Pravin Balakrishnan
@pravinbalakrishnan.bsky.social
PhD student in the field of education research at King's College London!
If there’s one conference I’ve been waiting to present, it’s the @civicsoftech.bsky.social Conference. Today, I’m both nervous and excited to share my work:
‼️ Resisting Creatively: A Card-Based Futures Workshop with Teacher Communities!
Let’s see what futures we can (re)imagine!
‼️ Resisting Creatively: A Card-Based Futures Workshop with Teacher Communities!
Let’s see what futures we can (re)imagine!
July 31, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If there’s one conference I’ve been waiting to present, it’s the @civicsoftech.bsky.social Conference. Today, I’m both nervous and excited to share my work:
‼️ Resisting Creatively: A Card-Based Futures Workshop with Teacher Communities!
Let’s see what futures we can (re)imagine!
‼️ Resisting Creatively: A Card-Based Futures Workshop with Teacher Communities!
Let’s see what futures we can (re)imagine!
Wrapping up the 1st week of my fieldwork in Malaysia, I reflect on what is education in today's world, thinking as a gardener!
"The time-honored processes of teaching and learning, which once took root and matured over seasons, now face pressure to produce results instantly."
shorturl.at/rkdhi
"The time-honored processes of teaching and learning, which once took root and matured over seasons, now face pressure to produce results instantly."
shorturl.at/rkdhi
Reflections from the fieldwork: What is education?
As I wrap up the first week of my fieldwork in Malaysia, I reflect on what is education in today's world - trying to think from the lens of a gardener.
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April 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Wrapping up the 1st week of my fieldwork in Malaysia, I reflect on what is education in today's world, thinking as a gardener!
"The time-honored processes of teaching and learning, which once took root and matured over seasons, now face pressure to produce results instantly."
shorturl.at/rkdhi
"The time-honored processes of teaching and learning, which once took root and matured over seasons, now face pressure to produce results instantly."
shorturl.at/rkdhi
Reposted by Pravin Balakrishnan
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought that complying with authoritarian demands would protect their independence. It didn’t—and history is warning us again.
🔗 theconversation.com/universities...
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #Authoritarianism #DEI #TheConversation
🔗 theconversation.com/universities...
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #Authoritarianism #DEI #TheConversation
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.
theconversation.com
April 9, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought that complying with authoritarian demands would protect their independence. It didn’t—and history is warning us again.
🔗 theconversation.com/universities...
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #Authoritarianism #DEI #TheConversation
🔗 theconversation.com/universities...
#AcademicFreedom #HigherEd #Authoritarianism #DEI #TheConversation
shorturl.at/VIgS0
A must read article by @isilova.bsky.social!
"When universities start regulating not just what they say but what they teach, support and stand for – driven by fear rather than principle – they are no longer just reacting to political threats, they are internalizing them."
A must read article by @isilova.bsky.social!
"When universities start regulating not just what they say but what they teach, support and stand for – driven by fear rather than principle – they are no longer just reacting to political threats, they are internalizing them."
Universities in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union thought giving in to government demands would save their independence
Before the Nazis, German universities were among the best in the world. Step by step, the universities gave up their independence until they were instruments of the state.
theconversation.com
April 9, 2025 at 11:52 PM
shorturl.at/VIgS0
A must read article by @isilova.bsky.social!
"When universities start regulating not just what they say but what they teach, support and stand for – driven by fear rather than principle – they are no longer just reacting to political threats, they are internalizing them."
A must read article by @isilova.bsky.social!
"When universities start regulating not just what they say but what they teach, support and stand for – driven by fear rather than principle – they are no longer just reacting to political threats, they are internalizing them."
Education is powerful.
The same education that craft narratives to colonize minds by designating humans into hierarchies of superiority and inferiority, has the potential to unravel the shackles of imposed identities.
Education is a delicate dance of knowledge & power.
The same education that craft narratives to colonize minds by designating humans into hierarchies of superiority and inferiority, has the potential to unravel the shackles of imposed identities.
