On this page you will find pre-conferences that are planned prior to the NERA 2016 Congress.
(click on the headings to get more information about each pre-conference)
ACTORS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN EDUCATION
The Nordic Centre of Excellence ’Justice through Education in the Nordic Countries’ organises a pre-conference in Helsinki, 8-9 March 2016 (from lunch to lunch).
Keynote speaker: Heidi Safia Mirza, Professor of Race, Faith & Culture, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
Open for all 9 March: “Are the Nordic systems of education providing a fair and equal education for all students?” Panel discussion with Director General Anna Ekström, Swedish National Agency for Education; Director General Aulis Pitkälä, Finnish National Board of Education; and Professor John B. Krejsler, Aarhus University, Denmark.
SOLIDARITY AS A LIVED EXPERIENCE
The NERA network: Philosophy of Education hosts a pre-conference workshop in Helsinki, 8-9 March 2016 (from lunch to lunch).
EARLY CHILDHOOD PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
The NERA network: Early Childhood Research hosts a pre-conference workshop in Helsinki, 8 March 2016 (from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
LEISURE-TIME PEDAGOGY IN FINLAND
The NERA network: Leisure-time Pedagogy hosts a pre-conference in Helsinki, 8 March 2016 (from 4 p.m to 6 p.m.). At 4 p.m. Harriet Strandell, University lecturer in sociology at the Department for Social Research, University of Helsinki, starts her lecture called: After-school activities in Finland – educare or supervision?