Professor Kazuo Kuroda Elected President of the Comparative and International Education Society

Professor Kazuo Kuroda of the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies assumed the presidency of the Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) on April 1, 2026.

Founded in 1956, CIES is the oldest international academic society in the field of comparative and international education. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, USA, CIES has approximately 5,000 members worldwide and is the largest academic society in this field.

Professor Kuroda is the first Japanese scholar to serve as President in the 70-year history of CIES. He is also the second scholar affiliated with an Asian university to assume the presidency, following Professor Mark Bray of the University of Hong Kong.

The 2026 CIES Annual Meeting, commemorating the Society’s 70th anniversary, was chaired by Professor Kuroda and held in San Francisco, USA, from March 28 to April 1, 2026. Under the theme “Re-examining Education and Peace in a Divided World,” the conference brought together about 3,000 participants from around the world and featured wide-ranging discussions on contemporary issues concerning education and peace, with the cooperation of international organizations including UNESCO and the World Bank.

CIES 2026 Annual Meeting website:
https://conference.cies.us/