Education is a delicate dance of knowledge & power.
April 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Education is powerful.
The same education that craft narratives to colonize minds by designating humans into hierarchies of superiority and inferiority, has the potential to unravel the shackles of imposed identities.
Education is a delicate dance of knowledge & power.
The same education that craft narratives to colonize minds by designating humans into hierarchies of superiority and inferiority, has the potential to unravel the shackles of imposed identities.
Education is a delicate dance of knowledge & power.
New book chapter out on Educational Cooperation in an Era of Deglobalization with tavis jules, Aleta Garrett and Abigail Smith!
The chapter explored reimagining educational cooperation in the Caribbean and I provided input on the theoretical aspects for this chapter!
The chapter explored reimagining educational cooperation in the Caribbean and I provided input on the theoretical aspects for this chapter!
April 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
New book chapter out on Educational Cooperation in an Era of Deglobalization with tavis jules, Aleta Garrett and Abigail Smith!
The chapter explored reimagining educational cooperation in the Caribbean and I provided input on the theoretical aspects for this chapter!
The chapter explored reimagining educational cooperation in the Caribbean and I provided input on the theoretical aspects for this chapter!
After 2 years serving as the Communications Chair at @gesigcies.bsky.social, it is finally time to say goodbye! I learned so much from this opportunity and quite happy with how we did! Here are some milestones I will hold close to my heart as someone who worked behind in the shadows:
March 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
After 2 years serving as the Communications Chair at @gesigcies.bsky.social, it is finally time to say goodbye! I learned so much from this opportunity and quite happy with how we did! Here are some milestones I will hold close to my heart as someone who worked behind in the shadows:
Growing up here in Buntong, we had very little, but I know my parents did everything that they could so we could uplift ourselves from poverty and the streets.
The days of unknowingly running drugs as kids, scavenging from garbage, and doing odd jobs, it all feels like a dream.
The days of unknowingly running drugs as kids, scavenging from garbage, and doing odd jobs, it all feels like a dream.
March 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Growing up here in Buntong, we had very little, but I know my parents did everything that they could so we could uplift ourselves from poverty and the streets.
The days of unknowingly running drugs as kids, scavenging from garbage, and doing odd jobs, it all feels like a dream.
The days of unknowingly running drugs as kids, scavenging from garbage, and doing odd jobs, it all feels like a dream.
Past 2 weeks have been very tough, particularly with my father's death on 26 Feb. Even contemplated to drop out of the PhD. Thanks for all supportive messages, though none I've replied.
But then, here comes this email, reminding me that I still have a purpose to fulfil.
But then, here comes this email, reminding me that I still have a purpose to fulfil.
March 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Past 2 weeks have been very tough, particularly with my father's death on 26 Feb. Even contemplated to drop out of the PhD. Thanks for all supportive messages, though none I've replied.
But then, here comes this email, reminding me that I still have a purpose to fulfil.
But then, here comes this email, reminding me that I still have a purpose to fulfil.
In what should have been the most intellectually stimulating time of my life, this PhD journey has become the most painful.
Loss after loss—my cousin, my niece, my aunt, my brother, and now my father—has left me drowning in grief.
I've lost my interest, my spirit, and my light.
Loss after loss—my cousin, my niece, my aunt, my brother, and now my father—has left me drowning in grief.
I've lost my interest, my spirit, and my light.
February 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
In what should have been the most intellectually stimulating time of my life, this PhD journey has become the most painful.
Loss after loss—my cousin, my niece, my aunt, my brother, and now my father—has left me drowning in grief.
I've lost my interest, my spirit, and my light.
Loss after loss—my cousin, my niece, my aunt, my brother, and now my father—has left me drowning in grief.
I've lost my interest, my spirit, and my light.
Organizing my first ever online conference, please consider registering for the conference!
📢 Join us for the INECS 2025 Online Conference!
📅 Mac 3-4, 2025 | 🖥️ Online
🔹 31 presentations | 10 panels
Topics include:
🌱 Climate Change
🎓 HE & Mobility
📚 Inequalities
...and more!
