Conference theme: “Education for the Future”
The main theme of the 2023 JoLII Global Conference will be “Education for the Future”. The conference theme draws inspiration from the 2021 UNESCO report Reimagining our Futures Together, which emphasises the need for a new social contract for education to repair injustices, while transforming the future.
There are many global challenges in education, including the inequality of opportunities for high-quality learning and gaps in the availability to new digital technology and learning environments. These and other educational challenges call for research and innovation, as well as global solidarity and international cooperation. The JoLII-GINTL Global Conference aims to be an arena for carrying out these discussions and sharing research and solutions to realise education for the future.
The contributions will approach various sub-themes, for example:
- How to prepare students for predictable and unpredictable changes;
- How teachers’ work is changing and why;
- How to promote policy and practices that equity and quality of education would be more reality to all children in the future; and
- How to support education in conditions with risks of dropping out (e.g., rural areas, catastrophes, refugees, immigration).
The conference will feature keynote speeches, thematic research sessions, panel discussions, networking opportunities, and hands-on workshops. The registration is open from mid-May until the end of July. Please register early to allow for easier estimations in the planning process.
Information for conference participants
Please note that conference participants are responsible for their own travel and accommodation arrangements. Useful information on organising your trip to Helsinki and practicailities about your stay at the University of Helsinki can be found on the university website. The website includes tips on, among other things:
- Accommodation
- University wireless network
- (Public) transportation
About the organisers
The Sino-Finnish Joint Learning Innovation Institute (JoLII)
The Sino-Finnish Joint Learning Innovation Institute (JoLII) was established in year 2015. It is based on the cooperation between Ministry of Education of China and The Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland. The project is coordinated nationally by Beijing Normal University (BNU) and the University of Helsinki (UH). JoLII currently has 25 members, which include Chinese and Finnish universities, companies, educational societies, and schools.
The mission of the institute is to get Chinese and Finnish researchers, teachers, and companies to work together for high-quality learning and education for all people. The shared vision of the parties was to establish the JoLII with the purpose “to co-create inclusive, student-oriented learning solutions for future in China and Finland.”
The Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL)
The Global Innovation Network for Teaching and Learning (GINTL) supports sustainable, responsible, and global network co-operation between 20 Finnish higher education institutions (HEIs) and the network’s partnerships, built in various African countries, China, and India.
The aims of GINTL centre around three main objectives:
- Co-create research-based solutions to global education challenges.
- Increase meaningful and mutual partnerships between Finnish HEIs and their partners in China, India and in African countries.
- Inspire and initiate attractive internationalisation measures in Finnish HEIs.
Contact
For questions regarding the organisation of the conference or the call for abstracts, please contact the organisation team jolii-gintlconference2023[a]helsinki.fi.
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- Sincerely Media
- University of Helsinki, Linda Tammisto
