关于举办【农村•社会•发展】系列讲座第七讲的通知

主题：教育可持续发展的空间要素及其政策含义

Topic: Spatial aspects of education and sustainable development

主讲人：比拉尔•巴拉卡特，奥地利国际应用系统研究院研究员

Speaker: Bilal Barakat, Research Scholar at The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis

讲座时间：2016年9月5日（星期一）15:00-17:00

讲座地点：北绣山活动中心北报告厅

   陕西•杨凌，西北农林科技大学北校区，712100

讲座语言：英文（PPT为中英对照）

联系人：赵丹，zhaodan821225@163.com

Date: September 5, 2016, 15:00-17:00 (Monday)

Venue:North Auditorium of Xiushan Activity Center, North Campus of Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100

Language: English (with bilingual slides)

Contact:Dan Zhao, zhaodan821225@163.com

讲座学者简介：

比拉尔•巴拉卡特现为奥地利国际应用系统分析研究所（IIASA）研究员，本科和硕士分别毕业于剑桥和牛津大学数学统计专业，博士毕业于牛津大学教育学院，数学与教育学的综合学术背景为其在教育发展规划方面的研究奠定了坚实的基础，曾多次受聘于联合国教科文组织、世界银行教育发展研究顾问，他主要研究专长为人力资本与教育发展规划，发展中国家农村教育发展、定量分析模型在教育发展规划中的应用、高等教育质量评估与保障、教师专业发展等。在《教育发展国际期刊》（International Journal of Educational Development）、《人口、空间和地点》（Population, Space and Place）等SSCI期刊发表高水平学术论文多篇，出版专著、国际学术报告多部。

Short-bio of the speaker:

Bilal Barakat is a Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), he got his BA degree in Mathematics from the University of Cambridge and his MSc in Mathematics and Foundations of Computer Science from University of Oxford. He holds a PhD degree in Educational Planning from University of Oxford, with a portfolio of expertise in various aspects of educational planning and policy, especially in developing countries. He has specialties in statistics and modelling in support of public policy analysis, educational planning, education management information systems (EMIS), education and development, education and demography, education and migration, educational reconstruction. He did consultancy work on various aspects of international and UK educational development including higher education quality assurance, education in post-conflict settings, teacher training and recruitment, for UNDP, UNESCO, the World Bank, and for national agencies in the UK. His publications include articles on leading journals like International Journal of Educational Development, Population, Space and Place, as well as some monographs and academic reports. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bilalbarakat)