Geographies of Globalized Education Privatization: International Perspectives (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783031378522)

David Giband is Professor of Urban Planning at the University of Perpignan. He works within the field of Urban Studies, focusing his research and teaching on Urban Planning issues in underprivileged neighborhoods both in the United States and France. Most recently, he explored the role of Education in urban development and public policies, local ethnic communities in France, highlighting the issues and stakes surrounding school enrollment for poor local communities.

Kevin Mary is Associate Professor of Geography at the University of Perpignan, France. His research interests include social geography, the geography of education as well as migrations studies, focusing on student migration. He is particularly interested in the meaning that education has for different social groups and how it can reflect spatial and social inequalities. Kevin Mary has used his studies of geography, French, and English to teach and carry out research in several countries such as in Mali, Senegal, Canada, The United States, Lebanon and France.

Nora Nafaa is a Postdoctoral Fellow in Geography and Associate Researcher at the University of Strasbourg, France. Her main research interests are focused on the urban geography of education, and the various dimension of neoliberalization. Her fieldworks are Atlanta and Philadelphia. She works within the scientific field of social geography, inspired by radical geography and is attached to fieldwork anchored approaches. More recently, she conducted fieldwork in France in more rural areas looking at education alternatives.