The ConCitizen team has members from the University of Cyprus, Adyan Foundation (Libanon), The Queen’s University of Belfast, Oslo Metropolitan University and University College Copenhagen.
The conference program covers talks and discussions on classroom dynamics, indigenous people, Interreligious dialogue, religious and secular narratives, researching and teaching controversial issues and political efficacy.
You can read more about ConCitizen here (kp.dk).
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Program
Monday the 24th June:
- 13:00-14:00: ConCitizen
Main findings, Associate Professors Lakshmi Sigurdson (ucviden.dk), Eva Lindhardt (ucviden.dk)
and Dr. Eleni Christodoulou (University of Cyprus) (elenichristodoulou.com)
Student presentations from Denmark and Northern Irleand:
Amalie Stærke (University College Copenhagen): Controversial objects and development of students' democratic citizenship
Students from Queen’s University, Belfast: What do young people think about how controversial issues should be taught? Classroom based research findings from Northern Ireland- 14:00-14:15: Coffee break
- 14:15-15:45: Contested narratives and indigenous people in education: The Sami and the Inuit cases. Professor Torjer Olsen (uit.no). Associate Professor Gitte Funch Henriksen (kp.dk)
- 17:00: Visit Utøya: Guided tour and dinner
Transforming Utøya to a place for reconciliation and education after the 22. July terrorist attack in 2011
Guided tour with Jørgen Watne Frydnes (wikipedia.org), former CEO of Utøya and current chair of Nobel Peace Price Committee
Tuesday the 25th June:
- 09:00-10:15: Interreligious dialogues in education and society
Professor Anne Hege Grung (uio.no): Religious dialogue – the Norwegian experience
Panel discussion with Dr. Norman Richardson (stran.uk): Religious dialogue in Northern Ireland and Professor Ziad Fahed (Fahed.com): Religious dialogue in Lebanon - 10:15-10:45: Coffee break
- 10:45-12:00: Religious and secular narratives in Norwegian society and in school: The religious and secular dimension of the RE subject, KRLE. Associate Professor Espen Schjetne (hiof.no) and Associate Professor Ole Henrik Borchgrevink Hansen (hiof.no)
Panel discussion with Professor Tony Gallagher (pure.qub.ac.uk) and Professor Marie von der Lippe (uib.no) - 12:00-13:00: Lunch
- 13:00-14:00: Researching and teaching controversial issues
Presentations by research group from University of Bergen. Led by Professor Marie von der Lippe - 14:00-14:15: Coffee break
- 14:15-15:00: Political efficacy and social background of lower secondary students in Citizenship Education
Presentation by Associate Professor Anders Granås Kjøstvedt (oslomet.no)
- 13:00-14:00: ConCitizen
