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 – 25 May Submission of pre-seminar, thematic group and symposium proposals NB! The deadline has been extended until May 25th.
2 June Notification of approval of pre-seminars, thematic groups and symposia
2 June Registration opens
6 June – 1 Sept Submission of abstracts for thematic groups
15 September Notification of acceptance of abstracts
22 September Deadline for early-bird registration
12 October Deadline for registrations
5 – 7 Nov FERA Conference on Education

Further information
Rovaniemi-Lapland Congresses
congress@ulapland.fi
+358 40 484 4462, +358 40 186 7126 +358 40 187 9195

FERA Conference 2025

FERA Conference 2025

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