At the CIES 2026 in San Fransisco, Franziska Primus was awarded with the Globalization & Education SIG (CIES) Best Dissertation Award for her dissertation ”Present Futures in Global Education Governance: A Critical Discourse Analysis of UNESCO’s Futures of Education Initiative (Örebro University, 2025). During her PhD, Franziska was affiliated with the PEDASK-graduate school, and the organizer- and co-organizer of workshops, and a writing week in Kavala, funded by PEDASK.