📝Registration Link: forms.gle/vPNzZho4M8z7...
Abstract Book: shorturl.at/yCEf9
📅 Mac 3-4, 2025 | 🖥️ Online
🔹 31 presentations | 10 panels
Topics include:
🌱 Climate Change
🎓 HE & Mobility
📚 Inequalities
...and more!
📝Registration Link: forms.gle/vPNzZho4M8z7...
Abstract Book: shorturl.at/yCEf9
February 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Organizing my first ever online conference, please consider registering for the conference!
Very happy to have joined the Bristol edition of the Critical Studies of Education and Technology (CSET)!
Loads of generative discussions and things to think about. I like the fact EdTech wasn't immediately discarded as 'evil', rather how can we envision an EdTech for good!
Loads of generative discussions and things to think about. I like the fact EdTech wasn't immediately discarded as 'evil', rather how can we envision an EdTech for good!
Illuminating time at Bristol #CSET2025!
Led by @lyndsayg.bsky.social, we explored 4 key questions on EdTech:
🔹 Pressing questions & research approaches
🔹 Social harms of Edtech in education
🔹 The political economy—Big Tech, policy
🔹 Grounds for hope in EdTech
Lots of thought-provoking sharing!
Led by @lyndsayg.bsky.social, we explored 4 key questions on EdTech:
🔹 Pressing questions & research approaches
🔹 Social harms of Edtech in education
🔹 The political economy—Big Tech, policy
🔹 Grounds for hope in EdTech
Lots of thought-provoking sharing!
February 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Very happy to have joined the Bristol edition of the Critical Studies of Education and Technology (CSET)!
Loads of generative discussions and things to think about. I like the fact EdTech wasn't immediately discarded as 'evil', rather how can we envision an EdTech for good!
Loads of generative discussions and things to think about. I like the fact EdTech wasn't immediately discarded as 'evil', rather how can we envision an EdTech for good!
In 2024, I attended three physical conferences: CESE, ECER, & BAICE. These spaces and the experiences shaped me—not just as an emerging scholar, but as a person.
Read my 1st reflection from CESE titled 'Academic Acrobatics & Scholarly Shadows'
Link: shorturl.at/Prl8M
Read my 1st reflection from CESE titled 'Academic Acrobatics & Scholarly Shadows'
Link: shorturl.at/Prl8M
Academic Acrobatics and Scholarly Shadows: Weaving reflections from CESE 2024
In the summer of 2024, I participated in the CESE 2024 conference in Thessaloniki and was immediately fascinated by the community and the generative discussions. Attending my first CESE conference …
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February 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
In 2024, I attended three physical conferences: CESE, ECER, & BAICE. These spaces and the experiences shaped me—not just as an emerging scholar, but as a person.
Read my 1st reflection from CESE titled 'Academic Acrobatics & Scholarly Shadows'
Link: shorturl.at/Prl8M
Read my 1st reflection from CESE titled 'Academic Acrobatics & Scholarly Shadows'
Link: shorturl.at/Prl8M
If you know any ECRs who would benefit from this event, please share this with them!
This webinar is open for all!
This webinar is open for all!
🚨Join our first ever Career Paths Webinar organized under the INECS initiative!
Happening on 13th of Feb! 5pm CET onwards
Featuring 3 academics from Europe, North America, and South America -- Joanna Leek, Frank Adamson, and Felicitas Acosta!
Register: shorturl.at/NTVPR
Happening on 13th of Feb! 5pm CET onwards
Featuring 3 academics from Europe, North America, and South America -- Joanna Leek, Frank Adamson, and Felicitas Acosta!
Register: shorturl.at/NTVPR
February 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If you know any ECRs who would benefit from this event, please share this with them!
This webinar is open for all!
This webinar is open for all!
Reposted by Pravin Balakrishnan
🚨Major Announcement! Pls circulate!
