STORIES Conference 2023
15th - 16th March, 2023 09:00 - 18:00 (GMT)
Shifting Sands in Education: Environment, EdTech, and Equity
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STORIES (STudents’ Ongoing Research In Educational Studies) is an annual conference hosted by the University of Oxford’s Department of Education. Our mission is to support graduate research and foster networks between students, faculty and colleagues across the field of education, from Oxford and beyond. We welcome papers from educational practitioners as well as graduate students offering a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives on education. Equally, we welcome presentations on both in-progress and completed research. Our 2023 theme is “Shifting Sands in Education: Environment, EdTech, and Equity.”
This year’s conference will be a two-day online event, held on Wednesday 15th March and Thursday 16th March. Presentations will be ten minutes long, followed by panel questions/individual questions. Please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words for our consideration by midnight (UK time) on Sunday 19th February.
Find our conference schedule here!
Find our Book of Abstracts here!
The links to our conference are listed below
DAY 1 ROOM 1
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84171711197?pwd=a2ZkbWVRL0dlZkZOYUpPMEgvT3hKUT09
Meeting ID: 841 7171 1197
Passcode: 442776
DAY 1 ROOM 2
DAY 2 ROOM 1
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84428093139?pwd=L2RTNlNOeDFSSmJ0Y2lQcjlFQ2RaZz09
Meeting ID: 844 2809 3139
Passcode: 114010
More on this year's theme
As we observe the rapidly changing social and technological landscapes across the globe, adapting education to the new demands on today’s learners and teachers becomes more challenging. Our theme for the 2023 STORIES Conference is “Shifting Sands in Education: Environment, EdTech, and Equity.” This theme is based on what we perceive to be some of the most important threads for our global community: our interaction with the non-human environment including climate change and sustainability; technology and its use for education; and the persistent acknowledgement and work to correct injustices. It is key to highlight research around education that addresses these integral paths of change as we continue to adapt and evolve through the impacts of a global pandemic and continued development in sectors such as technology, while supporting and creating safer, more equitable spaces for previously and currently marginalized groups.
In 2023 especially, we believe that the theme of “Shifting Sands in Education: Environment, EdTech, and Equity” will bring together the ideas that will shape the future of education in the face of fluid social and environmental change and the persistent progress of information technology. We welcome paper abstracts from all angles, perspectives, and contexts.
Our Keynote Speakers
Professor Victoria Murphy,
University of Oxford
Victoria Murphy is Professor of Applied Linguistics and the Deputy Director of the Department of Education, University of Oxford. She is the research group convener of the Applied Linguistics, and the R.E.A.L. (Research in English as an Additional Language) research groups. Victoria’s research focuses on understanding the inter-relationships between child L2/FL learning, vocabulary and literacy development.
Professor Martin Carnoy,
Stanford University
Dr. Carnoy is a labor economist with a special interest in the political economy of the educational system. He specializes in comparative analysis. He is a professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University where he has served on the faculty since 1969. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Education as well as of the International Academy of Education.
Professor Wang Liping,
Peking University
Professor Wang Liping is an associate professor in the School of Education at Peking University. She specializes in historical sociology, social theory, ethnicity and educational studies. She has been working on empire and identity formation in China-Inner Mongolia, the production of ethnographic knowledge in modern China, and language and educational policies among the ethnic minorities in China.
Professor Manish Jain,
Ecoversities Alliance and Complexity University
Manish is a de-educationist, social innovator and ecosystem manifestor. Manish has 25 years of experience working with grassroots leaders, young people, and local communities. The vision behind his work is that people are inherently creative when freed from the constraints of factory schooling and externally imposed development paradigms. He is the founder of Ecoversities Alliance and Cofounder of Complexity University.
