Following a significant electoral victory in 2010 that allowed for amendments to the constitution, the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkinma Partisi, AKP) veered from its earlier seemingly pro-Western and liberal positions, which were at least evident in its discourse in the early 2000s. … 
education policy
walking the talk? the educational agenda of the Austrian populist radical right: from discourse to policymaking
Populist radical right parties (PRRPs) have become the focus of contemporary political debate and scholarly research alike, as they challenge existing democracies in many European countries. Within the broader set of parties on the far right end of the political spectrum, PRRPs are characterised by …
far-right rhetorics and deconstructions in Brazilian educational policies
Historically, Brazil's education policy is characterized by great inequalities in students' access, especially in early childhood, quality, and graduate rates, which affect the most vulnerable. However, Brazilian basic education has undergone essential transformations in the last 20 years. Only in …
editorial: far-right actors and education: the global circulation of their ideas, agendas, and policies
The electoral success of far-right party actors has been an increasingly noticeable phenomenon across the globe, demonstrated most recently by elections across Europe, which made clear that the European political landscape has taken a ‘major shift to the right’ (Cunningham et al., 2024). This …
synthetic governance: on the impossibility of taming artificial intelligence in education
This short piece makes the claim that it is impossible to consider taming Artificial Intelligence in education, specifically in our areas of interest – policy and governance. While AI is a broad area, here we are discussing not artificial general intelligence, but more limited and specific forms of …