📢 Calling all early career scholars (also MA & PhD)! Submit your 300-word abstract for The Globalization & Education Online Conference 2025! 🌍💡
📝 Abstract Deadline: Jan 18, 2025
🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/npe9pTB7au
Conference Date: 4th of March 2025
📢 Calling all early career scholars (also MA & PhD)! Submit your 300-word abstract for The Globalization & Education Online Conference 2025! 🌍💡
📝 Abstract Deadline: Jan 18, 2025
🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/npe9pTB7au
Conference Date: 4th of March 2025
January 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
🚨Major Announcement! Pls circulate!
📢 Calling all early career scholars (also MA & PhD)! Submit your 300-word abstract for The Globalization & Education Online Conference 2025! 🌍💡
📝 Abstract Deadline: Jan 18, 2025
🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/npe9pTB7au
Conference Date: 4th of March 2025
📢 Calling all early career scholars (also MA & PhD)! Submit your 300-word abstract for The Globalization & Education Online Conference 2025! 🌍💡
📝 Abstract Deadline: Jan 18, 2025
🔗 Submit here: forms.office.com/e/npe9pTB7au
Conference Date: 4th of March 2025
Got a signed copy of this amazing book from @madianou.bsky.social! With the current age we are in, this is a must read for everyone doing work in tech!
If you're doing research on #technology, then this is a must read! Last night at @madianou.bsky.social book launch at @lsemedia.bsky.social
We believe this will be 1 of the most important books in 2025 as we are seeing this concept of #technocolonialism emerging across various disciplines.
We believe this will be 1 of the most important books in 2025 as we are seeing this concept of #technocolonialism emerging across various disciplines.
December 6, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Got a signed copy of this amazing book from @madianou.bsky.social! With the current age we are in, this is a must read for everyone doing work in tech!
Thanks to NORRAG for publishing my latest blog!
Drawing on Margaret Atwood’s notion of Ustopia, I argue that grassroot movements offer rich and insightful alternatives to the utopian visions promoted by IOs!
Big thanks to Maren Elfert for making this happen!
www.norrag.org/towards-usto...
Drawing on Margaret Atwood’s notion of Ustopia, I argue that grassroot movements offer rich and insightful alternatives to the utopian visions promoted by IOs!
Big thanks to Maren Elfert for making this happen!
www.norrag.org/towards-usto...
Towards Ustopia - NORRAG -
In this blogpost, Pravin Balakrishnan, drawing on Margaret Atwood’s notion of Ustopia, argues that grassroot movements offer rich and insightful alternatives to the utopian visions promoted by interna...
www.norrag.org
November 29, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Thanks to NORRAG for publishing my latest blog!
Drawing on Margaret Atwood’s notion of Ustopia, I argue that grassroot movements offer rich and insightful alternatives to the utopian visions promoted by IOs!
Big thanks to Maren Elfert for making this happen!
www.norrag.org/towards-usto...
Drawing on Margaret Atwood’s notion of Ustopia, I argue that grassroot movements offer rich and insightful alternatives to the utopian visions promoted by IOs!
Big thanks to Maren Elfert for making this happen!
www.norrag.org/towards-usto...
Reposted by Pravin Balakrishnan
⏰Get your tickets today!
Join @davidstaley8.bsky.social @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social Darren Moon and @jkom.bsky.social on Dec 11th at 1:00 p.m. (GMT) for our next online seminar “The reshaping of #HigherEd by #DigitalTech”.
🔗Register here ▶ shorturl.at/ifwnA
#HigherEducation #Digitalisation #AI
Join @davidstaley8.bsky.social @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social Darren Moon and @jkom.bsky.social on Dec 11th at 1:00 p.m. (GMT) for our next online seminar “The reshaping of #HigherEd by #DigitalTech”.
🔗Register here ▶ shorturl.at/ifwnA
#HigherEducation #Digitalisation #AI
November 28, 2024 at 11:54 AM
⏰Get your tickets today!
Join @davidstaley8.bsky.social @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social Darren Moon and @jkom.bsky.social on Dec 11th at 1:00 p.m. (GMT) for our next online seminar “The reshaping of #HigherEd by #DigitalTech”.
