Programme

The European Conference on Education (ECE) is an interdisciplinary conference held alongside The European Conference on Arts & Humanities (ECAH) and The European Conference on Aging & Gerontology (EGen). Keynote, Featured and Spotlight Speakers will provide a variety of perspectives from different academic and professional backgrounds. Registration for one conference will allow participants to attend sessions in all three.


Thursday, July 10 and Friday, July 11 will be held at SOAS University of London.
Saturday, July 12 and Sunday, July 13 will be held at University College London Torrington Place Training Centre.
Monday, July 14 will be held online.

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Conference Outline

Thursday, July 10Friday, July 11Saturday, July 12Sunday, July 13Monday, July 14

Conference Venue: SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Suite

09:15-10:00: Conference Check-in & Coffee | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

10:00-10:10: Announcements | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

10:10-10:30: Welcome Address & Recognition of IAFOR Scholarship Winners | SOAS,
Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

Joseph Haldane, IAFOR & University College London, United Kingdom

10:30-10:45: Special Welcome Address | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

10:45-11:00: IAFOR Provost’s Address | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Anne Boddington, IAFOR & Middlesex University, United Kingdom

11:05-11:25: Keynote Presentation | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
11:25-11:35: Q&A Session

11:40-12:00: Keynote Presentation | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
12:00-12:10: Q&A Session

12:10-12:20: Conference Photograph | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

12:20-13:40: Lunch Break

13:40-14:40: Plenary Panel Discussion | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
Educating for Peace: Conflicting Narratives, Migration, Immigration and Global Citizenship

14:45-15:45: Forum Discussion | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

15:45-16:45: Conference Poster Session 1 & Welcome Reception | SOAS, Brunei Suite

Conference Venue: SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre & Suite

09:30-10:00: Conference Check-in & Coffee | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

10:00-10:15: Welcome Address | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

10:15-10:35: Keynote Presentation | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
10:35-10:45: Q&A Session

10:45-11:00: Coffee Break

11:00-11:20: Keynote Presentation | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
11:20-11:30: Q&A Session

11:30-12:45: Lunch Break

12:45-13:05: Keynote Presentation | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
13:05-13:15: Q&A Session

13:20-13:40: Keynote Presentation | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
13:40-13:50: Q&A Session

13:55-14:15: Keynote Presentation | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
14:15-14:25: Q&A Session

14:25-14:45: Coffee Break

14:45-15:05: Keynote Presentation | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
15:05-15:15: Q&A Session

15:20-15:40: Keynote Presentation | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre
15:40-15:50: Q&A Session

15:55-16:55: Conference Poster Session 2 | SOAS, Brunei Suite

16:00-16:45: Special Seminar Session | SOAS, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre

19:00-21:00: Conference Dinner at The Savile Club
This is an optional ticketed event

