Events and Activities

SEMINAR: Children, Young People and Education in the Anthropocene

February 16^th, 2024, 1-3.30pm

Welcome & Introduction Professor Karen Malone

Part 1: Educational Responses to the Climate Crisis

Keynote: Education for Sustainable Environment – discovering the student perspective in relation to green transition at primary level school.

Speaker: Mathilda Brückner, PhD student, University of Southern Denmark.

Roundtable Discussion (10 min each speaker)

Dr Eve Mayes (Deakin Uni) Striking Voices: Young people’s critique of school responses to climate justice

Professor Marcia McKenzie (University of Melbourne) Digital Climates

Dr Tracy Young (Swinburne Uni) Higher education responses to sustainability education

Part 2: Young People’s Hope and Futures in the Anthropocene

Keynote: Nourishing Life-Friendly Co-Existence in an Anthropocene age: New Hope

Speaker: Associate Professor Michael Paulsen, University of Southern Denmark

Roundtable Discussion (10 min each speaker)

Dr Sarah Healy & A/Prof Kate Coleman (SWISP Lab, Uni Melb) Hacking the Anthropocene

Dr Sarah Crinall (Southern Cross Uni) First Nations Science First and Artfully

Professor Karen Malone (Swinburne Uni) Troubling children’s climate anxiety

Open Discussion 30-40 minutes

RSVP kmalone@swin.edu.au for catering numbers.

Refreshments and light vegan snacks provided – please bring a keeper cup

Further discussion and drinks afterwards at the Hawthorn hotel (481 Burwood Rd, Hawthorn VIC 3122)

Access Information

Location: Room: BA 507 (see map below)Swinburne University of Technology (Hawthorn Campus)

Transport: Train fromFlinders Street Station(take Alamein, Belgrave or Lilydale lines) toGlenferrie Station.

Zoom Online Access: https://swinburne.zoom.us/j/87528219142  Dial-in phone line: +61 2 8015 2088 Meeting ID: 875 2821 9142 International numbers: https://swinburne.zoom.us/u/kefm2dL87e