Can you spare 30 minutes? Update a Wiki page with more detail. Can you spare 45 minutes? Translate a Wiki page so that it reaches new audiences. Can you spare 1-2 hours? Author an entirely new article!

March 4th is the last chance to RSVP for the CELL-ECCN webcast, 'From Divisive Stereotypes to Inclusive Identities: The Role of Educational Materials in Crisis and Conflict-Affected Settings.'

Date: Tuesday, 5 March 2019

Time: 4-5pm CET

CELL welcomes James H. Williams as the newest member of its team. Since the start of 2019, James has taken on the role of CELL's Principal of North America.

The Conflict and Education Learning Laboratory’s 'Violent Pasts Workshop' has been chosen by USAID's Education in Conflict and Crisis Network (ECCN) as a featured Partner Initiative that it will support for 2018-2019.

On the 13th of September, CELL’s Executive Director, Atif Rizvi, and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio, met with UNESCO’s Education and Social and Human Sciences sectors to build upon its meetings in February 2018 on areas of further collaboration.

On Thursday, the 30th of August, CELL's Executive Director Atif Rizvi presented CELL's work to teachers at the Koninklijk Atheneum Antwerp, during the school's teacher training days at the start of the new academic year.

CELL's Principal Ayla Bonfiglio presented her research on how higher education impacts when, where and how refugees seek asylum at this year's Internation Association for the Study of Forced Migration conference in Thessaloniki, Greece from 24-27 July 2018.

Between 2-4 May 2018, CELL's Executive Director, Atif Rizvi, and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio, participated in a sub-regional capacity-building workshop on the prevention of violent extremism through education (PVE-E), entitled "Global Citizenship Education for Peaceful Socieities in South-East Euro

On 5 April 2018, CELL's Exective Director Atif Rizvi and Principal Ayla Bonfiglio participated in the International Conference on Refugee Higher Education organized by the Global Platform for Syrian Studies (GP4SYS) and the Portuguese Government and hosted by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in

On the 19th of March 2018, CELL’s Principal Ayla Bonfiglio participated in a Debate Café on ‘The Future of Syria and Syrian Refugees’ at the Dominicanen Bookshop in Maastricht.

On the 27th and 28th of February 2018, CELL’s Executive Director, Atif Rizvi, and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio, met with UNESCO’s Education and Social and Human Sciences sectors to build upon its meetings in December 2017 on possible areas of future collaboration with both sectors.

On 2 February 2018, CELL's Principal Ayla Bonfiglio gave the keynote lecture at the Globalization and Migration Symposium, an annual conference organized by and for students studying Globalization and Development at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASoS) at Maastricht University.

On 24 January 2018, CELL ran a workshop session entitled "Divisive Stereotypes and Discrimination Within and Beyond the Classroom: The Context of Refugee and Migrant Students." The session was part of the Helping Students in Acceptance (HESTIA) workshop in Maastricht, The Netherlands, which broug

In 2017, Dr Noel McGinn, esteemed CELL Advisory Board member co-authored the book, Learning to Educate: Proposals for the Reconstruction of Education in Developing Countries.

Between 15-16 November 2017, CELL's Principal of Research, Dr. Lonneke Nillesen, participated in the Households in Conflict Network's (HiCN) 13th annual workshop, hosted by the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management.

CELL welcomes Mark Routs as the newest member of its Working Group. Mark will advise CELL on developing creative and high-impact audiovisual content, targeting diverse audiences, including academics, policy-makers, and the public, to name a few.

Between 7-11 November 2017, CELL's President, Jo Ritzen; Executive Director, Atif Rizvi; and Principal, Ayla Bonfiglio will participate in the World Science Forum (WSF) at the Dead Sea in Jordon.

CELL is pleased to announce its institutional partnership with The School of Writing, based in Karachi, Pakistan. CELL and TSW will collaborate on textbook and educational projects, research, and events, particularly as they relate to divisive stereotypes.

On 14 July 2017, CELL convened a roundtable with academics and policymakers entitled, 'Working towards a global agreement to reduce divisive stereotyping in school textbooks,' at the Association for Public Policy and Management (APPAM) International Conference in Brussels.

CELL Working Group Member Prof. Fons Coomans, on 21-22 June 2017, attended a meeting of UNESCO Chairs at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. The meeting brought together Chair holders who work on human rights, migration and urban inclusion.

On 30 November 2016, CELL attended the Education in Emergencies forum in Brussels, organized by the European Commission, Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection.

Between 3-5 November 2016, CELL attended the Association for Public Policy and Management's (APPAM) Fall Conference, on 'The role of research in making government more effective' in Washington DC, United States.

Between 12-15 July 2016, CELL attended the International Association for the Study of Forced Migration Conference on 'Rethinking Forced Migration and Displacement: Theory, Policy, and Praxis' in Poznan, Poland.

At a debate organized by the Honours+ program, CELL's Ayla Bonfiglio spoke at about the role Maastricht University should and could play in the ongoing refugee crisis.