Conference Program
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Daily Overview |
| 8:00am - 10:00am |
☕️ WELCOME COFFEE |
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| 8:30am - 6:00pm |
📍 REGISTRATION |
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| 9:00am - 10:45am |
A.05. Education, Democracy and Resistance in Occupied Palestine (2/3) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XIII "Massimo D'Antona" Convenor(s): Elena Pacetti (Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy); Arianna Taddei (Università degli Studi della Repubblica di San Marino); Buad Khales (Al-Quds University) |
B.05. Democratic Education and Critical Thinking: Innovative Practices in School (2/4) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula A Convenor(s): Tatiana Arrigoni (Iprase, Italy); Chiara Tamanini (Iprase, Italy) |
B.06. Dialogic Teaching in Education: Practices, Languages, and Conditions for Democratic Learning (1/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Sala Lauree Convenor(s): Serena Goracci (Indire, Italy); Luisa Zecca (University of Milano Bicocca, Italy); Laura Parigi (Indire, Italy); Loredana Camizzi (Indire, Italy) |
B.09. Learning Communities as Transformative Environments: Bridging Local Action and Global Challenges (3/3) Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu5 Convenor(s): Sibilla Montanari (University of Vienna, Austria); Nazime Öztürk (University of Vienna, Austria); Denis Francesconi (University of Vienna, Austria); Evi Agostini (University of Vienna, Austria) |
B.13. Schools as Community Hubs. Learning Ecosystems for Democracy across Pedagogy, Health, Architecture, and Urban Planning (2/3) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula 201 Convenor(s): Giuseppina Rita Jose Mangione (Indire, Italy); Raffaella Carro (Indire, Italy) |
C.08. Working in Schools Today: Between Public Space, Mediatization, New Managerialism and Inclusion Location: Giurisprudenza (CU002): Aula "Francesco Calasso" Convenor(s): Antonietta De Feo (Università degli studi Roma Tre); Gabriele Pinna (Università degli studi di Cagliari) |
| D.04. Educational Poverty, Symbolic Violence and Democratic Fragility (2/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula C Convenor(s): Elena Gremigni (University of Pisa, Italy); Emanuela Susca (Iulm University) |
F.06. Learning Together, Participating Fully: Inclusion and Difference as Educational Resources (2/3) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XII (Multimediale) Convenor(s): Sara Mori (Indire, Italy); Francesca Storai (Indire, Italy); Serena Greco (Indire, Italy); Elsa Maria Bruni (Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti – Pescara) |
F.11. Toward an Embodied Crip Pedagogy: Activism, Interdependence, and Democratic Transformation in Educational Spaces Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 14 Convenor(s): Barbara Centrone (University of Roma Tre, Italy); Elisa Costantino (University of Genova, Italy); Sofia Righetti Nottegar (University of Verona, Italy); Alice Scavarda (University of Torino, Italy) |
G.07. Democracy of Care: Rethinking Networks and Relationships of Counter Gender-Based Violence Location: Geologia e Mineralogia (CU005): Aula "Sergio Lucchesi" Convenor(s): Anna Grazia Lopez (University of Foggia Italy); Isabella Loiodice (University of Foggia Italy) |
G.18. Women’s Work and Emancipatory Pathways (1/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula TO1 Convenor(s): Emilija Voinovska (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy); Erica Spagnolo (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy) |
H.13. Is There a Role for Arts-based Education in Tackling Educational Poverty and Social Exclusion? Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 13 Convenor(s): lenya Camozzi (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy); Ahson Kemal (University of Helsinki); Zenia Simonella (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) |
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| I.04. Higher Education Teaching Practices as Micro-spaces of Democracy and Resistance. What Does it Mean to be ‘Political’? (1/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula T02 Convenor(s): Maila Pentucci (University "Gabriele D'Annunzio" Chieti – Pescara, Italy); Lorella Giannandrea (University of Macerata, Italy); Magda Pischetola (University of Copenhagen); Francesca Gratani (University of Macerata, Italy); Lorenza Maria Capolla (University of Macerata, Italy); Pier Giuseppe Rossi (University of Macerata, Italy) |
