Robyn Read

PhD Student, Educational Administration; & Comparative, International and Development Education

As an undergraduate student, Robyn completed a Bachelor of Arts in International Development and Religious and Cultural Studies. Upon completion of her first degree Robyn spent 5 years working in both the field of international development as well as community development in Toronto.

Robyn is a global citizen and has extensive international experience. She has lived on 4 continents and traveled to more than 25 countries.

Robyn believes that education is the key to development. She began her M.A. at OISE in the fall of 2009 in order to learn more about the relationship between education and poverty reduction. Her current research focus is the role of multilateral organizations in connecting research, policy and practice in international development education.
 

Email:  robyn.read@utoronto.ca 

Twitter: @robyn_read

Publications

Master's Thesis

Knowledge Mobilization at The World Bank:
A bibliometric analysis of World Bank publications on public-private partnerships in education

This study examines the ways that knowledge on public-private partnerships in education (PPPE) spreads due to the knowledge mobilization (efforts to incorporate research into policy and practice in education) work of World Bank Education Sector.  Specifically, this study looks at the role of the World Bank in research mediation between research producing contexts and research using contexts.  Using bibliometric analysis this study a) traces the citations in five World Bank publications on PPPE in order to clarify the origins of the evidence used; and b) maps the spread of this research through its online take-up by other organizations. This study provides baseline data about the knowledge mobilization efforts of the World Bank around PPPE, and illuminates the broader discussion in the literature on who is included (and excluded) from this research enterprise.

Available at: https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/30104