What’s happening in the world of Transformative Education?

ESD-Net Europe-North America Regional Workshop
Jan
21
to Jan 23

ESD-Net Europe-North America Regional Workshop

UNESCO’s ESD-Net 2030 invites countries and ESD stakeholders across Europe[e and North America to take stock of current progress in the development and implementation of ESD for 2030 and to strengthen exchange and collaboration through the ESD-Net 2030.

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LearningPlanet Festival: Day 2
Jan
22

LearningPlanet Festival: Day 2

Join us for an exceptional day of collaboration, panels and workshops! The Festival at the Institute will be an opportunity to celebrate our association’s 20th anniversary and announce the official launch of the Learning Planet Academy!

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Post 2030, SDG 4.7, Webinar 1
Jan
22

Post 2030, SDG 4.7, Webinar 1

This meeting is designed to serve as a shared space for international post-2030 discussions, bringing together actors across sectors to explore the future of SDG 4.7 and global citizenship education.

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ECO Schools in the Epoch of Artificial Intelligence: What Can Pakistan’s Pedagogical Interventions Teach Us About Reimagining Learning Futures?
Jan
22

ECO Schools in the Epoch of Artificial Intelligence: What Can Pakistan’s Pedagogical Interventions Teach Us About Reimagining Learning Futures?

Building on insights from one year of implementation and a rich set of educator-led interventions, the session explores how environmental education, AI awareness, and Education for Sustainable Development can converge meaningfully within educational futures.

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Partnerships with academia as an accelerator for local innovation and sustainable communities
Jan
26

Partnerships with academia as an accelerator for local innovation and sustainable communities

As part of the 2026 UNECOSOC Partnership Forum and in parallel with the Learning Planet Institute Festival, this virtual side event will spotlight how higher education institutions, students, and civil society are driving transformative action on the SDGs—beyond education only.

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Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 36
Feb
20
to Feb 27

Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 36

Global Citizenship Alliance Seminars are short-term learning abroad experiences that transform how students understand local/global interconnections and their role in addressing complex challenges—from sustainability and social justice to human rights, democracy, cultural competency, and ethical leadership.

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21st Education and Development Conference
Mar
5
to Mar 7

21st Education and Development Conference

  • Radisson Suites Bangkok Sukhumvit (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Education and Development Conference (EDC) offers a unique platform for exploring innovative educational practices and developmental strategies. EDC is the premier international interdisciplinary academic conference for exploring transformative ideas in education, global collaboration, and innovative solutions to today’s educational challenges.

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GEEF 2026
Mar
12
to Mar 13

GEEF 2026

  • Yonsei University Sinchon Campus (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The Global Engagement & Empowerment Forum on Sustainable Development (GEEF) is an annual international event where all stakeholders, including global leaders and experts, convene to collaborate towards accomplishing the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

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SOS International Summit 2026
Mar
18
to Mar 21

SOS International Summit 2026

By fostering cross-sector collaboration and amplifying youth voices, the summit strengthens the collective capacity of students and institutions to drive transformative change toward a just and sustainable future.

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Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 37
Apr
3
to Apr 10

Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 37

Global Citizenship Alliance Seminars are short-term learning abroad experiences that transform how students understand local/global interconnections and their role in addressing complex challenges—from sustainability and social justice to human rights, democracy, cultural competency, and ethical leadership.

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AERA Annual Meeting 2026
Apr
8
to Apr 12

AERA Annual Meeting 2026

This year’s theme—“Unforgetting Histories and Imagining Futures: Constructing a New Vision for Education Research”—is an invitation to collectively reflect on how to leverage our disciplinary and methodological diversity in service of unforgetting histories.

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7th MENA Higher Education Leadership Forum
Apr
14
to Apr 16

7th MENA Higher Education Leadership Forum

This 7th edition of MENA-HELF will serve as a platform to explore bold ideas, exchange best practices, and foster collaboration to ensure HEIs remain resilient, innovative, and impactful in shaping knowledge economies and driving social progress.

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CGHE Annual Conference 2026
Apr
23
to Apr 24

CGHE Annual Conference 2026

  • The Centre for Global Higher Education Department of Education, University of Oxford (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The 11th annual conference will build on the success of 2025, with a key focus on equity and sustainability.

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2026 Better Future Forum
May
12
to May 14

2026 Better Future Forum

  • PARKROYAL COLLECTION Marina Bay (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Bringing together diverse leaders in global education to connect, learn together, and take collective action towards growing all students holistically so they can shape a better future.

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Education World Forum 2026
May
17
to May 20

Education World Forum 2026

The Education World Forum 2026 will bring together education and training ministers from around the world, alongside key multilateral organisations and strategic industry partners, to explore how education, at all levels, in all settings and throughout life, can be reimagined to tackle today’s most pressing challenges and unlock opportunities for growth.

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Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 38
May
23
to May 30

Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 38

Global Citizenship Alliance Seminars are short-term learning abroad experiences that transform how students understand local/global interconnections and their role in addressing complex challenges—from sustainability and social justice to human rights, democracy, cultural competency, and ethical leadership.

