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During its “Development Decade” of the 1960s, the UN advocated education as a driver of economic growth. But, over the past fifty years, questions have been asked with increasing urgency about what kind of development is promulgated through literacy, skills training, and formal schooling. What is the longer term cost of an education that promises – and sometimes delivers – productivity, industrialization, modernity and consumption? Who pays this price? What are the larger costs? And with what ultimate consequence for the planet?

Such questions prompt the theme of the 63rd annual meeting of the Comparative and International Education Society: Education for Sustainability. Our 2019 theme connects the CIES with a reconsideration of human progress – by scholars, governments, corporations, international agencies, and civil society at the grassroots level. This reconsideration is also reflected in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by UN member states.

Going Global 2019 is a conference for leaders in international education to debate the future of further and higher education:

• Providing a unique platform for knowledge sharing.
• Connecting local, national, regional and global agendas.
• Providing a global network for policy makers and practitioners working in the field of international education.
• Supporting evidence led policy decisions deriving from research and regional policy dialogues.
• Supporting global thought leadership.