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PAULO FREIRE CONFERENCE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY· EDIÇÃO 2026
Freire in the world: from Educational Practices
to the Transformation of Educational Systems
Two days of lectures, panel discussions, poster presentations, and audiovisual screenings on Paulo Freire’s work as a social technology — with concrete outcomes in curricula, teaching methodologies, structural reforms, and the design and implementation of public education policies around the world.
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02 - THEME & TRACKS
Pedagogical practice as a social technology for transformation.
Three tracks guide both the program and the call for papers. Each track offers an analytical lens on Freire’s work in dialogue with contemporary challenges, ranging from classroom practice to the (re)structuring of educational systems.
TRACK 01
From the classroom to public policy
Case studies and analyses on how Freirean thought underpins new pedagogical practices, national curricula, structural reforms, and education policies at both micro and macro levels.
TRACK 02
Ethics of dialogue and concrete indicators
Pedagogy as a social technology: experiences and research that show how to generate concrete indicators of learning and human development while maintaining the centrality of dialogue in educational relationships.
TRACK 03
Brazil and the world:
intellectual bridges
Comparative research and experiences that examine Freire’s contributions to contemporary challenges across different countries and continents.
03 - PRACTICAL INFORMATION
How to participate, where, and when.
DATES
September 18
and 19
More information coming soon.
FORMAT
In person at Columbia University
With the possibility of remote presentation.*
PARTICIPANTS
Students, educators, and researchers
The conference is open to the public.
LANGUAGES
Portuguese
and English
Submissions are accepted in both languages.
*The option for remote poster presentations is limited to participants residing outside the United States. Participants based in the United States are invited to register for in-person participation at the conference.
04 - ABOUT REGISTRATION
Registration fees
Residents of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), including Brazil
Participants residing in countries classified by the OECD as low- or middle-income countries.
Academics / Researchers / University Professors USD 20 + fees*
K–12 Educators / Education Professionals USD 20 + fees*
Undergraduate and Graduate Students USD 20 + fees*
General Registration (Observers) USD 20 + fees*
Residents of all other countries (including the United States and Europe)
Academics / Researchers / University Professors USD 35 + fees*
K–12 Educators / Education Professionals USD 35 + fees*
Undergraduate and Graduate Students USD 20 + fees*
General Attendance USD 20 + fees*
* Fees refer to service and processing charges on the registration platform.
05 - ABOUT THE COMMITTEE
Organizing Committee
Prof. Dr. Paulo Blikstein
Dr. Andréia Assunção
PhD Candidate Fernanda Vasconcelos Dias
PhD Candidate Isabela Pereira Nikel
PhD Candidate Gustavo Maan
MA Mariana Lederman Edelstein
MS Isadora Caldas
Master’s Candidate Valéria Tadesco