CSET 2025 Hub

Friday February 21st, 10:00-16:00, Lindholmen, Gothenburg

Join us for a local meeting of Critical Studies of Education and Technology!

CSET is an initiative where (relatively) local groups all over the world meet during the 8th week of 2025 around the common theme of problematising education and digital technology. The idea is to engage in networking without the need for excessive travel. Key takeaways from the discussions at the different local meetings will be synthesized into an open report.

Program

The Gothenburg meeting is organized into roundtable discussions on four key questions that are common for all CSET 2025 local meetings.


    • What are the pressing issues, concerns, tensions and problems that surround EdTech in our locality? What questions do we need to ask, and what approaches will help us research these questions?
    • What social harms are we seeing associated with digital technology and education in our locality?
    • What does the political economy of EdTech look like in our region? What do local EdTech markets look like? How are global Big Tech corporations manifest in local education systems? What does EdTech policy look like, and which actors are driving policymaking? What do we find if we ‘follow the money’?
    • What grounds for hope are there? Can we point to local instances of digital technology leading to genuine social benefits and empowerment? What local push-back and resistance against egregious forms of EdTech is evident? What alternate imaginaries are being circulated about education and digital futures?

Location

The Gothenburg CSET 2025 meeting is open to scholars with an interest in critically discussing issues related to education and digital technology. Scholars may come from anywhere, but those who can travel by train, bus or boat are especially encouraged to attend. It will be held at the University of Gothenburg Department of Applied IT at Lindholmen, a 10 min bus or tram/boat ride from the central station.

Attending

Participation in the meeting is free of charge. It will include lunch and fika in the afternoon. If you would like to attend, send a short email to thomas.hillman@ait.gu.se with your name and where you work.

For those intending to stay in Gothenburg the night before the meeting, there will be an opportunity to have dinner with other participants at 19:30. If you are interested in attending, include that in your email. For other questions, contact annika.bergviken-rensfeldt@gu.se

There are many hotels in Gothenburg, but these are close to the venue:

Centre for Responsible Educational Technology

Department of Applied Information Technology

University of Gothenburg

Sweden