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On this bonus episode of Behind the Pages, we speak with JEiE editors Sweta Shah and Ragnhild Dybdahl, who are leading the development of two special thematic issues that will be published in 2021. Sweta Shah is editing our Special Issue on Early Childhood Development in Emergencies with Joan Lombardi, and Ragnhild Dybdahl is editing our Special Issue on Psychosocial Support and Social and Emotional Learning in Emergencies with James Williams. We discuss the gaps in our current understanding of these themes, the vision for these issues, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has further highlighted the need to support the world’s most vulnerable learners. This bonus episode of Behind the Pages was generously supported by Porticus.

The Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) presents an exciting new installment of its podcast, Behind the Pages. These timely conversations cover a wide range of issues related to education in countries and regions affected by crisis and conflict, and explore the groundbreaking scholarly and practitioner work we commit to daily. This season, we speak with authors from the second part of our Special Issue on Refugees and Education about the latest research and important developments in the field of refugee education. We hear about opportunities and outcomes in refugee education as they relate to refugees’ rights, literacy, and belonging; funding for programs that benefit refugee learners; and teachers’ professional development as they serve the education needs of refugees -- and many other fascinating insights and stories you don’t want to miss! The articles discussed in this series can be accessed, for free, in their entirety at: https://inee.org/collections/journal/volume-5-number-2 Behind the Pages is hosted by Nathan Thompson and produced by Gabrielle Galanek. JEiE and Behind the Pages are supported by INEE and New York University. Generous support for this season has been provided by the Open Society Foundations.

The Journal on Education in Emergencies (JEiE) sat down with Muna Abbas, Country Director for Plan International-Jordan, to discuss how the pandemic has affected humanitarian assistance to early childhood development (ECD) during these uncertain times. We discuss the impact of COVID-19 on ECD and education programs in Jordan and around the world. In the interview, Abbas describes how the pandemic has affected the region’s refugee population and people on the front lines of ECD service delivery, as well as donor, government, and NGO coordination efforts in support of ECD for refugees in the region and globally. Don’t miss this timely and relevant conversation! Behind the Pages is hosted by Nathan Thompson and produced by Gabrielle Galanek. JEiE and Behind the Pages are supported by INEE and New York University, with generous support from Porticus.