Interview with Link Convenors 2019
Network Objectives
In a rapidly changing, uncertain and insecure world educational researchers have an important role to play in the development of a socially just and inclusive present and future. Network 07 “Social Justice and Intercultural Education” is interested in research that takes positionality and context into account. Against this background, under the umbrella of social justice and intercultural education, network 07 is interested in exploring topics such as social (in)equalities, well-being, multilingualism, digital, cultural and political literacies, citizenship, sustainability as well as conditions of marginalisation, racism and discrimination. If your work focuses on any of these and related topics it fits into the scope of the network.
Network 07 welcomes researchers from Europe and beyond, to share and gain knowledge about social justice in education with a view to decentring and decolonisation. This includes holistic perspectives which are informed by a knowledge of power differentials and diverse identities. They take account of intersectionality of social categories such as socio-economic status, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, language and nationality.
The network encompasses theoretical, empirical or/and methodological papers focusing on the wide range of educational settings from early childhood to lifelong learning. This entails analysing and discussing policies, curricula, pedagogies, teachers (and their professionalisation), learners, communities, educational institutions, and organisations.
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