Congress theme

Rethinking the futures of education in the Nordic countries

The conference welcomes contributions on a wide array of topics from the areas of education, teaching and learning with the objective to rethink the futures of educational sciences in the Nordic countries.

  • What are the dominant processes in education and learning that extend far into the future?
  • How do researchers, by their own scientific constructs and categorizations, shape and take responsibility for the understanding of education and learning in society?
  • What kind of global role the Nordic countries want to take in developing education in the future?

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Wednesday
4 March
09.00 – 11.15 Registration & coffee
11.15 – 12.15 Opening ceremony
• Arto Jauhiainen, Conference Chair
• Jukka Kola, Rector
• Li Andersson, Minister of Education
• John Benedicto Krejsler, NERA’s President
• Herner Saeverot, Editor-in-Chief / Nordic Studies in Education 40 years
12.15 – 13.15 Keynote session: Fazal Rizvi
13.15 – 14.30 Lunch
14.30 – 16.00 Network sessions (I)
16.00 – 16.15  Coffee break
16.15 – 17.45 Network sessions (II)
18.00 – 20.00  Welcome reception (Educarium)
Thursday
5 March
09.00 – 10.30 Network sessions (III)
10.30 – 11.00 Coffee break
11.00 – 12.00 Parallel Keynote sessions: Kirsti Klette and Risto Rinne
12.00 – 13.15 Lunch
13.15 – 14.00 NERA annual general meeting
14.00 – 15.30 Network sessions (IV) and poster session
15.30 – 16.15 Coffee and Network meetings
16.15 – 17.15 Network convener meeting
19.00 – Congress dinner (Logomo)
Friday
6 March
09.00 – 10.30 Network sessions (V)
10.30 – 10.45 Coffee
10.45 –12.15 Network sessions (VI)
12.15–12.45 Grab a sandwich
12.45 – 14.15 Panel discussion: ”Actors and Ideas Shaping the Futures of Higher Education in the Nordic Countries ”
Jussi Välimaa, Ivar Bleiklie and Fazal Rizvi
Chairs Johanna Kallo and Ulpukka Isopahkala-Bouret
14.15 – 15.15 Closing ceremony

• Arto Jauhiainen, Conference Chair

• John Benedicto Krejsler, NERA’s President

• Organiser of NERA 2021