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Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 39
Jun
2
to Jun 9

Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 39

Global Citizenship Alliance Seminars are short-term learning abroad experiences that transform how students understand local/global interconnections and their role in addressing complex challenges—from sustainability and social justice to human rights, democracy, cultural competency, and ethical leadership.

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Teaching and Learning Ecological Economics
Jun
30
to Jul 3

Teaching and Learning Ecological Economics

  • Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This subtrack of the 16th Conference of the European Society for Ecological Economics will explore theoretical, empirical, and practical knowledge on how economic education can be developed to align with ecological economic principles. 

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2026 APPRA Conference
Jul
1
to Jul 5

2026 APPRA Conference

  • Mountain Vista Retreat – Nagarkot (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The conference seeks to explore the proposals and innovative ideas from scholars on how peace research, education, creative practices, and digital innovation can contribute to sustaining democracy and nurturing cultures of peace and justice.

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Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 40
Jul
13
to Jul 20

Global Citizenship Alliance Seminar 40

Global Citizenship Alliance Seminars are short-term learning abroad experiences that transform how students understand local/global interconnections and their role in addressing complex challenges—from sustainability and social justice to human rights, democracy, cultural competency, and ethical leadership.

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Global Higher Education Symposium
Jul
15

Global Higher Education Symposium

The Global Higher Education Symposium is expected to be held on the sidelines of the 2026 HLPF under the theme Transformative, equitable, innovative and coordinated actions for the 2030 Agenda and its SDGs, for a sustainable future for all. 

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13th World Congress on Education
Aug
24
to Aug 26

13th World Congress on Education

  • Churchill College, University of Cambridge (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The aim of World Congress on Education (WCE-2026) is to provide an opportunity for academicians and professionals from various educational fields with cross-disciplinary interests to bridge the knowledge gap, promote research esteem and the evolution of pedagogy.

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2026 Higher Education Summit
Aug
26
to Aug 28

2026 Higher Education Summit

  • Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine France (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The 2026 Higher Education Summit will take place under the theme "Unleashing Transformative and Decolonised Education for Sustainability in a Globalised World".

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13th World Environmental Education Congress
Sep
21
to Sep 25

13th World Environmental Education Congress

  • Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The WEEC is a premier international congress dedicated to the progression of environmental education and advancement of education for sustainability. It serves as a platform for global dialogue, learning, and the exchange of ideas on environmental education programs.

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Education Futures Forum
Sep
21

Education Futures Forum

The Education Futures Forum will convene global leaders, policymakers, educators, and innovators to explore how we can transform education systems, bridge the skills gap, and create inclusive learning economies aligned with SDG 4.

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10th NYC Green School Conference
Sep
23
to Sep 24

10th NYC Green School Conference

This milestone edition will convene educators, policymakers, climate leaders, and youth advocates from around the world to reimagine the next era of sustainable education—where every learner is climate-ready and every school is a hub of environmental leadership.

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LearningPlanet Festival: Day 1
Jan
21

LearningPlanet Festival: Day 1

This event will bring together researchers from around the world to discuss three major issues: peace, democracy and artificial intelligence. It will be a unique opportunity for academic leaders to explore, reflect and exchange ideas.

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Human Rights Education Forum
Dec
9
to Dec 11

Human Rights Education Forum

The Forum will ensure a global perspective which is essential in view of the universality of human rights and, consequently, of the need to universalise the commitments, understandings, and praxis of human rights education, while localising it in specific social, political and educational contexts. 

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Diálogos para el Futuro de la Educación
Dec
4

Diálogos para el Futuro de la Educación

Te invitamos a participar en esta jornada para impulsar una reflexión conjunta profunda sobre la educación, que, como decía nuestro presidente Federico Mayor Zaragoza, “es liberación, es dar a cada mujer y cada hombre las posibilidades de crear, de ser dueño de su propio destino, de diseñar con rasgos propios su futuro”.

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OEB Global Conference 2025
Dec
3
to Dec 5

OEB Global Conference 2025

OEB 2025 invites educators, leaders, and innovators to explore how we keep the intelligent age a deeply human one  - where technology empowers, learning inspires, and people remain at the heart of progress.

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What’s next for greening communities?
Dec
2

What’s next for greening communities?

The final webinar of the series “On The Road to COP30” looks back at COP 30 and its key takeaways related to greening communities. It will unpack possible ways forward for promoting climate change education for social transformation through whole-community approaches. 

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What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times?
Nov
24

What kind of Climate Change and Sustainability Education do we need in complex times?

Join Prof. Lizzie Rushton from the University of Stirling as she explores the ways in which school leadership can constraint or enhance teachers’ capacity to identify, move between and create interconnected spaces of agency which respond to the spatial and temporal complexities inherent in both education and environmental crises.

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WISE 12 Summit
Nov
24
to Nov 25

WISE 12 Summit

  • Qatar National Convention Centre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The 12th edition of the World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) centers around the theme “Humanity.io: Human Values at the Heart of Education.”

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