Nordic and Baltic Region

Regional coordinator

Annalisa Sannino; annalisa.sannino@tuni.fi

Country coordinators

 

Highlights of events from the region

4-6 October 2026
CHACDOC Thematic Section Conference on “Perspectives on a Good Life for Children” Helsingør/Elsinore, Denmark 
https://conferences.au.dk/chacdoc-2026

8 October 2026
How does subject matter become thinkable? A session focused on V. V. Davydov’s account of empirical and theoretical thinking, substantive abstraction, the “cell” and the ascent from the abstract to the concrete with Dr Seth Chaiklin
https://thehorizonseminar.cloud/sessions/seth-chaiklin

28-29 October 2026
SWISCAR (ISCAR Sverige) lunch-to-lunch network gathering, in person 
at the Institutionen för Pedagogik och Specialpedagogik, Gothenburg University. 
Contact: asa.hirsh@gu.se

18 November 2026 09.00 - 12.00 (UTC +2)
Roles of Dialectical and Indigenous Epistemologies in Educational Research: Dialogues with the CHAT Systemic Approach
Half-day online seminar on the roles of dialectical and Indigenous epistemologies in educational research in dialogue with the systemic approach of Cultural-Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). The seminar, sponsored by the Finnish Educational Research Association's (FERA), is organized by FERA CHAT SIG in collaboration with University of Mpumalanga (South Africa) and ISCAR Finland. Keynote speaker: Professor Benny Wilson (University of Technology Sydney); Panelists: Solwati/Dr Sibongile L. Masuku (University of Mpumalanga, South Africa), Doctoral Researcher Brenda O. Bua-ay (Philippines Philippine Normal University-Manila) and Annalisa Sannino (Tampere University).
Registration: https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/141035/lomake.html