Series 6, Episode 3: Introducing the Journal of International Cooperation in Education (JICE)

Introducing the Journal of International Cooperation in Education

In this episode, the first of a 'mini-series' on the Journal of International Cooperation in Education (JICE), Edward Vickers talks to Tatsuya Kusakabe and Sakata Nozomi, the journal's editors. In three subsequent episodes, Ed will introduce themes discussed in recent special issues of JICE. First, however, this conversation with Prof. Kusakabe and Dr. Nozomi introduces the overall goals and scope of the journal. JICE is managed by Hiroshima University and is published by Emerald. The journal is affiliated to the Comparative Education Society of Asia.

JICE is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that engages with unconventional approaches to educational development and knowledge generation. The term ‘International Cooperation’ denotes the Journal’s vision that education can be a process of cooperation, with non-hierarchical, horizontal relationships among stakeholders. Since its official launch in 1998, JICE has become an alternative venue for generating non-Western-centric knowledge in educational development. JICE aims to contribute to accumulating field-level knowledge, policymaking and development strategies in the global South while espousing an unconventional mode of international cooperation in education.

For more information on JICE, visit the journal website at https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/jice

Further reading: Hayashi, A. (2021). "Some Japanese ways of conducting comparative educational research". Comparative Education, 57(2), 147–158. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2020.1805862