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CEESES Call for Papers

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Conference on Teaching Social and Ecological Issues in Higher Education


https://ceeses2026.sciencesconf.org/

In the face of socio-ecological upheavals, higher education plays an important role both in educating students about these issues and in preparing future professionals for the transitions ahead. 

The conference CEESES 2026 builds on previous initiatives (ETES, SEESEES) and aims to continue this momentum of collaborative training between higher education and research professionals through two main areas of focus:

  • opportunities for discussion, sharing, and exchanging experiences;
  • opportunities for disciplinary acculturation led by guest specialists.

The purpose of the conference is to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and to enable each participant to engage with all disciplines. The conference is open to anyone involved in—or wishing to become involved in—the teaching of socio-ecological issues in higher education: faculty members, trainers, instructional designers, doctoral students, educational support staff, program directors, and institutional stakeholders.

GUIDELINES:

Through presentations by experts and other contributions, the CEESES conference aims to foster critical reflection on some of the followingissues :

1 – ISociety-Environment Interdependencies:

  • needs for food, energy, water, and housing;
  • systemic perspectives on the interrelationships between the environment and health, between biodiversity and climate, etc.

2 – Science, Technology, and Society:

  • geoengineering and techno-solutionism;
  • digital technology and artificial intelligence (including the use of these tools in higher education);
  • values and conflicts of values (how the current socio-ecological context is challenging disciplinary content and practices);
  • media outlets that promote climate denial;
  • advances in low-tech;
  • eco-design.

3 – Socioeconomic Models and Legal Frameworks for Transition: Economic and Legal Pathways Through the Concept of Degrowth and Environmental Law.

4 – Timeframes, Narratives, and Transformative Perspectives:

  •  retrospective and prospective;
  •  environmental history;
  • Indigenous and decolonial perspectives;
  • paths toward a more modest but nonetheless promising future.

5 – Teaching Methods, Pedagogies, and Training Programs:

  • contributions from the fields of education and training to the pedagogical aspects of teaching socio-ecological issues;
  • an overview of the resources available for this course;
  • transformative educational approaches that enable the (re)construction of the network of relationships between people, societies, and the environment.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:

In addition to the invited experts, a broader call for participation focused on teaching and training in socio-ecological issues is now open. Submissions in response to this call may address the themes listed below (in line with theconference’s focus areas mentioned above) or any other topic of the author’s choosing.

The topics for the call for papers include:

  • experiments in implementing the TEDS (Ecological Transition for Sustainable Development) “ TU ”: educational choices, alternative teaching methods, organization of “ TU,” scaling up, training of trainers, and logistical aspects;
  • the integration of socio-ecological issues into training programs and disciplinary instruction: hybrid approaches, interdisciplinarity, didactic and pedagogical aspects, support, and obstacles;
  • training programs for the jobs of the future, “disruptive” training programs, and interdisciplinary training programs.

Contributions from all disciplines—including the experimental sciences, the formal sciences, the natural sciences, the humanities and social sciences, the sciences of education and training, and the engineering sciences—on teaching and training related to socio-ecological issues are welcome.

There are three submission formats available.

1) Interactive workshop

The goal is the active participation of everyone registered for the workshop, which may involve some preparatory work on the part of the participants. The format is flexible. The proposal should clearly state the intended purpose of the TEDS-based teaching, training, or resource (theme, intended objective), the facilitation methods, any specific requirements (indoor space, outdoor setting, etc.), and the minimum and maximum number of participants, if applicable. Please indicate the desired duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes or 3 hours.

2) Individual Communication

An individual presentation lasting about ten minutes, followed by a discussion, may be proposed. This presentation may take the form of a report on experiences teaching TEDS on a specific topic or a presentation of emerging research that helps develop a didactic, pedagogical, or training perspective on TEDS.

3) Poster

Posters that showcase innovative approaches to teaching TEDS and/or encourage reflective analysis of these experiments, as well as research on teaching methods and educational resources.

SUBMISSION FORMAT

For workshops and presentations, the recommended length for the proposal abstract is approximately 3,000 characters, with 3 bibliographic references if possible.

For posters, a one-page summary of the content and main sections is required, along with 3 references.

To submit a contribution, click here.

To register for the conference, click here.

Important Dates
Registration Opens February 6, 2026
Submission Deadline April 27, 2026
Feedback on Submissions May 18, 2026
Registration Deadline May 31, 2026