The Comparative Education Society in Europe is an international non-profit making association of scientific and educational character.

Its statutes are drafted in accordance with the provisions of the Belgian law of 25th October 1919 amended 6th December 1954.

The purpose of the Society is to encourage and promote comparative and international studies in education by:

a. promoting and improving the teaching of comparative education in institutes of higher learning;
b. stimulating research;
c. facilitating the publication and distribution of comparative studies in education;
d. interesting professors and teachers of other disciplines in the comparative and international dimensions of their work;
e. encouraging visits by educators to study educational institutions and systems throughout the world;
f. co-operating with those who in other disciplines attempt to interpret educational developments in a broad cultural context;
g. organising conferences and meetings;
h. collaborating with other Comparative Education Societies in order to further international action in this field.

The Society consists of:

1. Ordinary members:

a. teachers of, and research workers in comparative and international education, active in institutions of higher learning;
b. persons concerned with studies in comparative and international education or related areas, and active in educational agencies and organisations.

2. Honorary members: persons who have rendered long and distinguished services to comparative and/or international education.

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1961-1967
Joseph Lauwerys (University of London)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Brian Holmes (University of London)

1967-1971
Philip Idenburg (University of Amsterdam)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Brian Holmes (University of London)

1971-1972
Saul Robinsohn (University of Berlin) ( †1972)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Brian Holmes (University of London)

1972-1973
Interim Presidents:
Sixten Marklund (University of Stockholm)
Robert Plancke (University of Ghent)

1973-1977
Brian Holmes (University of London)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Denis Kallen (University of Amsterdam)

1977-1981
Denis Kallen (University of Paris VIII)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Henk Van daele (University of Ghent)

1981-1985
Wolfgang Mitter (DIIP, Frankfurt)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Henk Van daele (University of Ghent)

1985-1988
José Luis García Garrido (UNED, Madrid)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Henk Van daele (University of Ghent)

1988-1992
Henk Van daele (University of Ghent)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Marc Vansteenkiste (UIA, Antwerpen)

1992-1996
Jürgen Schriewer (Humbolt University, Berlin)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Miguel A. Pereyra (University of Granada)

1996-2000
Thyge Winther-Jensen (University of Copenhagen)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Miguel A. Pereyra (University of Granada)

2000-2004
Donatella Palomba (University of Rome Tor-Vegata)
Secretary-Treasurer:
Miguel A. Pereyra (University of Granada)

2004-2008
Robert Cowen (Institute of Education - University of London)
Secretary - Treasurer:
Hans-Georg Kotthoff (Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg)

2008-
Miguel A. Pereyra (University of Granada)
Secretary - Treasurer:
Yiannis Roussakis (University of Athens)

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