The world of education (policy) is a world where policy ideas and innovations are supposed to circulate quickly across boundaries. It is also a world where actors (nations, groups, schools, individuals,…) look at each other, compare themselves to one another and are continuously being compared to others. In a situation where every actor is looking for new ideas and comparing itself to others as well as being compared, what kind of “comparison” should researchers make? Should they compare? Or should they rather understand the process through which actors compare themselves to others and are being compared to others, and ultimately redefine / re-invent who they are...