About Karen Mundy

            
Karen Mundy is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto, and the founder and Co-Chair of the Canadian Global Campaign for Education. She directs the Comparative, International and Development Education Centre (CIDEC) at OISE, which hosts Canada’s largest graduate degree in this area. Karen began her career as a teacher, researcher and consultant in East and Southern Africa.
Karen’s research has focused on the global politics of “education for all” programs and policies; educational policy and reform in Sub-Saharan Africa; the role of civil society organizations in educational change; and global education in Canadian schools. She has published four books and more than four dozen articles and book chapters, and is a contributor to dozens of policy papers and reports. Her most recent publications include “Educating Children in Zones of Conflict” (a book published by Teachers College Press); and a series of papers on the World Bank and public private partnerships in education.
Karen is committed to playing an active role in policy dialogue about education and international development, most recently acting as an external reviewer of the World Bank’s education activities in Africa; and as an analyst of Canada’s aid effectiveness agenda in education. She has worked on research with such organizations as the Hewlett Foundation, the Open Society (Soros) Foundation, the International Development Research Centre, CIDA, UNESCO and Unicef. In 2002 Karen was described as among Canada’s 10 best educators by Time Magazine.