Programme

Thursday 6 November 2025

08:30– Registration and Welcome coffee
08:30– Autumn meeting of the Finnish Educational Research Association

10:00 – 10:45  Opening of the Conference
Vice Rector Piia Björn, University of Lapland
Professor Heli Ruokamo, University of Lapland, Chair of Organising Committee
Dean Ilkka Ratinen, University of Lapland

10:45 – 11:45  Keynote 1: A Sustainable Future for Education Itself?
Professor Gert Biesta, the Centre for Public Education and Pedagogy, Maynooth University, Ireland

11:45 – 13:00  Lunch
13:00 – 14:00  Keynote 2: Planetaarinen sivistyskäsite ratkaisuna kriisiytyvän ajan haasteisiin
Professor Arto O. Salonen, Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

14:00 – 14:30  Coffee
14:30 – 16:00  Thematic Groups and Symposia 1
17:00–                SIG Group Meetings
19:00–                Evening Program

Friday 7 November 2025

08:00 – 09:00  Registration 
09:00 – 09:45   Keynote 3: Alkuperäiskansat ja globaalit tavoitteet: Näkökulmia kestävyyshaasteiden ratkaisemiseen arktisella alueella
Professor Reetta Toivanen, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science, University of Helsinki

10:00 – 10:30  Coffee
10:30 – 12:00  Thematic Groups and Symposia 2
12:00 – 13:15  Lunch
13:15 – 14:45  Thematic Groups and Symposia 3
14:45 – 15:30   FinED Young Researcher Keynote: The role of Culture and Language in the Media Literacy of Indigenous Peoples – A Case Study of Elderly Speakers of Northern Sámi
University Lecturer Maiju Saijets, University of Lapland

15:30 – 16:00  Conference Closing Session
Awarding of Pro Gradu and Doctoral Dissertation Prizes
Passing on the Baton to the Organizers of the Next Finnish Educational Research Days