L.07. Rethinking Care and Learning Within the Posthuman Turn Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI "Aldo Moro" Convenor(s): Ludovica Rubini (University of Trieste); Assunta Viteritti (Sapienza University of Rome); Letizia Zampino (University of Trento); Jesse Bazzul (University of Regina, Canada) |
M.03. Critical Dialogue with AI in Schools: Metacognition, Agency, and Democratic Learning (2/3) Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu4 Convenor(s): Nadia Sansone (UnitelmaSapienza University of Rome, Italy) |
M.04. Democracy Education and A.I. in the Geopolitical Disorder. A Proposal for a New Democratic Citizenship (1/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula D Convenor(s): Alessio Fabiano (Universita' Degli Studi Basilacata, Italy); Claudio De Luca (Universita' Degli Studi Basilacata, Italy); Teodora Pezzano (Universita' Della Calabria, Italy); Giuseppe Spadafora (Universita' Della Calabria, Italy) |
M.13. The Implications of Smartphones and Digital Environments for Learning and Psychophysical Well-Being Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Sala Sociologia Convenor(s): Marco Gui (Università di Milano "Bicocca"); Orazio Giancola (Università di Roma "Sapienza", Italy); Giovanni Maria Abbiati (Università degli Studi di Brescia) |
M.14. Unpacking The Platformisation And Datification Of Education: Processes, Actors, Positionings and contexts (1/2) Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu3 Convenor(s): Jacovkis, Judith (Universitat de Barcelona); Rivera-Vargas, Pablo (Universitat de Barcelona); Moreno, Ainara (Universitat de Barcelona) |
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| 11:00am - 12:30pm |
★ Plenary #3. KEYNOTE LECTURE | Gert Biesta: "Teaching Uncommon Values: A Different Future for Education for Democratic Citizenship" Location: Rettorato: Aula Magna Introduced and moderated by Marcella Milana, Associate Professor of Pedagogy at the University of Verona, Department of Human Sciences.
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| 12:45pm - 1:45pm |
🍴 LUNCH BREAK |
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| 2:00pm - 3:45pm |
A.10. Privatization of Education, Segregation and Inequalities Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 14 Convenor(s): Marco Oberti (Sciences Po, France); Quentin Ramond (Center for Economics and Social Policy (Ceas), Universidad Mayor) |
A.11. School Evaluation For Improvement, Equity, Inclusion And Well being (2/2) Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 13 Convenor(s): Cristina Stringher (Invalsi, Italy); Michela Freddano (Invalsi, Italy) |
B.05. Democratic Education and Critical Thinking: Innovative Practices in School (3/4) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula A Convenor(s): Tatiana Arrigoni (Iprase, Italy); Chiara Tamanini (Iprase, Italy) |
B.06. Dialogic Teaching in Education: Practices, Languages, and Conditions for Democratic Learning (2/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Sala Lauree Convenor(s): Serena Goracci (Indire, Italy); Luisa Zecca (University of Milano Bicocca, Italy); Laura Parigi (Indire, Italy); Loredana Camizzi (Indire, Italy) |
B.13. Schools as Community Hubs. Learning Ecosystems for Democracy across Pedagogy, Health, Architecture, and Urban Planning (3/3) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula 201 Convenor(s): Giuseppina Rita Jose Mangione (Indire, Italy); Raffaella Carro (Indire, Italy) |
D.04. Educational Poverty, Symbolic Violence and Democratic Fragility (1/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula C Convenor(s): Elena Gremigni (University of Pisa, Italy); Emanuela Susca (Iulm University) |
| 🚩 [SPECIAL EVENT] E.00. Citizenship Education and International Pupil Mobility Location: Geologia e Mineralogia (CU005): Aula "Sergio Lucchesi" Chairs: Mattia Baiutti (Fondazione Intercultura ETS), Piero Valentini (ISTAT), Giuseppe Ricotta (Sapienza University of Rome). Promoted by Fondazione Intercultura ETS. Further information on special events are available on the conference website: https://www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/workshops-3/. |
E.08. Music and Anthropology a Synergistic Dialogue in School Autonomy: Is It Possible to Co-construct Permanent Values of Active Citizenship? Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu3 Convenor(s): Marta Villa (Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento); Carlo Centemeri (Independent researcher and Classical Music editor for Radio Popolare Milano) |
F.06. Learning Together, Participating Fully: Inclusion and Difference as Educational Resources (3/3) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XII (Multimediale) Convenor(s): Sara Mori (Indire, Italy); Francesca Storai (Indire, Italy); Serena Greco (Indire, Italy); Elsa Maria Bruni (Università degli Studi "G. d'Annunzio" Chieti – Pescara) |
