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
The Finnish Journal of Education Awards
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