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
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

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