Conference Venue: Torrington Place Training Centre, University College London

08:50-09:30: Conference Check-in

09:30-11:10: Onsite Parallel Session 1

11:10-11:25: Coffee Break

11:25-12:40: Onsite Parallel Session 2

12:40-12:55: Coffee Break

12:55-14:35: Onsite Parallel Session 3

14:35-14:50: Coffee Break

14:50-16:30: Onsite Parallel Session 4

16:30-16:45: Coffee Break

16:45-18:25: Onsite Parallel Session 5

Conference Venue: Torrington Place Training Centre, University College London

08:45-09:15: Conference Check-in

09:15-10:55: Onsite Parallel Session 1

10:55-11:10: Coffee Break

11:10-12:25: Onsite Parallel Session 2

12:25-12:40: Coffee Break

12:40-14:20: Onsite Parallel Session 3

14:20-14:35: Coffee Break

14:35-15:50: Onsite Parallel Session 4

15:50-16:05: Coffee Break

16:05-17:45: Onsite Parallel Session 5

17:45-17:55: Onsite Closing Session | Room G13

Conference Venue: Online via Zoom

07:55-08:00: Message from IAFOR

08:00-09:40: Online Parallel Session 1

09:40-09:50: Break

09:50-11:05: Online Parallel Session 2

11:05-11:15: Break

11:15-12:55: Online Parallel Session 3

12:55-13:05: Break

13:05-14:45: Online Parallel Session 4

14:45-14:55: Break

14:55-16:35: Online Parallel Session 5

16:35-16:40: Message from IAFOR


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Speakers

To be announced

  • Jun Arima
    Jun Arima
    University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Anne Boddington
    Anne Boddington
    Middlesex University, United Kingdom & IAFOR, Japan
  • Evangelia Chrysikou
    Evangelia Chrysikou
    University College London, UK
  • Joseph Haldane
    Joseph Haldane
    The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan
  • Li Wei
    Li Wei
    UCL Institute of Education, United Kingdom

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Featured Presentations

To be announced

Conference Programme & Abstract Book

The draft version of the Conference Programme will be available online on June 03, 2025. All registered delegates will be notified of this publication by email.

*Please be aware that the above schedule may be subject to change.

Important Information Emails

All registered attendees will receive an Important Information email and updates in the run-up to the conference. Please check your email inbox for something from "iafor.org". If you can not find these emails in your normal inbox, it is worth checking in your spam or junk mail folders as many programs filter out emails this way. If these did end up in one of these folders, please add the address to your acceptable senders' folder by whatever method your email program can do this.


Previous Programming

View details of programming for past ECE conferences via the links below.

Jun Arima
University of Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Professor Jun Arima is the President of IAFOR, and the senior academic officer of the organisation. In this role, Professor Arima is the Honorary Chair of the International Academic Advisory Board, as well as both the Academic Governing Board and its Executive Committee. He also sits on the IAFOR Board of Directors.

Jun Arima was formerly Director General of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), UK from 2011 to 2015 and Special Advisor on Global Environmental Affairs for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan, from 2011 to 2015. He has previously held various international energy/environment-related positions, including: Head of Division, Country Studies, International Energy Agency (IEA); Director, International Affairs Division, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, METI; and Deputy Director General for Environmental Affairs at METI’s Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau. In the COP (UN Convention on Climate Change) 14, 15 and 16, he was Japanese Chief Negotiator for AWG-KP.

Since 2015 Jun Arima has been a Professor at the University of Tokyo, Japan, where he teaches Energy Security, International Energy Governance, and Environmental Policies in the Graduate School of Public Policy. (GraSPP). He is also currently a Consulting Fellow at the Japanese Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI). He is also Executive Senior Fellow at the 21st Century Public Policy Institute, Principal Researcher at the International Environmental and Economic Institute (IEEI), Distinguished Senior Policy Fellow, at the Asia Pacific Institute of Research (APIR), Senior Policy Fellow on Energy and Environment, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), and was the Lead Author, the 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change (IPCC).

Panel Discussion (2025) | TBA
Anne Boddington
Middlesex University, United Kingdom & IAFOR, Japan

Biography

Professor Anne Boddington is Executive Vice-President and Provost of IAFOR, and oversees the academic programs, research and policies of the forum.

Anne Boddington is Professor Emerita of Design Innovation and has held executive and senior leadership roles in Higher Education including as Dean of Arts & Humanities at the University of Brighton, Pro Vice Chancellor for Research, Business & Innovation at Kingston and Pro Vice Chancellor for Research and Knowledge Exchange at Middlesex University.

In 2022 she concluded chairing the Sub Panel (32) for Art & Design: History, Practice & Theory as part of the Research Excellence Framework (REF2021) and has extensive experience in the governance and conduct of peer review, research evaluation and assessment in REF2014 (Sub Panel Deputy Chair and Equality Diversity Advisory Panel [EDAP]) and RAE2008. A former member of AHRC’s Advisory Board, she is the current Chair of the Advisory Board for the UKRI’s National Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Research (NICER) programme (£30M), Deputy Chair and a Trustee of the Design Council, the government’s strategic advisor for design, and a member of both the InnoHK Scientific Committee (Hong Kong) and the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ).

Since the 1990’s Anne has worked across the UK and internationally with a wide range of quality assurance, professional, statutory, and regulatory bodies in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Hong Kong, and India.

