Rethinking Education in Light of Global Challenges

Karen Bjerg Petersen is Associate Professor at the Danish School of Education in Aarhus, Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research areas are globalisation, education policy, diversity, vulnerable youth, and alternative educational settings. Kerstin von Brömssen is Professor in Educational Science at University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. Her research interests are in the intersections of religion, ethnicity, gender, migration and education, curriculum theory, social justice, teacher education, and qualitative research method(ologies). Gro Hellesdatter Jacobsen is Associate Professor at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. Her research interests are ethnic minorities and intercultural pedagogy and contemporary diagnoses of pedagogical and political tendencies.Jesper Garsdal is Reader (Docent) at Via University College, Aarhus, Denmark. His research areas are global and intercultural philosophy, philosophy of education and the global diversity of ideals of edification, philosophies of imagination, and existence.Michael Paulsen is Associate Professor at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. His research focuses on the ontology and axiology of education. Currently he is working on developing a new understanding of education situated in the Anthropocene. Oleg Koefoed, Action-Philosopher, Denmark, is exploring possibilities of participation in urban planning and greening, based on the local action and shared reflection. He is the author of a series of publications related to participatory urban nature making, placemaking, and sustainable cities.