F.09. Teachers’ Emotions, Agency and Professional Capacity for Inclusion within the Education–Democracy Nexus (1/3) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI "Aldo Moro" Convenor(s): Donatella Poliandri (Invalsi – Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of Education, Italy); Letizia Giampietro (Invalsi – Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of Education, Italy); Umberto Pagano (University “Magna Graecia” of Catanzaro, Italy) |
G.05. Decolonial Researches between Pedagogical Horizons and Critical-Participatory Methodologies (2/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XIII "Massimo D'Antona" Convenor(s): Rosita Deluigi (Unimc – University of Macerata, Italy); Paola Dusi (Univr – University of Verona, Italy); Davide Zoletto (Uniud – University of Udine, Italy) |
G.18. Women’s Work and Emancipatory Pathways (2/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula TO1 Convenor(s): Emilija Voinovska (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy); Erica Spagnolo (Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy) |
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| H.02. Adult Learning as Democratic Renewal: Empowering Citizenship and Envisioning Alternative Futures (1/2) Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu5 Convenor(s): Marcella Milana (Unievrsity of Verona, Italy); Margherita Bussi (UCLouvain, Belgium); Roberto Angotti (Inapp, Italy) |
H.17. Prison Education for Democracy. Tensions and Contradictions of a Transformative Space Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Sala Sociologia Convenor(s): Sandra Vatrella (University of Naples Federico Ii, Italy); Andrea Borghini (University of Pisa, Italy); Maria Chiara Calò (University of Naples Federico Ii, Italy) |
H.18. The Enhancement of the Intellectual Capital of Young Migrants as an Inclusion Strategy Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu4 Convenor(s): Giovanna Filosa (Inapp, Italy); Patrizia Rinaldi (Institute For Migration Research, Universidad De Granada) |
I.12. Whose University is it? Neoliberal Governance: The Challenge to Academic Freedom, Equity, and Critical Thinking (2/2) Location: Giurisprudenza (CU002): Aula "Francesco Calasso" Convenor(s): Silvia Zanazzi (Università di Ferrara, Italy); Catherine Edelhard Tømte (University of Agder, Norway); Edoardo Esposto (University of Sapienza, Italy) |
E.02. Children as Political Actors: Rethinking School, Agency, and Democracy Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula D Convenor(s): Maria Giatsi Clausen (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh); Marlies Kustatscher (Edinburgh University, Edinburgh); Kristina Konstantoni (Edinburgh University, Edinburgh) |
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| 3:45pm - 4:15pm |
☕️ COFFEE BREAK |
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| 4:15pm - 6:00pm |
🇮🇹 Symposium | Reading the Education and Training Ecosystem: Interpretive Perspectives on Educational Change (INDIRE – Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Sala Lauree Promoted by INDIRE – Istituto Nazionale di Documentazione, Innovazione e Ricerca Educativa |
A.08. Nonviolent Education and Demilitarization of Schools: Practices, Tools, and Pedagogical Perspectives Towards Universalist Humanism (1/2) Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu4 Convenor(s): Annabella Coiro (rete Edumana, Italy); Chiarlie Barnao (Università di Palermo); Federica Zanetti (Università di Bologna) |
A.09. Citizenship, Social Justice and Playful Learning for Economic Awareness and Social Change Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Sala Sociologia Convenor(s): Liliana Silva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy); Ennio Bilancini (Imt -Scuola Alti Studi – Lucca, Italy); Leonardo Boncinelli (University of Firenze, Italy) |
B.05. Democratic Education and Critical Thinking: Innovative Practices in School (4/4) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula A Convenor(s): Tatiana Arrigoni (Iprase, Italy); Chiara Tamanini (Iprase, Italy) |
B.20. Governance, Inequalities and Educational Pathways Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 14 Convenor(s): Dalila Raccagni (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy); Paola Zini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy) |
E.09. Spaces of Commons in Education: Learning Democracy through Practices of Togetherness (2/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XII (Multimediale) Convenor(s): Stelios Pantazidis (University of Thessaly, Greece); Yannis Pechtelidis (University of Thessaly, Greece) |
