Thirty-First International Conference on Learning

  • The Converging Challenges for Inclusive Education: Intercultural Competences and Digital Literacies in Global Contexts
  • 10-12 July 2024
  • Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands + Online

Research Network Chairs

Bill Cope

Bill Cope

Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

(English)

Mary Kalantzis

Mary Kalantzis

College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

(English)

José Luis Ortega Martín

José Luis Ortega Martín

Professor, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

(Spanish)

Conference Chairs

​Kristi Jauregi-Ondarra

​Kristi Jauregi-Ondarra

Associate Professor, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Christopher Jenks

Christopher Jenks

Professor, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands

2024 Plenary Speakers

The Thirty-First International Conference on Learning featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Ciara R. Wigham

Ciara R. Wigham

Senior Lecturer in English Language Teaching and Didactics, Université Clermont Auvergne, France

"Engaging Languages in Intercultural Virtual Exchange"

Melinda Dooly

Melinda Dooly

Full Professor, Department of Language & Literature Education and Social Science Education, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

"Empowering Tomorrow: Nurturing an Inclusive, Digitally Literate Educational Landscape"

Ana Gimeno

Ana Gimeno

Full Professor of English Language, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain

"¿La digitalización de verdad nos lleva hacia la inclusividad y la democratización de la enseñanza o es una utopía?"

Wouter van Joolingen

Wouter van Joolingen

Professor of Science and Mathematics Education, Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

"Computational Thinking and Modeling in and beyond Science Education"

Bill Cope

Bill Cope

Professor, College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

"Generative AI: Implications and Applications for Education"

Mary Kalantzis

Mary Kalantzis

College of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States

"Generative AI: Implications and Applications for Education"

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2024 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Patrícia Ferreira

Patrícia Ferreira

Escola Superior de Educação do Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Portugal

(In-Person)

Helena Andrade Mendonça

Helena Andrade Mendonça

USP University of Sao Paulo Brazil, Brazil

(In-Person)

Lola Costa Gálvez

Lola Costa Gálvez

Open University of Catalonia (UOC), Spain

(In-Person)

Jennifer Reichel

Jennifer Reichel

University of St. Thomas, USA

(In-Person)

Maggie Velasco

Maggie Velasco

University of St Thomas, USA

(In-Person)

Jackie Thompson

Jackie Thompson

University of Toledo, USA

(In-Person)

Marci Levy-Maguire

Marci Levy-Maguire

University of St. Thomas, USA

(In-Person)

Julie Williams

Julie Williams

University of St. Thomas, USA

(In-Person)

Evguenia Iskra

Evguenia Iskra

University of Calgary, Canada

(In-Person)

Mária Laczkó

Mária Laczkó

Deák Ferenc Secondary Grammar School of Kispest, Hungary

(In-Person)

Tracy Bonoffski

Tracy Bonoffski

UNC Charlotte, USA

(In-Person)

Jaddy Brigitte Nielsen Nino

Jaddy Brigitte Nielsen Nino

Nebrija University, Spain

(In-Person)

Alexánder Ramírez

Alexánder Ramírez

Universidad del Valle, Colombia

(Online Only)

Melissa Švigelj

Melissa Švigelj

James Madison University, USA

(Online Only)

Belén González-Laguillo

Belén González-Laguillo

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

(Online Only)

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Eva Erber

Eva Erber

Rutgers University, Graduate Student (German Studies), United States

(Online Only)

Charity Okeke

Charity Okeke

University of the Free State, South Africa

(Online Only)

Zenia Chan

Zenia Chan

University of Cambridge, UK

(Online Only)

Vivaldi Chung

Vivaldi Chung

University of Cambridge, UK

(Online Only)

Serah Kivuti

Serah Kivuti

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

(Online Only)

Conference Partner