About us

The Oceania Comparative and International Education Society, (OCIES, previously ANZCIES) is a non-profit organisation for developing and establishing connections between educators, researchers and diverse education stakeholders both within the region and beyond.

OCIES has been an inclusive, expanding space for over 50 years to share work in education. OCIES is one of 40 societies from around the world which represent the UNESCO-affiliated World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES). 

The OCIES leadership and members share and pursue several aims. These are: 

• to encourage collaborative links between those concerned with education in the Oceanic region and globally;
• to foster a high standard in the teaching and study of comparative and international education at all levels, and;
• to facilitate the dissemination of knowledge about research and practice in comparative and international education. 

OCIES supports an active space for new and emerging researchers of OCIES (NERO), promoting connections, relationships and useful workshops/seminars.

OCIES members aim to foster excellence in comparative and international education within and beyond our region by organising an annual conference and publishing a flagship journal the International Education Journal: Comparative Perspectives. All OCIES Executive and General Committee positions are voluntary and open to nomination for all members, with quarterly meetings to manage and support the Society. 

The purpose of OCIES is to increase the rigor of research in comparative and international education and to assist in communicating and developing results with members, policy makers and the public.