Conference on Education for Transformation: Perspectives on Flourishing in the Anthropocene
- When: Wednesday, May 20, 2026 to Friday, May 22, 2026
- Where: University of Humanistic Studies, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Conference registration fees € 200 (including coffee/tea and lunch)
- Final abstract submission deadline: November 15, 2025
- Questions/submissions: educationconference2026@uvh.nl
The Department of Education at the University of Humanistic Studies will soon publish Education for Transformation: Humanistic Perspectives on Flourishing in the Anthropocene (Brill, 2025). To mark this occasion, we invite scholars, educators, policymakers and artists to an international conference on how education can foster human and planetary flourishing.
The conference will explore how education shapes our sense of place in the world, our relationships with human and more-than-human life and our capacity to face the uncertainties of the Anthropocene. Together, we seek to imagine educational pathways toward more attentive, just, and sustainable futures.
The conference program is structured around three interconnected themes:
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Moral and Citizenship Education for the Anthropocene
Which moral and civic virtues, principles, or ideals are necessary for the (interconnected) flourishing of humans, other sentient beings, nature and the Earth? How can moral and citizenship education prepare learners to act as responsible democratic citizens in an ecologically fragile and interdependent world?
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Addressing Colonial Legacies and Climate Justice in Education
(How) could and/or should education reckon with colonial histories of exploitation and
their links to ecological degradation? How can curricula and pedagogy integrate diverse
epistemologies and knowledge traditions and contribute to climate justice and epistemic justice? -
Transformative Pedagogies: From Theory to Practice to Theory
What kind of pedagogical practices, artistic, embodied, participatory or community-based, can help learners confront complexity, nurture resilience, and cultivate ecological consciousness? How can theory and practice inform one another in addressing the challenges of the Anthropocene?
Call for abstracts
- Final Abstract Submission Deadline: November 15, 2025
- Results of abstract review returned to authors: latest by January 5, 2026
We invite the following people to contribute to the conference:
- International scholars and academics from education, philosophy, ethics, humanistic
studies, social sciences and environmental humanities, as well as interdisciplinary and
transdisciplinary researchers who work on educational research. - PhD candidates and early-career researchers who research themes of moral
education, decoloniality, climate justice or transformative pedagogy. - Education practitioners and professionals, including school leaders, teachers,
policymakers and those who are engaged in curriculum development and educational
innovation. - Artists, activists, and community-based educators whose practices foster ecological
awareness, democratic participation and social transformation.
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