As an independent consultant she now works as a strategic advisor and mentor and is committed to promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion in practice, developing effective governance, supporting career development, reducing bureaucracy, and improving organisational design, integrity, and productivity in the changing workplace.


Previous Presentations

Plenary Panel (2020) | Embracing Difference? Adaptive Lifelong Learning
Plenary Panel I (2017) | Think Like a System, Act Like an Entrepreneur
Evangelia Chrysikou
University College London, UK

Biography

Dr Evangelia Chrysikou is a registered architect and senior research fellow at UCL. She owns the award-winning SynThesis Architects (London – Athens), that specializes in medical facilities. Her work received prestigious awards (Singapore 2009, Kuala Lumpur 2012, Brisbane 2013, Birmingham 2014, London 2014). Parallel activities include teaching at medical and architectural schools, research (UK, France, Belgium, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Greece and the Middle East) and advisory. She advised the Hellenic Secretary of Health and is the author of the new national guidelines for mental health facilities. Dr Chrysikou is the author of the book ‘Architecture for Psychiatric Environments and Therapeutic Spaces’, healthcare architecture editor, reviewer, active member of several professional and scientific associations and a TED-MED speaker. She is a Trustee, Member of the Board and Director of Research at DIMHN (UK) and Member of the Board at the Scholar’s Association Onassis Foundation.

Joseph Haldane
The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), Japan

Biography

Joseph Haldane is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of IAFOR. He is responsible for devising strategy, setting policies, forging institutional partnerships, implementing projects, and overseeing the organisation’s global business and academic operations.

Dr Haldane’s research and teaching is on history, politics, international affairs and international education, as well as governance and decision making, and he is a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network for Global Governance. Since 2015 he has been a Guest Professor at The Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University, where he teaches on the postgraduate Global Governance Course, and, since 2017, Co-Director of the OSIPP-IAFOR Research Centre, an interdisciplinary think tank situated within the University.

In 2020 Dr Haldane was appointed Honorary Professor of UCL (University College London), through the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction. He holds Visiting Professorships in the Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade, and at the Doshisha Business School in Kyoto, where he teaches Ethics and Governance on the MBA, and is a member of the Value Research Center. He is also a Member of the International Advisory Council of the Department of Educational Foundations at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa.

Professor Haldane has given invited lectures and presentations to universities and conferences globally, including at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and advised universities, NGOs and governments on issues relating to international education policy, public-private partnerships, and multi-stakeholder forums. He was the project lead on the 2019 Kansai Resilience Forum, held by the Japanese Government through the Prime Minister’s and Cabinet Office, and oversaw the 2021 Ministry of Foreign Affairs commissioned study on Infectious Diseases on Cruise Ships.

Dr Haldane has a PhD from the University of London in 19th-century French Studies, and has had full-time faculty positions at the Université Paris-Est Créteil, Sciences Po Paris, and Nagoya University of Commerce and Business, as well as visiting positions at the French Press Institute in the Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas, and the schools of Journalism at both Sciences Po Paris, and Moscow State University.

From 2012-2014, Dr Haldane served as Treasurer of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (Chubu), and since 2015 has been a Trustee of HOPE International Development Agency (Japan). He was elected Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society in 2012 and the Royal Society of Arts in 2015. He lives in Japan and holds a black belt in Judo.


Previous Presentations

Featured Interview (2021) | A Life in Language: Lessons in Language and Language Learning
Panel Presentation (2020) | Embracing Difference? Adaptive Lifelong Learning
Panel Presentation (2020) | That's NOT Online Learning!: The Difference Between Emergency Remote Teaching and Online Learning
Li Wei
UCL Institute of Education, United Kingdom

Biography

Li Wei is Director and Dean of the UCL Institute of Education, where he also holds a Chair of Applied Linguistics. He is Fellow of the British Academy, Academia Europaea, Academy of Social Sciences (UK), and Royal Society of Arts (UK). He is Editor of the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism and Applied Linguistics Review

Keynote Presentation (2025) | TBA

Previous Presentations

Keynote Presentation (2020) | Multi-Competence, Translanguaging and Multimodal Learning