Democrat-Horizon Agora Blog

Democracy Talk 15: Transformation and Reflection in Education for Democracy
2024-12-11 15:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Brussels)
Join us for our 15th Democracy Talk on Wednesday, December 11th, at 3pm CET!
We’re very happy to welcome Anne Nevgi and Niclas Sandström of the University of Helsinki. They will speak about “Transformation and Reflection in Education for Democracy”.

Don’t miss out this enriching discussion and tune in LIVE on YouTube via this link: https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon

Democracy Talk 14: Promoting democratic participation and engagement - the AKA project
2024-11-27 15:00 - 16:00
Join us for our 14th Democracy Talk on Wednesday, November 27th, at 3pm CET!
We’re very happy to welcome Hilmi Tekoglu of SOLIDAR Foundation. He will discuss “Promoting democratic participation and engagement – the AKA project”.
AKA (Awareness, Knowledge, Action) Active Citizens is a 2-year project, coordinated by SOLIDAR Foundation, carried out in a consortium of 8 partners across Europe namely Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. The project’s primary objective is to promote democratic participation and engagement at the EU level among young citizens from marginalised/underrepresented backgrounds across the participating 8 countries. AKA Active Citizens project is funded by Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV). You can learn more here
Don’t miss out on this enriching discussion and tune in LIVE on YouTube via this link: https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon

Democracy Talk 13: How to Educate in a Pluralistic and Democratic Society
2024-11-13 15:00 - 16:00
We’re very happy to welcome Maria Rosa Buxarrais of the University of Barcelona for our 13th Democracy Talk. She will speak about “How to Educate in a Pluralistic and Democratic Society” with a larger focus on higher education.

Democracy Talk 12: The school as a democratic learning environment (The promotion of a whole-school approach to civic and citizenship education in Italy)
2024-10-30 15:00 - 16:00

Democracy Talk 11: Citizen’s Assemblies for Children and Young People
2024-10-16 15:00 - 16:00
Join us for our 11th Democracy Talk on Wednesday, October 16th, at 3pm CET!
We’re very happy to welcome Benjamin Mallon of the Dublin City University,
DCU. He will speak about “Citizen’s Assemblies for Children and Young People”.
Don’t miss out this enriching discussion and tune in LIVE on YouTube
via this link: https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon

Democracy Talk 10: Read Right-Read Rights: A School Project Using Children's Rights to Develop Democratic Thinking in the Educational Community
2024-10-02 15:00 - 16:00
Join us for our 10th Democracy Talk on Wednesday, October 2nd, at 3pm CET!
We’re very happy to welcome Clàudia Soler Laborda and her colleagues of the Escola Carrilet in Palagrufell, Catalonia. They will speak about the project “Read Right-Read Rights: A School Project Using Children’s Rights to Develop Democratic Thinking in the Educational Community“.

Don’t miss out this enriching discussion and tune in LIVE on YouTube via this link: https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon

Democracy Talk 9: Challenging Fake News and Conspiracy Theories in Education
2024-09-18 15:00 - 16:00
We will have a conversation with Fabian Virchow of the Hochschule
Düsseldorf, HSD. He will speak about “Challenging Fake News and Conspiracy
Theories in Education”.
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Democracy Talk 8: The Social and Political Conduct - Curricula in Primary and Secondary Education in Greece
2024-07-31 15:00 - 15:30
Join us for our 8th Democracy Talk on Wednesday, July 31st at 3pm CET! 🗓️
We’re very happy to welcome Manussos Marangudakis from the University of the Aegean, who will share insights into “The Social and Political Conduct – Curricula in Primary and Secondary Education in Greece”.
🌍📚 Don’t miss out this enriching discussion and tune in LIVE on YouTube via this link: https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon

Democracy Talk 7: Gender Inequalities: a challenge for inclusive democracy
2024-07-17 15:00 - 16:00
We’re very happy to welcome Paulina Sekula of Jagiellonian University Krakow who will discuss Gender Inequalities: a challenge for inclusive democracy on July 17th at 3pm CET
🌍📚 Don’t miss out this enriching discussion and tune in LIVE on YouTube via this link: https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon

Democracy Talk 6: COVIDEA – The Covid Education Alliance
2024-07-03 15:00 - 16:00
We are very happy to welcome Georgios Kostakos of FOGGS (one of the ten DEMOCRAT partners) who will be speaking about COVIDEA – The Covid Education Alliance.
Join us here: https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon

Democracy Talk 5: Glocally Transformative Project-Based Learning – transforming students, teachers, and communities
2024-06-19 15:00 - 15:30
Hosted by Diana Trevino and Vanina Morrison
Guests: Maarja Hallik and Merike Saar from the Tallinn University
This session will be streamed for the external audience again live on YouTube. The external audience can join us using the following link: https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon

Democracy Talk 4: IncludeMe+: Participation and peacebuilding through mediation in digital media
2024-06-05 15:00 - 16:00
https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon
Guest: Emmanuel Acquah (IncludeMe+ Project)
Hosted by eucen

Democracy Talk 3: Experiential Learning: Democratic education beyond traditional didactics
2024-05-22 15:00 - 16:00
https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon
Guest: Katarina Popović (University of Belgrade)
Hosted by Diana Treviño (eucen)

Democracy Talk #2: Bridging the Gap: From Concepts to Competence in Children's Democratic Education.
2024-05-08 15:00 - 16:00
Featuring Beatriz Toscano from the HSD
Live streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon

Democracy Talk #1: Introducing the DEMOCRAT Project
2024-04-24 15:00 - 16:00
Live streamed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@democrathorizon
