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Applications Now Open: IPEP Summer School 2026 on Geopolitical Dis/rupture and Education Policy, University of Verona

On 3 March 2026, Jason Goulah (DePaul University, Chicago) will deliver a lunch-time seminar titled “Value-Creating Education for Global Citizenship.” The talk will explore the educational thought of Tsunesaburō Makiguchi, Jōsei Toda, and Daisaku Ikeda and their contributions to the field of value-creating education for global citizenship. The seminar will take place from 13:00 to 14:30 in Aula Mondolfo (via Zamboni 38) and will be held in English.

The Advanced Skills Course “Advancing Education for Sustainable Development and Global Citizenship in the Mediterranean Context: Resource Recovery and Environmental Challenges”, organised within the TNE_MARE project, has concluded. The programme combined an online phase with an intensive week in Tunis.
👉 Learn more about the course.

On 2–3 March, the Sala VIII Centenario (Via Zamboni 33, Bologna) will host an international Forum exploring sustainability from a global perspective. Scholars from Italy, the United States and Japan will engage in interdisciplinary dialogue, bringing together ten partner institutions.

👉 Programme and registration available online (limited seats).

Discover the seminar “Averting Collapse: Contemplating Earth-Centered Education and Transgressive Learning in Times of Global Dysfunction” with Prof. Arjen E. J. Wals.
An exploration of global crises and the role of Earth-centered education in fostering awareness, care, and transformative learning.
Open and free event in Bologna.

Save the date: Global Civic Education – Transforming Global Citizenship Education into Practice through Civic Education, 8–9 January 2026, Bologna. Explore new perspectives on GCED, innovative educational practices, and Italian pedagogical research. Open to all!

Discover the new open-access volume “Teaching Global Citizenship Education”. Theoretical approaches, transformative practices and tools for teachers. Edited by Massimiliano Tarozzi and Stefania Moser. Download for free!

Discover the seminar “Pride, Ethnicity & Science in the Arab-Islamic Middle Ages” with Prof. Lucia Raggetti. Explore cultural and identity dynamics in the Abbasid ’Umma and the role of ethnic differences in literature and science. Free and open to the public in Bologna.

Screening of the “Sh’hili” docufilm | 14th October 2025 | 6:00 PM — Cinema Modernissimo, Piazza Re Enzo, Bologna. We look forward to seeing you!

Conference & Film Screening: “Il Posto degli Ulivi” | 14th October 2025 | 2:00 PM | Sala Anziani (Palazzo d’Accursio), Piazza Maggiore 6, Bologna. We look forward to seeing you!