The con­fe­rence invites rese­ar­chers and advanced graduate students worldwide to submit papers, posters, and symposia related to extended education. It focuses on diversity, equality, and inclusion within extended edu­ca­tio­nal contexts such as after-school pro­gram­mes, extra­cur­ri­cu­lar acti­vi­ties, and community-based learning. It aims to explore how these settings can support children’s learning, deve­lo­p­ment, par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on, and social cohesion, par­ti­cu­lar­ly in incre­a­sing­ly diverse societies.
The concept of “super­di­ver­si­ty”, discussed by Steven Vertovec, provides an important theo­re­ti­cal per­spec­ti­ve for examining social diversity and edu­ca­tio­nal practices.

The Call for Participation (CfP) is seeking sub­mis­si­ons on edu­ca­tio­nal equity, inclusion and diversity in the context of extended education. The focus is on effective approa­ches to equal oppor­tu­ni­ties, gender-sensitive pedagogy and anti-dis­cri­mi­na­ti­on with reference to the above mentioned edu­ca­tio­nal settings. In addition, stra­te­gies for youth par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on, for pro­fes­sio­na­li­sing teams in diversity com­pe­tence in these edu­ca­tio­nal settings and inter­di­sci­pli­na­ry approa­ches to tackling school absen­te­eism will be addresses, with a view to sus­tain­ab­ly streng­thening par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on and social cohesion.

Key topics also include the role of funds of knowledge in sup­port­ing children’s par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on in extended education, the deve­lo­p­ment of inclusive struc­tures in extended education, civic education, col­la­bo­ra­ti­on between extended education, schools and families, mul­ti­l­in­gu­al learning envi­ron­ments in extended education, part­ner­ships with NGOs, and the ways in which social ine­qua­li­ties are produced or trans­for­med in contexts of extended education.

Submissions must include an abstract of up to 400 word ins English.
The sub­mis­si­on period runs from 7^th September 2026 to 15^th January 2027.