Barcelona, January 22–24, 2026
1st International Congress on Committed and Critical Education
Day 1
Thursday, 22 January 2026
Paraninfo, UB Historic Building
16:30 | Collection of badges and documentation
17:30 | Opening
18:30 | Opening Keynote Lecture. Catherine Walsh: Pedagogies decolonials: insurgencies from the cracks
* Due to the official mourning decree in Catalonia following the tragic railway accident in Adamuz (Córdoba), and as a sign of respect for the victims and their families, the scheduled inaugural toast has been suspended.
Day 2
Friday, 23 January 2026
Campus Mundet, University of Barcelona
08:30 – 17:00 | Collection of badges and documentation
09:00 – 10:30 | Presentations. Parallel sessions
10:30 – 11:30 | Conference Lesley Wood: Reimagining Higher Education: participatory Approaches for Systemic Change
Chair: Dra. Assumtpa Aneas/ Room Rosa Roig
11:30 – 12:00 | Coffee Break
12:00 – 14:00 | Presentations. Parallel sessions
14:00 – 15:30 | Lunch (not included)
15:30 – 17:00 | Roundtable Critical Pedagogies: Enrique Díez, Belén Sáenz-Rico, Enric Prats, Francisco Imbernón, María Isabel Galvín
Chair: Dr. Francisco Imbernón/ Room Rosa Roig
17:00 – 18:30 | Presentations. Parallel sessions
20:30 – 22:30 | Congress Dinner (Restaurant Mescladís Lliure de Gracia · Carrer Montseny, 47 – 08012 Barcelona)
Day 3
Saturday, 24 January 2026
Campus Mundet, University of Barcelona
08:30 – 14:30 | Collection of badges and documentation
09:00 – 10:30 | Roundtable Education for Global Justice: Gema Celorio, La Salete Coelho, Elisabet Aznar
Chair: Mariano Flores/ Room Rosa Roig
10:30 – 11:00 | Presentation of the Project “Education for Global Justice: Skills to Transform the World”
11:00 – 11:30 | Coffee Break
11:30 – 13:00 | Presentations. Parallel sessions
13:00 – 14:00 | Networks and proposals for committed education: Manuel Fernández Navas and Érica Zeitz (DIME Collective)
Chair: Brenda Bär / Room Rosa Roig