Programa de Pesquisa sobre Educação em Situações de Conflitos e Crises Prolongadas (ERICC)

ERICC’s countries in focus include Bangladesh (Cox’s Bazar), Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Myanmar, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Syria. ERICC also publishes multi-country studies and evidence reviews on selected themes.

ERICC consists of four main components:

1. Research on Effective Educational Approaches – The ERICC Research Programme Consortium identifies what works best in delivering education in crisis settings through evidence generation in 8 focal countries and evidence synthesis at the global level. 
2. In-Country Operational Support – Assisting FCDO Education and Humanitarian Advisors in implementing education programs through a helpdesk.
3. Promoting Research Uptake – Ensuring policymakers and Education in Emergencies (EiE) practitioners use research findings in decision-making through dissemination and uptake activities. 
4. Strengthening Academic and Knowledge Systems – Enhancing research capacity in the Global South for long-term impact through academic collaborations.

Components 1 & 2: The International Rescue Committee is the lead for ERICC Research Programme Consortium, leading Components 1 & 2 including country and multi-country research as well as the ERICC Helpdesk.

Component 3: Inter-agency Network for Education in Emergencies (INEE): Leads research uptake and dissemination.

Component 4: The British Academy: Leads efforts to strengthen academic and knowledge systems in the Global South.

ERICC Research Programme Consortium leadership

Tejendra Pherali, ERICC co-Research Director and Associate Professor of Education and International Development, University College London

Marie-France Guimond, ERICC Programme Director

Silvia Diazgranados-Ferráns, ERICC co-Research Director

ERICC Board members

J. Lawrence Aber, Paulette Goddard Professor of Psychology and Public Policy, New York University

Modupe Adefeso-Olateju: Managing Director, TEP Centre

Friedrich Affolter, Global Education Cluster Co-Coordinator

Dianne Denton, Global Education Cluster Learning Workstream Lead

Sarah Dryden-Peterson, Professor of Education and Director, REACH, Harvard University

Loise P.W. Gichuhi, Education Economist and Education in Emergencies Expert, University of Nairobi

Emma Gremley, Senior Director, Education Technical Unit, IRC

Linda Jones, Chief of Education, UNICEF Innocenti

Sarah Kabay, Education Program Director, Innovations for Poverty Action

Joa Keis, Education in Emergencies lead, Global Partnership for Education (GPE)

Fareeda Miah, UNHCR Global Lead on Education in Emergencies

Christian Stoff, Chief of Monitoring and Evaluation, Education Cannot Wait (ECW)

The ERICC Research Programme Consortium is committed to four primary principles for conducting rigorous research:

• The ERICC Conceptual Framework is used to organise and synthesise existing evidence and then build a systematic knowledge base that is comprehensive, context-sensitive and actionable for educational interventions and policy changes. 
• Developing contextual understandings of the Political Economy of Education of different conflict and crises settings, through the application of Political Economy Analyses;
• A co-constructive approach to building research agendas through stakeholder engagement — at local, national, and global levels — from the start, for evidence use and evidence uptake;
• Applying a research methods framework to build evidence in a systematic and rigorous way.

ERICC has developed several tools and frameworks for use and application across the field, including: 

• ERICC Conceptual framework used to organise and synthesise existing evidence for building a systematic knowledge base; 
• ERICC Dimensions of Conflict and Crisis to harmonise the sector’s understanding of the different types and elements of crises;
• ERICC Political Economy of Education framework (forthcoming) to develop contextual understandings of different conflict and crises settings; 
• ERICC Research Methods framework (forthcoming) to build evidence in a systematic and rigorous way. 

Within each country of focus, ERICC also builds a strong evidence base through rigorous Evidence Reviews, Data Systems Reviews, Political Economy Analyses, co-constructed Research Agendas and context-relevant studies across key thematic areas. Visit the ERICC evidence base here and see the interactive ERICC Conceptual Framework here.

ERICC aims to create sustainable, evidence-based education systems in crisis-affected regions by strengthening academic institutions in the Global South, improving decision-making through research, and fostering global partnerships to advance education in emergencies.