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In this lecture Catherine Malabou will explore educational and aesthetic questions around the possibility of representation based on the discussion between Lyotard and Rancière. Her reflections start with her very recent book Stop Thief! Anarchism and Philosophy (2023).

Welcome to this seminar where you will be able to discuss educational questions around intelligence, IQ and AI with French philosopher Catherine Malabou.

The ideals of economic and personal progress and growth are slowly destroying the planet we inhabit and its inhabitants along with it. At the same time education – often seen as the solution to this problem - is slowly being suffocated by the very same ideals. How could we think differently about education?

In today's school, much of the emphasis is on competitiveness, confidence and equality. But what about humility, asks Liz Jackson?

Putting the World in the Centre of Education

“The idea of world-centred education is first of all meant to highlight that educational questions are fundamentally existential questions, that is questions about our existence ‘in’ and ‘with’ the world, natural and social, and not just our existence with ourselves” (Biesta, 2021, pp. 90-91)

Our school systems and pedagogical practices need to radically reflect on how they have contributed to the fact that life on Earth is on the edge of disaster, claims Birgit Schaffar-Kronqvist from the University of Helsinki.

Guest lecture by prof. Hartmut Rosa about the role of Bildung in the accelerated society.

Julius K. Björnsson and Rolf V. Olsen edited a book that describes how the results of the international large-scale studies PISA and TIMSS can be interpreted in the context of the Norwegian educational system. In nine chapters, the authors and editors present selected findings from these studies based on the data from almost 20 years and showcase how they may impact education in Norway.