These presentations were given at the UKCDS-DFID-ESRC workshop held in June 2013 to help DFID and ESRC shape a potential research programme on education systems.

• Caine Rolleston, University of Oxford: Education systems research in developing countries – lessons from Young Lives
• Sandra McNally, University of Surrey and the Centre for Economic Performance, LSE: Methods and approaches to investigate the UK education system
• Kara Hanson, LSHTM: The history and evolution of the field of health systems research.