalism)

1984-88            University of Zürich, graduate level courses in the School of Education,

                        topic: multicultural education

Project and Policy Expertise

2006                 Rural School Project, Kyrgyz Republic—World Bank and Ministry of Education, consultant for component 1 (Teacher Incentives)

2004-2005         Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) Mongolia; World Bank, Lead Consultant (implemented by World Bank and Open Society Forum)

2002 - 2005       “Teacher 2005” Teacher Education Reform Program in Mongolia; funded by the Mongolian Foundation for Open Society & State Pedagogical University, Ulaanbaatar – Lead Advisor

1998 – 2001      “School 2001” School-Based Curriculum Reform Program in 72 Secondary

Schools in Mongolia; funded by the Mongolian Foundation for Open Society (Soros Foundation) – Lead Advisor

2001                 Education Sector Note on Access and Quality in Mongolia (emphasis on kindergarten, primary and secondary schools); funded by the World Bank

2000 – 2001      In-Service Teacher Education Reform Strategy for Mozambique, Pilot Project

                        in the Province Capo Delgado, Mozambique; funded by the World Bank

2000                 Enhancing the Quality of Education, Pilot Project in Nagchu Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region P.R. China, funded by the Trace Foundation NYC

Europe

1992-1999         Senior advisor of the Council of Europe for school reform in the Russian

                        Federation:

                        Chairperson of the Expert Group on "History and Citizenship Education

                        Standards in the Russian Federation" (1997 – 99)

                        Council of Europe expert for human rights education in Russia (1995 – 96)

                        Council of Europe expert for language education reform in Russia (1993 – 94)

                        Evaluation of Council of Europe reform projects in Moscow, Kaliningrad, Novgorod,

                        Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk (1993 – 95)

1993-1999         Senior advisor for the joint project of the Council of Europe, UNESCO, and

                        OSCE/ODIHR (Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe/ Human Rights

                        Section) on education in multi-ethnic societies

Keynote speaker at the joint conferences in Strasbourg/France, Bucharest/Romania (2x), Tallinn/Estonia; also keynote speaker at Council of Europe conferences in Klagenfurt/ Austria, Timisoara/Romania, Delphi/Greece, Sofia/Bulgaria, and Belfast/Northern Ireland

1999-00            Expert in the International Expert Commission "Partially Autonomous

                        Schools and School-Based Reform in the Canton of Zurich"

1993-95            Expert for the Swiss Federal Commission on curricula reform for vocational

                        schools (expertise: vocational training for bilingual students)

1994-95            Co-chair of the Swiss Federal Parliamentary Commission on racism, anti-

                        semitism and neo-fascism

1987-88            Expert for the Swiss Federal Parliamentary Commission for revision of

                        Article 116 of the Swiss Constitution (article on national language policy)

1982-88            Expert for bilateral commissions on immigration and education; policy expert group

                        composed of Swiss, Turkish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Former Yugoslav and

                        Greek experts (representing immigrant rights)

International Education Project Evaluations (listing since 1992)

2004                 Rural School Development Project in Mongolia (DANIDA), evaluation of the first cohort of 40 schools in remote rural areas (phase 1: 2000-2004) with Ines

                        Stolpe and Amgabaazar Gerelmaa

2002-                Supervision of program evaluations in education as part of the course “International Education Program Evaluation” – conducted by mixed evaluation teams: Teachers College graduate students and local experts in Mongolia, Central Asia, Caucasus, Central and Eastern Europe – co-sponsored by the Open Society Institute’s Education Support Program (Budapest)

1997 – 2001      Supervision of student project evaluations as part of the course “International

                       Education Program Evaluation”

                       (ITSF4092) Teachers College, Columbia University: UNICEF, IIE/Fulbright, Soros

                        Foundation Latvia, Mongolian Foundation for Open Society, International Rescue

                        Committee (Guinea and Pakistan), Building with Books, I*Earn,

                       United Nations Associates – USA, Anti-Defamation League, World Bank, Echoing

                       Green Foundation, Academy of Educational Development

1996                 Japan in Focus funded by the United States - Japan Foundation and City University

                        of NY.

1995-96            Retraining Programs for Foreign-Language Teachers in Russian High Schools funded by the Soros Open Society Institute (in cooperation with the Russian Ministry of Education and the Council of Europe); on-site evaluation of 2 training centers in Western Siberia.

1992-95            Children's Village of Pestalozzi (Switzerland) funded by the Children's Village of

                        Pestalozzi Foundation; comprehensive evaluation of educational programs for war-

                        orphans in the period 1946-95; special focus on projects with Lebanon, Cambodia,

                        Tibet, and Ethiopia; on-site evaluations and archival research with doctoral                         students from the University of Basel (Switzerland).

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