Rethinking Education in Light of Global Challenges (Routledge Research in Education, Society and the Anthropocene)

Rethinking Education in Light of Global Challenges discusses challenges to education in Scandinavian welfare states due to global trends like migration, neoliberal strategies, and the exploitation of nature. This anthology comprises case studies, theoretical articles, and reflective studies, grouped under the headings of Culture, Society, and the Anthropocene.

This book directly addresses three interrelated global events and their implications for education as seen from Scandinavian perspectives: migration flows, increased cultural diversity, and (post)nationalism; the erosion of the welfare state and the global rise of neoliberalism; and the Anthropocene and environmental challenges arising in the wake of the global exploitation of natural ecosystems. In case studies, theoretical articles, and reflective studies, researchers from Nordic countries explore how education, education policy, and educational thinking in these countries are affected by these global trends, bringing to the fore the different roles education can play in addressing the various issues and different ways of reimagining education.

This authoritative volume will be of great interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of sociology of education, migration and education, environmental education, and educational politics.

Karen Bjerg Petersen is Associate Professor at the Danish School of Education in Aarhus, Aarhus University, Denmark. Her research areas are globalisation, education policy, diversity, vulnerable youth, and alternative educational settings.

Kerstin von Brömssen is Professor in Educational Science at University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. Her research interests are in the intersections of religion, ethnicity, gender, migration and education, curriculum theory, social justice, teacher education, and qualitative research method(ologies).

Gro Hellesdatter Jacobsen is Associate Professor at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. Her research interests are ethnic minorities and intercultural pedagogy and contemporary diagnoses of pedagogical and political tendencies.

Jesper Garsdal is Reader (Docent) at Via University College, Aarhus, Denmark. His research areas are global and intercultural philosophy, philosophy of education and the global diversity of ideals of edification, philosophies of imagination, and existence.

Michael Paulsen is Associate Professor at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark. His research focuses on the ontology and axiology of education. Currently he is working on developing a new understanding of education situated in the Anthropocene.

Oleg Koefoed, Action-Philosopher, Denmark, is exploring possibilities of participation in urban planning and greening, based on the local action and shared reflection. He is the author of a series of publications related to participatory urban nature making, placemaking, and sustainable cities.