We invite you to participate in the international conference organized by the University of Lower Silesia and the European research network Between Global and Local: Adult Learning and Communities, operating within ESREA (European Society for Research on the Education of Adults).

  • June 12–14, 2025

  • University of Lower Silesia

     

It is not easy to debate something like sustainable development that belongs to both the world of values and the world of politics. In addition, it is important for individuals and societies, and at the same time often used politically to pursue various practical interests. Is the fate of the idea of "sustainable development" similar to the fate of the idea of "lifelong learning" of "social capital" or "cultural heritage"? What is the source of their politicization and instrumentalization? How can the mechanisms of appropriation of values related to ecology, health, balance, generational responsibility be unmasked? How should we act in spite of everything? How is it possible to get involved in the implementation of community education and social education, which are so important for local communities? (Evans, R., Kurantowicz, E., Lucio-Villegas, E. (Eds.), 2022. Remaking Communities and Adult Learning. Brill). These and other questions will accompany the participants of the conference. The key objective of the conference is to initiate a dialogue on the critical discourse surrounding education for sustainable development, and by extension, the idea of sustainable development itself. This is a crucial discourse for both local and global communities.

We invite researchers and activists, leaders of higher education institutions and the local community, independent and critical participants and initiators of learning and teaching in the context of "sustainable development" to participate.

 

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Scientific and Organizational Committee: Anna Andrejów-Kubów (ULS), Rob Evans (BGL- Adult Learning and Communities ESREA Network), Małgorzata Fit (ESDEUS, ULS), Antonio Fragoso (ESDEUS, UAlg), Andrea Galimberti (ESDEUS, UNIMIB), Gökçe Güverçin (BGL- Adult Learning and Communities ESREA Network, Yeditepe University), Ula Kłobuszewska (ESDEUS, ULS), Ewa Kurantowicz (BGL- Adult Learning and Communities ESREA Network, ULS, ESDEUS), Adrianna Nizińska (ESDEUS, GU), Paweł Rudnicki (ESDEUS, ULS), Onur Seçkin (BGL- Adult Learning and Communities ESREA Network, Yeditepe University).

Link to the conference website and program: Critical Learning for Sustainable Development: Communities' and Universities' Discourses

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