CSET 2025 Hub

Program

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

• 10:00-10:30 Welcome and introduction round

• 10:30-11:45 Roundtable 1

  • 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?

• 11:45-12:00 Roundtable 2

  • What social harms are we seeing associated with digital technology and education in our locality?

• 12:00-13:00 Lunch

• 13:00-13:45 Roundtable 3

  • 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’?

• 13:45-14:30 Roundtable 4

  • 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?

• 14:30-15:00 Fika

• 15:00-16:00 Discussion of key takeaways from the roundtable sessions and possible future directions

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: