Cnr-Iriss at ECER 2025: exploring digital education governance and experimental research methodologies

Dal 11/09/2025 ore 15.30 al 12/09/2025 ore 10.30

Belgrade, Serbia

"Charting the Way Forward: Education, Research, Potentials and Perspectives" is the theme of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2025, which will take place in Belgrade, Serbia, from 8 to 12 September 2025. Organized by the European Educational Research Association (EERA), the conference provides an international forum to discuss how educational research can address today’s societal challenges, including demographic changes, artificial intelligence, and environmental issues, while supporting individual well-being and community development.

On Friday, 12 September, Cnr-Iriss will contribute to the symposium "Shifting Landscapes in Digital Education Policy: More-than-human Education Governance and New Materialisms”, chaired by Francesca Peruzzo (University of Birmingham) with Paolo Landri (Cnr Iriss) as discussant. The session introduces a critical approach to digital education governance, exploring how nonhuman actors — such as platforms, algorithms, data, and AI — increasingly shape educational policies and practices. Drawing on insights from Science and Technology Studies, new materialisms, and Critical EdTech Studies, the symposium challenges the traditional human-nonhuman binary and advocates for a more integrated understanding of how technologies, artifacts, and objects contribute to educational (policy) processes. The contributions will explore what a more-than-human approach can bring to education governance, moving beyond human-centric perspectives of education and fostering innovative ways to understand the socio-political dynamics of digital learning environments.

Furthermore, on Thursday, 11 September, the L@bEd Research Collective will present “A Public Sociology of Digital Educational Platforms: An Experimental Methodology” within the paper session "Technofutures", chaired by Daniel Faas (Trinity College Dublin). The contribution proposes a creative, participatory approach to studying digital platform governance through a combination of ethnographic “walkthrough” analyses and art-based research methods. By critically engaging with platform interfaces and reimagining their affordances, the methodology opens new pathways for reflecting on the role of platforms in shaping educational experiences and envisions alternative, more inclusive educational futures (Catanese V., Esposito F.M., Grimaldi E., Landri P., Parola J., Pastore S., Piromalli L., Taglietti D.).

The participation of Cnr-Iriss at ECER 2025 highlights the Institute’s commitment to contributing to international research on digital education policy and to fostering collaborative approaches that support innovation in educational practices.

Organizzato da:
European Educational Research Association (EERA)

Referente organizzativo:
Paolo Landri
CNR - Istituto di Ricerca su Innovazione e Servizi per lo Sviluppo
paolo.landri@cnr.it

Modalità di accesso: ingresso libero