Education Sciences Webinar | Critical Pedagogy and Climate Justice, 25 October 2023 and 17 November 2023

We invite you to join our webinar—Critical Pedagogy and Climate Justice. It is with a sense of growing urgency, and following the hottest summer on record, that we are glad to host a discussion around a Special Issue of Education Sciences (ISSN: 2227-7102) focused on the links between critical pedagogy and climate justice.

With discussions about climate justice gaining momentum, it is imperative that critical educators re-evaluate, broaden, and rearticulate the Freirean project and its long-standing concerns with social justice in order to strongly reconnect with the lived ecologies of the oppressed.

This is particularly important as discourses on environmentalism and environmental education risk being subsumed in the neoliberal, neo-colonial technocratic status quo, in a sort of “pedagogical greenwashing”, while opportunities for radical social and educational transformation become foreclosed.

The aim of this Special Issue is therefore to broaden the scope and space of critical pedagogical discourse and the development of related ideas.

This webinar will underline the urgency of this call and provide a platform for discussion and to initiate conversation with potential authors.

Acknowledging the ongoing material imbalances shaping the global publishing ecosystem, we will also dedicate substantial attention to the rationale for having an Open Access Special Issue, and what we believe is an equitable compromise in terms of funding and access.

Date: 25 October 2023 at 1:30 p.m. CEST | 7:30 a.m. EDT | 7:30 p.m. CST Asia

Webinar ID: 884 6015 0177

Speaker/Presentation	Time in CEST	Time in EDT	Time in CST Asia
Dr. Luca Morini Chair Introduction	1:30–1:35 p.m.	7:30–7:35 a.m.	7:30–7:35 p.m.
Dr. Arinola Adefila and Dr. Luca Morini Introducing the call—The Urgency of bringing together Critical Pedagogy and Climate Justice	1:35–2:15 p.m.	7:35–8:15 a.m.	7:35–8:15 p.m.
Q&A Session	2:15–2:30 p.m.	8:15–8:30 a.m.	8:15–8:30 p.m.
Dr. Luca Morini On the submission process & funding—the rationale for OA	2:30–2:40 p.m.	8:30–8:40 a.m.	8:30–8:40 p.m.
Q&A Session	2:40–2:55 p.m.	8:40–8:55 a.m.	8:40–8:55 p.m.
Dr. Luca Morini Closing of Webinar	2:55–3:00 p.m.	8:55–9:00 a.m.	8:55–9:00 p.m.

Date: 17 November 2023 at 6:00 p.m. CET | 12:00 p.m. EDT

Webinar ID: 822 5792 5100

Speaker/Presentation	Time in CET	Time in EDT
Dr. Luca Morini Chair Introduction	6:00–6:05 p.m.	12:00–12:05 p.m.
Dr. Arinola Adefila and Dr. Luca Morini Introducing the call—The Urgency of bringing together Critical Pedagogy and Climate Justice	6:05–6:45 p.m.	12:05–12:45 p.m.
Q&A Session	6:45–7:00 p.m.	12:45–1:00 p.m.
Dr. Luca Morini On the submission process & funding—the rationale for OA	7:00–7:10 p.m.	1:00–1:10 p.m.
Q&A Session	7:10–7:25 p.m.	1:10–1:25 p.m.
Dr. Luca Morini Closing of Webinar	7:25–7:30 p.m.	1:25–1:30 p.m.

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Webinar Chair and Keynote Speaker:

Luca Morini, Centre for Global Learning, Coventry University, Coventry, CV15FB, United Kingdom
Arinola Adefila, Staffordshire Centre for Learning and Pedagogic Practice, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom

Relevant Special Issue:
“Critical Pedagogy and Climate Justice”