Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development

TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE LEARNING SOCIETY? EDUCATION AS A CONSTRUCTOR OF LIFE COURSE, IDENTITY AND CULTURE

The “Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development” Bachelor’s program, along with its associated research and development projects, is designed to explore the interplay between lifelong learning and sustainable development. This endeavor acknowledges the fundamental role of formal and non-formal education in fostering not only individual well-being but also the enduring economic growth and cohesion of societies.

How lifelong learning can drive sustainable development and create a more resilient and equitable learning society?

Link to research plan Towards a Sustainable Learning Society? (not available yet)

Development projects related to SusLeS research project (2022-2028):

1. Talent Hub Eastern Finland (Subproject School of Educational Sciences and Psychology, ESR+)

2. MOTVA- Developing multicultural learning environments to support integration of immigrants and asylym seekers and the learning of university students 

3. Immigrant Generations: A Case of Joensuu

4. HEART- Safeguarding intangible cultural heritage through transformative learning within community-based art (ERASMUS+)

5. Project based learning and Service learning in the University context

Developing international web-based and blended learning pedagogies based on the university pedagogical models of project and service learning

6. Developing International Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development

https://www.uef.fi/en/degree-programme/bachelors-degree-programme-in-lifelong-learning-and-sustainable-development

7. Increasing International Open University studies

Opening basic studies (25 credits) of Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Lifelong Learning and Sustainable Development for Open University

https://www.uef.fi/en/article/first-english-taught-open-university-route-to-open-at-the-university-of-eastern-finland

https://www.uef.fi/en/continuous-learning/open-university-basic-studies-in-lifelong-learning-and-sustainable-development-2023-2024 

THESIS RELATED TO PROJECTS

https://erepo.uef.fi/handle/123456789/29795?locale-attribute=fi