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International Conference<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00abWord in Education\u00bb<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

12th Edition<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Hope and Sense in the Age of Technology<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n

will be held at<\/span><\/p>\n

CEU Universitat Abat Oliba <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Assembly Hall
\nC\/ Bellesguard, 30
\nBarcelona<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a015 – 17 October 2026<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

In 2012, the research group \u201cFamily, Education and Inclusive School\u201d (TRIVIUM), led by Dr. Marcin Kazmierczak at Universitat Abat Oliba CEU, launched a series of transdisciplinary international conferences inspired by the same spirit as the group. After eleven successful editions, the International Conference \u201cWord in Education\u201d, organized in collaboration with Ignatianum University in Krakow, represented by the Dean of the Faculty of Education, Dr. Krzysztof Biel, and the University of Antwerp, represented by Dr. Walter van Herck, returns for its twelfth edition to Universitat Abat Oliba CEU, under the direction of Dr. Miguel \u00c1ngel Barbero-Barrios.<\/p>\n

The present edition of the conference \u201cWord in Education\u201d proposes hope as both an object of study and a guiding principle for research and socio-technical design in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, marked by the rise of AI use, process automation, and bio-digital advances. From a humanistic perspective, we understand hope as a practical virtue that orients collective ends, pathways, and agency\u2014that is, as a competence for projecting verifiable futures and coordinating action under conditions of uncertainty (Kant; Snyder), rather than as a diffuse phenomenon.<\/p>\n

In dialogue with Christian philosophy, hope acquires normative depth: from Saint Augustine of Hippo and Saint Thomas Aquinas, it is conceived as a drive toward an arduous good that avoids both technocentric presumption and despair; in Benedict XVI (Spe Salvi), it requires memory, truth, and community. This framework allows us to distinguish concrete utopias (Bloch) from empty futurisms and to critically assess technological promises in light of risks such as data capture, bias, and heteronomy (Arendt; Zuboff).
\nFrom the perspective of literature, we propose reading hope as a driving force of narrative imagination, functioning as a laboratory of possibility\u2014from utopia and dystopia to testimony that sustains agency in contexts of harm\u2014thus refining criteria to distinguish genuine promise from empty rhetoric.
\nEducational sciences advocate for a critical hope that is institutionalized not merely in declarations but in practices of dialogue, co-design, digital literacy, and the evaluation of one\u2019s own formation. Likewise, psychology\u2014through Hope Theory\u2014offers tools to measure and cultivate hope in teams and communities affected by algorithmic systems, linking it to well-being, self-efficacy, and resilience in contexts of automation.<\/p>\n

In sum, we invite academic communities from different fields to show how hope illuminates concepts, informs methods, and guides practices so as to transform techno-industrial potential into shared freedom and the common good.<\/p>\n

To participate in the conference, check the: call for papers<\/a>. (Deadline: June 30th, 2026)<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n

Both, Registration for attendees and Proposal submission for potential contributors may be sent through this: form<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Also, the current edition’s banner may be dowloaded through this link<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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