CESE

CESE (http://www.cese-europe.org) was founded in 1961 in London.
CESE is a founding society of the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES). 
Since 1972 the World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES) (http://www.wcces.net) is admitted by UNESCO as a non-governmental organization.

The Comparative Education Society in Europe is an international non-profit making association of scientific and educational character.

The purpose of the Society is to encourage and promote comparative and international studies in education by:
a. promoting and improving the teaching of comparative education in institutes of higher learning; 
b. stimulating research; 
c. facilitating the publication and distribution of comparative studies in education; 
d. interesting professors and teachers of other disciplines in the comparative and international dimensions of their work; 
e. encouraging visits by educators to study educational institutions and systems throughout the world; 
f. co-operating with those who in other disciplines attempt to interpret educational developments in a broad cultural context; 
g. organising conferences and meetings; 
h. collaborating with other Comparative Education Societies in order to further international action in this field.

The Society consists of:

  1. teachers of, and research workers in comparative and international education, active in institutions of higher learning; 
  2. persons concerned with studies in comparative and international education or related areas, and active in educational agencies and organisations.

CESE Executive Committee
Miguel A. Pereyra. President. University of Granada.
Robert Cowen. Past President. Institute of Education – University of London.
Elisabeth Buk-Berge. Vice-President. Ministry of Education of Norway.
Hans-Georg Kotthoff. Vice-President. Pedagogical University of Freiburg.
Vlatka Domovic. University of Zagreb.
Lennart Wikander. University of Uppsala.
Yiannis Roussakis. Secretary-Treasurer. University of Athens.

PISA under Examination – International Symposium
Secretariat
Germán González (Museo y Archivo de Historia de la Educación de La Palma).
Antonio Luzón (University of Granada).
Mónica Torres (University of Granada).