Education, Humanities & Social Sciences, The Arts & Literature

A Scholar’s Perspective on Interdisciplinary Exchange at IAFOR’s 2026 London Conferences

IAFOR’s Stuart D. B. Picken Scholarship recipient Dr Melike Yozgatlı Gülüm of the Ministry of National Education, Türkiye, reflects on the value of interdisciplinary exchange at ECE/ECAH/EGen2026 in London, particularly how diverse perspectives can reveal unexpected connections and deepen conversations around education, AI, social responsibility, and meaningful practice. One of the most valuable aspects of […]
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Education, Media, Film & Journalism

Disagreeing Well in a Polarised and Increasingly Extremist World: Insights from the Forum at BCE/BAMC2025

At The Forum in BCE/BAMC2025, delegates discussed how education, the arts, and media can help counter rising extremism and addressing polarisation, putting emphasis on empathy, critical dialogue, and human-centred approaches to creating safe spaces.
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Education

Service-Learning as a New Educational Focus

Education experts discuss service-learning and social responsibility, focusing on the critical role of universities in engaging the community, fostering active citizenship, and promoting ethical responsibility.
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Education, The Arts & Literature

Education and Arts for Peace

Experts weigh in on the role and use of soft power in education, arts, and culture in pursuit of crafting solutions to global conflicts and geopolitical tensions.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Education

The Importance of Interdisciplinarity: Insights from The Forum at the 2025 IAFOR Conferences in London

At the ECE/ECAH/EGen2025 in Paris, international delegates discuss potential collaborative solutions to overcoming the challenges and problems in cultivating a culture of interdisciplinarity in the academe.
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Ageing and Gerontology, Technology

Ageing, Built Environment, and AI

Experts on gerontology, architecture, built environment, and AI discuss the critical role of a multidisciplinary approach to support independent living for adults experiencing frailty and dementia. 
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Education, Technology

Preparing STEM Graduates for Global Leadership and Citizenship

Education experts discuss at ECE/ECAH/EGen2026 how STEM education must evolve for an AI-driven future, underscoring the importance of ethical adoption, critical thinking, creativity, sustainability, and human-centred learning.
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Education

Creating Spaces for Inclusivity, Play, Creativity, and Inquiry

Prof Anne Nortcliffe and Dr Tim Beasley-Murray expound on the importance of inclusivity, creativity, experimentation, and “serious play” in building more innovative, humane, and socially responsive education systems that prepare students for leadership and global citizenship.
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Education, Humanities & Social Sciences

Rehumanising Education

Experts argue that in the midst of global challenges, the internationalisation of higher education must move beyond student mobility and prioritise human connection, meaningful collaboration, and interdisciplinary understanding. In photo: Christopher Cripps (Institut Polytechnique de Paris) during his keynote speech at PCE/PCAH2025 France, much like the rest of Europe, started working towards the internationalisation of […]
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Education, Humanities & Social Sciences, The Arts & Literature

Defending Interdisciplinarity: Insights from The Forum at the 2025 IAFOR Conferences in Paris

At the PCE/PCAH2025 in Paris, delegates from around the world share their insights on the institutional and cultural barriers to interdisciplinary collaboration and its potential in cultivating a culture of research in the academic community.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Humanities & Social Sciences

Cultural Heritage as a Unifying Force: The Example of Notre-Dame

A product of its local culture and history, cultural heritage that has endured across generations not only reflects local identity and values that produced it but also holds something sacred that resonates with people globally.
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Cultural & Area Studies

New Approaches to the “Golden Age” of British Television Comedy

Daniel Reast, from the University of Portsmouth, UK, looks back at the development of British television comedy after the Second World War. He reflects on the way that the best comedy responds to the social, political, and cultural situations occurring around the programme.
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Education, Language Learning

The Three Barriers on the Way to International Communication

Professor Svetlana Ter-Minasova offers insight into English language learning in Russia. She explores which of the three barriers on the way to international communication is the most difficult to break down and explains how this can be done.
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Politics, International Relations & Law

Interpreting Trump, Brexit and Putnam’s Games

Kenneth Houston and Jason Briggs offer insight into their analysis of the domestic pressures of populist electoral politics in the United Kingdom and the United States, and the relationships of both states with the international community.
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Cultural & Area Studies, Media, Film & Journalism

The Power That Lies Within: Ideologies in Daniel Craig’s Bond Films

Sarah Kelley of the University of Bristol, UK, maps some of the ideas and themes conveyed in Craig’s Bond films to possible influences from their socio-political contexts, with a particular focus on Skyfall and Spectre.
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Education, History

Oxbridge Adjusts: Renewing an Elite

Oliver Hadingham of Waseda University, Japan, examines the reforms the medieval universities of Oxford and Cambridge underwent during the nineteenth century and questions whether the two institutions can shake off their elitist reputation.
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Dr Paul Lowe Instructional Approaches in Photography Courses
Education, Media, Film & Journalism

Paul Lowe: Learning Strategies in Practice-Based Courses

Dr Paul Lowe, Founding Judge of the IAFOR Documentary Photography Award, on the various instructional approaches he takes with students in his postgraduate photography courses.
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Cultural & Area Studies, History, The Arts & Literature

The Power of an Image: The Black Madonna of Częstochowa

Dr Anna Hamling of the University of New Brunswick, Canada, examines the historical and cultural significance of religious icon the Black Madonna of Częstochowa to the people of Poland.
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Cultural & Area Studies, History, Media, Film & Journalism

Boys from Vepery: John Footman’s Journey from the Ravages of “Gorta Mór”

Ireland’s Great Famine, “Gorta Mór”, had far-reaching effects for the Irish population in the mid-nineteenth century, leading millions to migrate in search of a better future. As part of a documentary film project, Dr Ian Michael, Fokiya Akhtar and Dr Michael R. Ogden explore the journey made by Dr Michael’s own ancestor, John Footman, from rural Cork to Madras, India.
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Long Elegiac Shadows Oliver Hadingham
History, Politics, International Relations & Law

Long, Elegiac Shadows: The Legacy of the 1914-1918 War

One hundred years on, how are we commemorating the First World War? An examination of the political, economical and social implications of the 1914-1918 conflict.
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Cultural & Area Studies, History, Politics, International Relations & Law, The Arts & Literature

Surrealism: A Global Cultural Movement with Local Political Agency

Lauren Walden of Coventry University explores the impact of the surrealist movement on the local politics of Haiti, Martinique and Mexico through the diplomatic role played by André Breton, the founder of surrealism.
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The Divided Self and Big Brother Geoff Beattie
Psychology & the Behavioral Sciences

Geoff Beattie: The Divided Self and Big Brother

Distinguished psychologist Professor Geoff Beattie of Edge Hill University, UK, on his work on the concept of the divided self and his time as resident on-screen psychologist for Big Brother.
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A Gentleman's Education – Then As Now Oliver Hadingham
Education, History

A Gentleman’s Education – Then as Now

Oliver Hadingham of Waseda University, Japan, discusses the reform and growth of the English public school system in the nineteenth century and the forces that drove its change during this period.
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History, The Arts & Literature

Henry VIII’s Verse and Katherine of Aragon: The Chivalric Court

Dr Rebecca Moore of the University of Arkansas, United States of America, examines the ways in which Henry VIII used poetics and performances to establish the iconography of his court and the relevance, within this context, of Henry’s specific choice of the older Katherine of Aragon as queen.
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