Research Meets Practice - The 3rd webinar of the series is here!

The Lifelong Learning Platform (LLLP), in cooperation with Springer’s International Handbook of Lifelong Learning, launched a new series of webinars to present cutting-edge research on lifelong learning to an interested audience. In a compact format, individual research findings and critical reflections on burning issues, such as the ecology of lifelong-lifewide learning for sustainable generative futures or learning for climate justice will be presented and discussed in the focus of social/political and the economic. The third episode of the series will take place on 11 June, online, at 10.00 CET.

We are living at a time when the future for humanity, and many other living things, looks uncertain and bleak. We need to change in so many ways if our planet and the life it sustains is to continue as we know it. As Barnet points out, ‘if learning [has] a purpose then surely it must be to learn how to live on this tiny planet.’ This has always been the case but there is an urgency like never before as we recognise the depth and scale of change needed to create a future that is more sustainable than the one we are currently heading for. If this is the overarching imperative for humanity’s lifelong learning and future survival, what concepts of lifelong learning do we need to enable us to learn to live in ways that will help sustain the planet and its life supporting systems?

Policies play a critical role in turning the vision of lifelong learning into a reality for everyone. However, even the most well-crafted policies have their limitations. An overly optimistic view of what lifelong learning policies can achieve necessitates a careful, critical examination. Are the intended goals being met? Are potential negative effects being mitigated? Who truly benefits from these policies, and who might be disadvantaged by them?

AGENDA

10.00 Welcome words

Elisa Gambardella, President of the Lifelong Learning Platform

Dr. Balázs Németh, Vice President of the Lifelong Learning Platform, eucen Ambassador and University of Pécs

10.05 Introduction by co-host

Karen Evans as co-editor of the 3rd International Handbook on Lifelong Learning

10.20 Keynote Séamus O Tuama: Taking Forward Perspectives on Reflexivity in Learning: Five Capitals

Discussant: Arne Carlsen, Former Director of the UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning and Co-Chair of the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame Europe

10.50 Q&A

11.15 Closing remarks by co-host

Dr. Balázs Németh, Vice President of the Lifelong Learning Platform, eucen Ambassador and University of Pécs

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