About Us
Global Education Futures is a global network organization, registered as a non-profit foundation in the Netherlands, and with hubs in New Delhi, Buenos Aires, London, Algiers, Tbilisi and Kigali. Our global network consists of over 2,000 leaders in educational change. Global Education Futures has been involved in ground-breaking projects in educational innovation on all continents since 2008.
GEF BELIEFS
  • Learning is our birth right and education is a fundamental human right
  • Education should be learner-focused, human-centered and nature-informed
  • Learning happens best in learning ecosystems
  • New educational paradigms are needed to deal with humanity's challenges now and into the future
GEF FOCUS
  • We focus on systems-level change in education
  • Our added value is based on our systems thinking experience and knowledge, our practical orientation and our personal and authentic (from the heart) attitude
  • We are future-and-globally-focused and compassion-and-locally aligned
15+ Countries

Active members and advisers represent Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America
2000+ experts

Communities of experts on future of skills and jobs, early, basic, secondary, vocational, higher, and lifelong education, policies and government models
6 reports

Reports on Future of skills and education published in English, Russian and Spanish
13 years

Active in Russia since 2008. Working globally since 2015.
Core Team
  • Pavel Luksha
    Founder, Global Education Futures
    The fellow of World Academy of Art & Science, and the co-founder of several social movements and catalytic social change projects.
  • Alexander Laszlo
    Co-founder, Global Education Futures
    President of BCSSS; Research Director of LINPR; Professor of Systems Science & Curated Emergence; author of over 100 journal, book and encyclopedia publications.
  • Cees Donkers
    Steering Group Member, Global Education Futures
    Urban designer, transformation and research consultant, founder QASE-urban studio (Quality in Architecture, Society and Education) and other social innovation institutes. Focussed on 'Cocktail of Practices' and E+ education results with Technical University and Design Academy Eindhoven.
  • Katerina Loshkareva
    Steering Group Member, Global Education Futures
    Katerina is one of the leading experts in the field of skills for a transforming economy, co-author and producer of several researches, including „Future Skills for the 2020: A New Hope" (2020) and "Skills of the Future: How to Thrive in the Complex New World" (2017). Former Member of the Board, WorldSkills International, responsible for a strategic development.
  • Nick Graham
    Chief Partnerships Officer, Global Education Futures
    Weaving the Transformations Community - 4000 sustainability leaders and action researchers. Co-founding The Weaving Lab, convening 700 global impact leaders across education, circular economy, and SDGs. Building community strategy for THNK.org, the global network of 1000 social impact leaders.
Partners
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