ISCAR 2025 Regional Southern Europe and Middle East Conference
Call for Papers
ISCAR 2025 Regional Southern Europe and Middle East Conference. Theme: Towards Equity, Peace and Sustainability in time of Crisis. November 5–7, 2025. Hosted by the Faculty of Education, UIC Barcelona-Sant Cugat, Spain.
We invite scholars to participate in the ISCAR 2025 Regional Southern Europe and Middle East Conference, centered on the theme "Towards Equity, Peace and Sustainability in time of Crisis".
This conference aims to foster dialogue and collaboration around how Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT) and related approaches can address the pressing challenges of our time in fostering equitable, inclusive, and sustainable communities.
Conference Theme
The theme underscores the importance of equity, peace, and sustainability as foundational pillars for creating just societies. We welcome contributions that explore how CHAT, expansive learning, and sociocultural theories illuminate and advance research and practices that address inequality, enhance participation, and promote sustainable futures across diverse cultural, institutional, and social contexts.
This theme also encourages critical reflections on the historical roots, contemporary applications, and future perspectives of CHAT and related approaches. The conference will provide a platform for scholars from diverse disciplines to discuss and co-create knowledge, emphasizing pluridisciplinarity and epistemological flexibility.
Key Themes and Sub-Themes
We invite submissions that explore the following themes and sub-themes. Please note that these topics are not exhaustive, and proposals that align with sociocultural approaches and other practice-based approaches are also warmly welcomed.
Equity and Peace
Education and access for underserved communities
Participatory practices in social and institutional contexts
Addressing inequalities in digital and physical learning environments
Inclusive practices in workplaces, organizations and schools
Education for peace and equity literacy
Sustainability and Social Responsibility
Cultural-historical perspectives on environmental and social sustainability
Mediating practices for addressing global challenges
Contributions to sustainable development goals (SDGs)
CHAT-informed interventions in community and social movements
Theoretical and Methodological Advances in CHAT
Emerging concepts, challenges, and developments within CHAT
Constructive dialogue with other theoretical frameworks
Theoretical foundations and epistemological flexibility in in CHAT research
Historicity, levels of analysis, and units of analysis in CHAT
Changing Practices, Relations, and Communities
Individual and collective transformative agency
Collective concept formation and collaborative creativity in education, workplaces, and communities
Transformations in professional contexts, families, leisure, and everyday life
Exploring development and learning in interaction between human and technology systems
Submission Formats
We encourage submissions in the following formats:
Single Paper: Oral presentations followed by audience discussion.
Symposium: A cohesive set of research papers organized around a theme, involving 3–4 contributors and a discussant.
Poster: Poster presentations of research accompanied by brief oral discussions, specially adapted for early-stage research.
Workshop/Demonstration/Data Session: Practical, hands-on sessions or data-sharing for collaborative analysis and feedback.
Submission Guidelines
Title: 20 words or fewer
Abstract: 150 words or fewer
Extended Abstract: 1000 words or fewer, including references, tables, and figures (placed at the end of the document).
Submissions must not include any identifying author information.
Each participant may submit up to two proposals as the main contributor.
Submission Process
All submissions must be made via the conference submission system. The submission portal will open on April 1, 2025, and close on May 15, 2025 (23:59 CET). Late submissions will not be accepted.
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