Reimagining Educational Futures: Diagnosis and Prognosis This public lecture, hosted by the Social Justice and Inclusion Hub (SJI), is part of the Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture Series funded by the Robertson Endowment.AbstractDuring periods of rupture, major crises and social transformations, speculations around how best to understand the present, and what kind future might we imagine and materialise, come to the fore. What role does and should education play in this, and who gets to have a say? In this keynote I engage with, and explore, three main questions which I argue are central to reimagining education futures: First, what are the problems facing education systems around the globe that need resolving (diagnosis)? Second, which futures are being imagining by whom? (prognosis), and third, what frameworks might we use to evaluate the desirability or not of these proposals (ethics/reflexivity)? I conclude, drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt, to argue that educators have a special responsibility in this task.BiographySusan is Professor of Sociology of Education, now currently attached to the University of Manchester, UK. Prior to that she held a substantive position as Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, and was Head of Faculty. Susan continues as a Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. She has written extensively on education politics, space, governing and social justice. She is also founding editor of Globalisation, Societies and Education. Tags Education events Research centres, groups and networks Social Justice and Inclusion Research events May 28 2025 17.30 - 18.30 Reimagining Educational Futures: Diagnosis and Prognosis This public lecture will be delivered by Prof Susan Robertson, Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Manchester. Patterson's Land, G43 Please register for this event via Eventbrite
Reimagining Educational Futures: Diagnosis and Prognosis This public lecture, hosted by the Social Justice and Inclusion Hub (SJI), is part of the Stewart Alan Robertson Lecture Series funded by the Robertson Endowment.AbstractDuring periods of rupture, major crises and social transformations, speculations around how best to understand the present, and what kind future might we imagine and materialise, come to the fore. What role does and should education play in this, and who gets to have a say? In this keynote I engage with, and explore, three main questions which I argue are central to reimagining education futures: First, what are the problems facing education systems around the globe that need resolving (diagnosis)? Second, which futures are being imagining by whom? (prognosis), and third, what frameworks might we use to evaluate the desirability or not of these proposals (ethics/reflexivity)? I conclude, drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt, to argue that educators have a special responsibility in this task.BiographySusan is Professor of Sociology of Education, now currently attached to the University of Manchester, UK. Prior to that she held a substantive position as Professor of Sociology at the University of Cambridge, and was Head of Faculty. Susan continues as a Fellow of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. She has written extensively on education politics, space, governing and social justice. She is also founding editor of Globalisation, Societies and Education. Tags Education events Research centres, groups and networks Social Justice and Inclusion Research events May 28 2025 17.30 - 18.30 Reimagining Educational Futures: Diagnosis and Prognosis This public lecture will be delivered by Prof Susan Robertson, Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Manchester. Patterson's Land, G43 Please register for this event via Eventbrite
May 28 2025 17.30 - 18.30 Reimagining Educational Futures: Diagnosis and Prognosis This public lecture will be delivered by Prof Susan Robertson, Professor of Sociology of Education at the University of Manchester.
