Dr. Franscesc Pedró
Francesc Pedró is since May 2019 Director of the UNESCO International Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNESCO IESALC). Previously, he led the advisory service on educational policies, including reviews of national policies as well as international comparative studies in the UNESCO education sector in Paris (France) since 2010. Previously, he worked at the Research and Innovation Center OECD Educational (CERI) where, as senior political analyst, he was responsible for projects such as Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS) and New Millennium Learners Project. He also directed the reviews of educational research in OECD countries and the project on Systemic Innovation in Education.
Francesc (Barcelona, 1960) graduated in education at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and obtained a doctorate with a thesis on comparative education at the UNED (Madrid). Subsequently, he conducted postdoctoral studies in Comparative Public Policies at the Institute of Education of the University of London (United Kingdom).
He is a professor of comparative education policies in the
department of political sciences of the Pompeu Fabra University (Barcelona) where he was in charge of the direction of his quality program. Previously he was vice-rector of educational research and innovation at the Open University of Catalonia (Barcelona), the first European public university that offered its courses
only online.
His most recent books are: Working out Change: Systemic
Innovation in Education and Training (2009), Are the New Millennium Learners Making the Grade? Technology Use and Educational Performance in PISA (2010), Inspired by Technology, Driven by Pedagogy (2010), Technology and Education: what works and why (2011), Connected Minds. Technology and Today’s Learners
(2012), Le numérique: une chance pour l’école (2013), Technologies for the transformation of education (2017) and Promising Education Policy Levers For 2030. The Untapped Potential of Governance, School Leadership, and Monitoring and Evaluation Policies ( 2018).
