Webinar and Dialogue at the Université Laval
Université Laval (Laval University) is the oldest French-language university in North America, located in Québec City, Canada.
The Ikeda Study Center for Global Citizenship, Dialogue and Peace Education hosted a webinar on February 2nd, 2024 discussing value-creating global citizenship education for sustainable development, with a focus on the educational ideas of the Indian political leader and educator, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Japanese educators, Tsunesaburo Makiguchi and Daisaku Ikeda.
Symposium panel at the ECER 2023 conference in Glasgow covered in the Seikyo newspaper in Japan
On 24th August 2023 a symposium titled “Global Citizenship as a Pedagogy of Hope” was held at a conference organized by the European Educational Research Association (EERA) on themes related to #interculturaleducation #socialjustice #sokaeducation #globalcitizenshipeducation and #sustainability

Access the Seikyo newspaper article published on 2nd September 2023 via this link, also copied below.



Value-Creating Approach [Interview]
Discussing #global citizenship and #sustainability – interview published in GLOCITED, an editorial project led by UNESCO Chair in GCED and colleagues at the University of Bologna.

Dr. Raffaella Faggioli 22/08/2023
Keynote by Dr. Sobhi Tawil from UNESCO-Futures of Education Team
It was a pleasure to respond to the fantastic keynote on #TransformingEducation for Just and Sustainable Futures at a conference organized by the Academic Network on Global Education and Learning (ANGEL) and held at UNESCO, Paris.
YouTube link to the keynote.

Engaging the Earth Charter and Instituto Soka Amazônia at UNESCO, Paris
Outcomes from ongoing studies examining the Earth Charter and Environmental Education at the Soka Amazon Institute was presented on 20th June 2023 at a conference organized by the Academic Network on Global Education and Learning (ANGEL) held at UNESCO, Paris.
Covered by the Institute’s blog.

Symposium at ANGEL-UNESCO conference covered in the Seikyo newspaper in Japan
On 20th June 2023 a symposium titled “Global Citizenship Education and Sustainability: Engaging the Earth Charter and Value-Creating Perspectives” was held at a conference organized by the Academic Network on Global Education and Learning (ANGEL) held at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris.

Conference materials can be found here. Symposium covered by the Seikyo newspaper in Japan – full article below.


International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning special issue UCL Press
Global Citizenship as a Pedagogy of Hope journal issue – an outcome of Academic Network on Global Education and Learning (ANGEL) and symposium at the 2022 British Educational Research Association (BERA) conference.

Dialogues on Value-Creating Education, Global Citizenship, and Sustainability at the Université Laval’s Ikeda Center.
Click here for a link to the film mentioned in this presentation; for audio version click here; also see this clip.
More information on the Ikeda Center for Education in Global Citizenship, Dialogue and Peace can be found here.