Behind The Pages - Podcast Of The Jeie

Behind the Pages, the podcast of the Journal on Education in Emergencies, features exciting and timely conversations with JEiE authors about their work on education in regions affected by crisis and conflict. In this episode, Zeena Zakharia highlights a trend toward private authority in education in emergencies policymaking, as corporations and their partners are increasingly part of the education landscape in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. Since 2016, the Syria refugee crisis has spurred massive investment in education initiatives from the private sector, especially by corporations and their philanthropic arms. In their article “The Emerging Role of Corporate Actors as Policymakers in Education in Emergencies: Evidence from the Syria Refugee Crisis,” Zakharia and co-author Francine Menashy show that while corporate involvement has brought an influx in attention and resources to refugee learners, corporate influence has filtered up to the policy level as well.