| F.04. In Praise of the Margin. The Representation of “Other Bodies” Between Disabling Devices and Practices of Self-Determination Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula TO1 Convenor(s): Martina De Castro (Roma Tre University); Alessandra Maria Straniero (University of Calabria); Leonardo (1,3) Tantari; Fabio Bocci (Roma Tre University) |
G.01. Bias, Schooling, and Trajectories in STEM: How to Go Beyond the Gender Gap Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XI "Aldo Moro" Convenor(s): Marialuisa Villani (Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy); Alessia Macagno (Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Italy); Francesca Bianchi (Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Italy); Francesca Arnaboldi (Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, University of Milan, Italy); Silvia Facchinetti (Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods, University of Milan, Italy) |
G.17. Homeschooling, Democracy, and the Public Sphere: Rethinking Education through Plural Perspectives Location: Giurisprudenza (CU002): Aula "Francesco Calasso" Convenor(s): Angela Biscaldi (Università degli Studi di Milano); Anna Chinazzi (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca); Emilia Restiglian (Università degli Studi di Padova) |
H.02. Adult Learning as Democratic Renewal: Empowering Citizenship and Envisioning Alternative Futures (2/2) Location: Aule di Botanica (CU028): Aula Blu5 Convenor(s): Marcella Milana (Unievrsity of Verona, Italy); Margherita Bussi (UCLouvain, Belgium); Roberto Angotti (Inapp, Italy) |
H.03. Assembled Youths: Complex Biographies and Educational Trajectories For Uncertain Futures (2/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula D Convenor(s): Juan de Dios Oyarzún (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile); Aina Tarabini (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) |
I.02. Designing Democratic Innovation: Alternative Practices for the Future of Academia Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula XIII "Massimo D'Antona" Convenor(s): Giulia Ganugi (University of Bologna, Italy) |
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| I.03. Educating to Participate. Educational Innovation in University Systems as a Tool for Inclusion and Democratic Participation Location: Geologia e Mineralogia (CU005): Aula "Sergio Lucchesi" Convenor(s): Barbara Mazza (sapienza, Italy); Elena Valentini (sapienza, Italy); Lucia D'Ambrosi (sapienza, Italy); Veronica Lo Presti (sapienza, Italy); Houshmand Masoumi (Technische Universität Berlin, Germany); Yuliia Kravchenko (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia); Martin Vaz Alvarez (Universitade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain) |
I.04. Higher Education Teaching Practices as Micro-spaces of Democracy and Resistance. What Does it Mean to be ‘Political’? (2/2) Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula T02 Convenor(s): Maila Pentucci (University "Gabriele D'Annunzio" Chieti – Pescara, Italy); Lorella Giannandrea (University of Macerata, Italy); Magda Pischetola (University of Copenhagen); Francesca Gratani (University of Macerata, Italy); Lorenza Maria Capolla (University of Macerata, Italy); Pier Giuseppe Rossi (University of Macerata, Italy) |
L.08. Scientific Citizenship at the Boundaries: Re-Enacting Science Practices for Democratic Futures Location: Scienze Politiche (CU002): Aula C Convenor(s): Sara (1,2) Ricciardi; Giulia Tasquier (Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia "Augusto Righi") |
M.10. Navigating the Controversial. Media Practices and Educational Challenges in the Digital Age Location: Edificio ex Tumminelli (C007): Aula 13 Convenor(s): Paolo Bonafede (University of Trento, Italy); Alessandro Soriani (University of Bologna, Italy); Charlot Cassar (Radboud University) |
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| 7:00pm - 10:00pm |
🍸 SOCIAL EVENT | Closing Aperitif — Playing for Democracy, Democracy for Playing | Jam Session The social event Playing for Democracy, Democracy for Playing — Closing Aperitif & Jam Session will take place on 3 September 2026 at Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Social Sciences and Economics (Via Salaria 113, Rome). Tickets can be purchased until 20 July through the personal area of participants registered for the conference. Further info about the social events of the conference can be found at: https://www.scuolademocratica-conference.net/social-events/. |
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