FERA Conference 2025

Welcome to FERA Conference on Education 5 – 7 November 2025!

Conference theme: Education and Research – Towards Sustainable and Global Future

The sustainability transition requires new and creative thinking as well as solutions from education and research to lay the foundation for a sustainable society. The FERA Conference invites participants to discuss current themes that can collectively help build a sustainable and global future.

A warm welcome to the FERA Conference in Rovaniemi!

Keynote speakers

Gert Biesta: A Sustainable Future for Education Itself?
Professor, Center for Public Education and Pedagogy, Maynooth University, Ireland 

Arto O. Salonen: Planetaarinen sivistyskäsitys ratkaisuna kriisiytyvän ajan haasteisiin
Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

Reetta Toivanen: Alkuperäiskansat ja globaalit tavoitteet: Näkökulmia kestävyyshaasteiden ratkaisemiseen arktisella alueella
Professor, HELSUS, University of Helsinki, Finland

Important dates

1 April – 19 May 2025 Submission of pre-seminar, thematic group and symposium proposals
2 June 2025 Notification of approval of pre-seminars, thematic groups and symposia 
2 June 2025 Registration opens
6 June – 1 Sept 2025 Submission of abstracts for thematic groups
15 September 2025 Notification of acceptance of abstracts
22 September 2025 Deadline for early-bird registration
12 October 2025 Deadline for registrations
5 – 7 Nov 2025 FERA Conference on Education