The XVI UNESCO Janusz Korczak  Chair International Summer School is supported by the EU-funded Empathy project this year (EMPATHY: Challenging discourse about Islam and Muslims in Poland, EU funded project: 101049389 CERV-2021-EQUAL). The Empathy project is about challenging discourses about Islam and Muslims, but the summer school is of a broader context including many different forms of linguistic and discursive 'isms'. 

The topic of this year Summer School is “Researching Social Inclusion, Political Discourse, Policy, and Education 2023”. In line with the key principles guiding UNESCO call for action, the International Summer School seeks to promote innovative thinking and active response to the major contemporary global challenges. Emphasis will be placed in political discourses, social policies, education and human rights; all of them crucial for building more inclusive and sustainable societies.

Recognizing intercultural diversity and fostering inclusive language and discourses is also central to achievement of social inclusion. Education as a global public good is a driver of inclusion and resilience, and it’s essential to meet the needs of children, youths and minorities, who are disproportionally affected by conflicts and all kinds of violence, including hate speech.

The Summer School closes with the International Conference on Sociology of Education: Wellbeing and Resilience in the Times of Crisis, which will take place at APS on 21-22.09.2023 

Summer School Poster PDF available here

The complete program of this year Summer School is available here

XVI Summer School experts:

Dr Magdalena Lemańczyk - Assistant Professor at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland

Prof. Pat Dolan - joint founder and Director of the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre and an Academic Director of the M.A. in Family Support Studies

Dr. Taiwo Afolabi - Interdisciplinary artistic scholar from Africa with internationally recognized expertise in research-based theatre

Dr Mark Brennan - UNESCO Chair for Community, Leadership, and Youth Development and Professor of Leadership and Community Development at the Pennsylvania State University

Prof Marthinus Conradie - PhD in critical discourse analysis and inferential pragmatics from the University of the Free State (South Africa)

Dr Seran Demiral - Author of children’s literature and sci-fi writer, as well as a philosophy for children/communities trainer from Istanbul

Dr Marek Troszyński - Director of the Observatory of Digital Civilization at Collegium Civitas in Warsaw

XVI Summer School Participants:  

Anna Barszczewska - Principal and preschool teacher

Claudia Chovgrani - PhD student at the Maria Grzegorzewska University

Gonzalo Hidalgo Bazán - PhD Researcher at the University of Bristol's School of Education

Ibukun-Oluwa Fasunhan - Ph.D. student in Media and Artistic Research at the University of Regina

IU HON CHEONG - Bachelor’s degree in Hospitality and Tourism Management

James Omolo - Human rights activist on issues affecting People of African Descent

Jessica Kristin Nowak - Doctoral student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Bialystok

Joanna Pawłowska - PhD student at the Maria Grzegorzewska University

Joyce Nakivumbi  - Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Sciences Makerere University

Julianne Gerbrandt - PhD student at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Canada

Luba Kozak - Ph.D. student at the University of Regina

Muhammad Zahid Iqbal - Assistant Professor in Immersive Technologies at Teesside University

Olawale Oni - Lecturer in digital media and user experience at the School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology, University of Salford

Racheal Namusisi - Bachelor Degree in Social Work and Social Administration and Psychiatric Nursing

Samiullah Ahmadzai - Graduate degrees in agriculture and integrated water resources management (IWRM)

Swati Chawla - Master's degree student in Children's Rights at Potsdam University

Weronika Molińska - PhD student at the Maria Grzegorzewska University

Zhuo Diao - Student in World Heritage Study at Brandenburg University of Technology.