It was inspiring to see how ideas about the future of higher education brought people together in Ankara, Türkiye. At the 8th International Higher Education Studies Conference (IHEC) 2025, hosted by the Association for Higher Education Studies in Türkiye, Prof. Dr....
Surprises, Discoveries, Cognitive Dominance The workshop “Sensing Democracy through a Multi-Scape Journey” took place on 16 October 2025 during the 66th International Scientific Conference of Riga Technical University. As a co-organiser of the conference, the Latvian...
ECER 2025: Reflections from the AECED Project The European Educational Research Association (EERA) organised the ECER 2025 Annual Event in Belgrade, Serbia, under the theme “Charting the Way Forward: Education, Research, Potentials and Perspectives”. The event...
Democracy as Becoming: Reflections from the AECED Project (Inspired by and based on the AECED Framework) The Republic of Croatia declared independence in 1991, with the aspiration to build a state founded on the rule of law, free elections, and the protection of human...
Educating the Self: Students producing Video-Clips on the Pattern Language of Commoning In our AECED Project, the German Project Team use the Pattern Language of Commoning (PLC) for supporting democracy-learning in higher education settings. While we also use the PLC...
Rhythms of Democracy – finding our pace to enhance democracy When running a project that is focused on enhancing democracy, the inevitable questions that haunt us are: Is our project, or its ways of working, democratic? Am I enhancing democracy on a daily or weekly...
