Contemporary educational policies increasingly mobilize academic research not merely as a knowledge resource but as a legitimation and governance instrument. From evidence-based policy movements to partnership engineering programs, researchers find themselves embedded in policy-making processes…
The need to rethink education as a tool for peace, social justice, and democracy is widely recognized internationally (UNESCO, 2023; UN, 2015), yet there are differing conceptions of “peace.” Rethinking peace in education requires moving…
In Europe, school evaluation is common, also in ECEC settings, either by top-level inspectorates, or other evaluators, including settings themselves. Several forms of evaluation have been implemented to make schools accountable according to new public…
Contemporary wars, humanitarian crises’ proliferation, and the growing fragility of democratic systems require a profound reconsideration of education as a cognitive, ethical, and political device. The complexity of current conflicts – in which geopolitical, cultural,…
The session investigates the nexus between democratic education and awareness of socio-economic systems, emphasising play as a pedagogical tool. It examines how economic, digital, and environmental transformations shape civic participation, social justice, and sustainability, exploring…
While the conflict in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has reached unimaginable levels of violence and oppression, education remains on the margins of political discourse, forcing thousands of students, at all levels, to renounce their dreams…
This panel examines how the rise of the New Right is reshaping education and disputing its historical role in sustaining democracy and social justice. Across diverse national contexts, contemporary right-wing movements do not merely revive…
Over the past twenty years, the high concentration of students from socioeconomically disadvantaged households or with migrant backgrounds in Italian schools has prompted scholars to reflect on the issue of school segregation. Some studies have…
This panel proposal focuses on the Learning to Learn (L2L) hyper-competence, included among Europe’s key competencies for lifelong learning.This theme has attracted new attention among international scholars (Deakin Crick, Stringher, Ren, 2014) for its promise…
This panel explores the role of professionalism within contemporary public services (including education) and public governance, interrogating whether it may operate as a protective factor for equity, justice, and democracy, or instead as a vehicle…