🔗Register here ▶ shorturl.at/ifwnA
#HigherEducation #Digitalisation #AI
Join @davidstaley8.bsky.social @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social Darren Moon and @jkom.bsky.social on Dec 11th at 1:00 p.m. (GMT) for our next online seminar “The reshaping of #HigherEd by #DigitalTech”.
🔗Register here ▶ shorturl.at/ifwnA
#HigherEducation #Digitalisation #AI
Reposted by Pravin Balakrishnan
We are at this event today - Responding to ‘Scholasticide’ in #Gaza: The Role of the UK International Education and Training Community!
What a great way to start our Bluesky postings.
Let's go!
What a great way to start our Bluesky postings.
Let's go!
November 18, 2024 at 10:46 AM
We are at this event today - Responding to ‘Scholasticide’ in #Gaza: The Role of the UK International Education and Training Community!
What a great way to start our Bluesky postings.
Let's go!
What a great way to start our Bluesky postings.
Let's go!
Reposted by Pravin Balakrishnan
This is a fantastic initiative that has been set up by Taawon to help University students in Gaza to complete their degrees through distance learning. 🇵🇸 💚
Please share and donate if you can:
taawon.org/en/isnad
Please share and donate if you can:
taawon.org/en/isnad
ISNAD - helping university students in Gaza to resume their education | Taawon
taawon.org
November 18, 2024 at 11:48 AM
This is a fantastic initiative that has been set up by Taawon to help University students in Gaza to complete their degrees through distance learning. 🇵🇸 💚
Please share and donate if you can:
taawon.org/en/isnad
Please share and donate if you can:
taawon.org/en/isnad
Reposted by Pravin Balakrishnan
Fantastic that a larger convivial community is growing here. Still seeking more skyers from Majority countries, interested in resistance to big tech in HE, digital inequality everywhere, public good, HE for good.....
November 11, 2024 at 8:12 PM
Fantastic that a larger convivial community is growing here. Still seeking more skyers from Majority countries, interested in resistance to big tech in HE, digital inequality everywhere, public good, HE for good.....
ICYMI -
Feel free to join us this 13th of November for an hybrid symposium on global governance of education with emerging scholars!
Link to register: shorturl.at/9CTNO
Feel free to join us this 13th of November for an hybrid symposium on global governance of education with emerging scholars!
Link to register: shorturl.at/9CTNO
November 11, 2024 at 7:51 AM
ICYMI -
Feel free to join us this 13th of November for an hybrid symposium on global governance of education with emerging scholars!
Link to register: shorturl.at/9CTNO
Feel free to join us this 13th of November for an hybrid symposium on global governance of education with emerging scholars!
Link to register: shorturl.at/9CTNO
Reposted by Pravin Balakrishnan
📢 HELLO! We're thrilled to launch the Glasgow Comparative and International Education Research (GLACIER) Network here on LinkedIn!
📺 We have a range of external and internal activities planned for 2024-2025, so stay tuned for more! #GlasgowIntCompEd
📺 We have a range of external and internal activities planned for 2024-2025, so stay tuned for more! #GlasgowIntCompEd
November 4, 2024 at 3:04 PM
📢 HELLO! We're thrilled to launch the Glasgow Comparative and International Education Research (GLACIER) Network here on LinkedIn!
📺 We have a range of external and internal activities planned for 2024-2025, so stay tuned for more! #GlasgowIntCompEd
📺 We have a range of external and internal activities planned for 2024-2025, so stay tuned for more! #GlasgowIntCompEd
Reposted by Pravin Balakrishnan
Doing critical research on edtech, one of the major influences on our education systems? Wondering where to present it and help build a research community? Maybe this new critical edtech studies conference is for you
www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/call-ab...
www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/call-ab...
November 1, 2024 at 8:37 PM
Doing critical research on edtech, one of the major influences on our education systems? Wondering where to present it and help build a research community? Maybe this new critical edtech studies conference is for you
www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/call-ab...
www.de.ed.ac.uk/news/call-ab...