EDUCATION, CONFLICT, AND EMERGENCIES SIG

The SIG on Education, Conflict, and Emergencies (ECE SIG) brings together CIES members around a broad range of research and programmatic activities including education during armed conflict and natural disasters; educational reconstruction post-conflict and post-disaster; and the relationships between educational provision and peace-building, transitional justice, and resilience across conflict-affected, post-conflict, and fragile states.

• • Arnela Colic, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA: Co – Chair Unit Planner. [email protected]  
  • Kelsey Dalrymple, University of Wisconsin: Co-Chair 2025-2026/Unit Planner [email protected]  
  • Caroline Rakus-Wojciechowski, George Washington University: Secretary/Treasurer 2025-2026. [email protected]  
  • Masuma Moravej, Lehigh University, USA: Awards Coordinator. [email protected]  
  • Christina Ann Torres, Columbia University, Teachers College, USA: Co-chair 2024-2026. [email protected]

The CIES Special Interest Group (SIG) directory (https://cies.us/special-interest-groups/) provides a complete list of the mission, officers, and work of our over 35 SIGs, which are sorted by region or topic.

You must be a member of CIES to join a SIG, which can be done any time during the year.

There are three ways to join a SIG:

1. Online, any time of the year, when renewing your CIES membership including the SIG dues. Please go to, https://cies.us/meminfo.
2. Online, when registering as a presenter for the CIES Conference, which requires CIES membership. A specific link will be available for each conference.
3. By mail or phone. Please contact the Office of the Executive Director (OED) Membership Coordinator by email at, [email protected], or by phone during business hours at (412) 383-3945.

ECE SIG Events: https://www.ecesig.com/events 

External website: https://www.ecesig.com/

Facebook: https://b-m.facebook.com/CIES.ECE/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ece_sig?lang=en