Our Team

Principal Investigators

Patricia Bromley

Patricia Bromley is an Associate Professor in Stanford’s Graduate School of Education (GSE), the Doerr School of Sustainability, and (by courtesy) Sociology. She is also Co-Director of the Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (PACS) and Director of the Scandinavian Consortium for Organizational Research at Stanford.

Patricia’s research teams, in the Global Civil Society and Sustainable Development Lab, currently conduct research related to education reform, civic education, and civil society organizations. She teaches courses related to the sociology of education, nonprofit organizations, and global education policy.

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Rie Kijima

Rie Kijima is an Assistant Professor and Director of Initiative for Education Policy and Innovation at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, University of Toronto.

Rie Kijima’s research addresses topics such as international assessments, education reforms, gender and STEAM learning. She was previously a Lecturer and Interim Director of the International Comparative Education / International Education Policy Analysis programs at the Stanford Graduate School of Education. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. from Stanford University, and her B.A. from International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan.

She has worked at aid agencies such as the World Bank and Japan International Cooperation Agency. At the World Bank, she was an education consultant specializing in monitoring and evaluation. She helped advance equity-focused education projects in Morocco, Tunisia, Vietnam, and Laos.

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