About Reimagining Education in the Age of Crises and Transitions
What should education stand for in an age of crisis?
Across six 45-minute conversations, RE-ACT: Reimagining Education in the Age of Crises and Transitions explores how learning can respond to global uncertainty with creativity, justice, and hope.
Hosted by Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski and produced by the Learning Planet Institute, the series brings together educators, researchers, and visionaries from around the world to ask how universities and schools can move beyond competition toward collaboration — from being best in the world to best for the world.
Each episode explores a new frontier of learning — planetary well-being, social hope, global engagement, and the future of knowledge — tracing how education might help democracy, humanity, and the planet learn to live, and learn, together.
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Reimagining intelligence, with François TADDEI, Ritesh SHAH & Ioana GALLERON
Our guests in this final episode explore how universities can rethink intelligence in the age of AI, crises, and global interconnection.
In this episode of RE-ACT, Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski speaks to Iona Galleron, Ritesh Shah, and François Taddei as they explore what intelligence means in a world of AI, crises, and global interconnection. They challenge conventional metrics, highlighting ethical, emotional, and collective capacities, and call for universities to shift from competition to cooperation and from grades to meaningful, world-focused learning.
24 Jan 2026
Re-imagining Universities in the Age of Crisis, with Andrea GILARDO SEVILLA, John GODDARD & Georgina ODERO
Episode 5 highlights how universities can align their civic mission with global challenges while deepening local and regional engagement.
Higher education is at a crossroads. In this episode of REACT, John Goddard, Andrea Gerardo Sevilla, and Georgina Otero explore how universities can move beyond prestige and competition to become drivers of community impact, civic engagement, and global responsibility. From embedding societal service in research and teaching to fostering transdisciplinary collaboration, Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski discusses with his guests how universities can cultivate hope, respond to local and global crises, and equip learners to create meaningful change in their communities and beyond.
24 Jan 2026
Re-imagining the curriculum for resilience and justice, with Dominic REGESTER, Michael BACKLUND & Nazia HABIB
In this fourth episode we explore how education can move beyond 19th-century models to foster resilience, justice, and authentic learner agency in a complex world.
In this episode of RE-ACT, Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski explores how education can move beyond outdated 19th-century models to meet the challenges of our complex, interconnected world. Joined by Nazia Habib, Michael Bäcklund, and Dominic Regester, the conversation examines the role of social and emotional learning, project-based experiences, and transdisciplinary knowledge in shaping resilient, socially conscious learners. From engaging youth in real-world decision-making to reimagining the purpose and authenticity of curricula, the episode shows how education can become a living ecosystem—equipping students not just with knowledge, but with the capacity to act, collaborate, and thrive in a rapidly changing world.
24 Jan 2026
Re-imagining global engagement, with Isak FRUMIN, Fatou THIAM & Noah SOBE
In episode 3 of REACT we explore how universities can build ethical, equitable, and genuinely global engagement in times of geopolitical and planetary crisis.
Together with Isak Frumin, Fatou Thiam, and Noah Sobe, Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski explores how universities can build ethical, equitable, and truly global forms of engagement amid geopolitical tensions, digital divides, and planetary crises. Bringing together voices from academia, policy, and lived experience, the conversation moves beyond internationalisation toward partnership, plurality, and responsibility on a shared planet.
24 Jan 2026
Reimagining Learning for Hope, with Elizaveta ZANOZINA, Serena Martha COETZEE & Pavel LUKSHA
This scond episode explores how education can transform despair into actionable hope through systems thinking, belonging, and learner agency.
In this episode of RE-ACT: Reimagining Education in the Age of Crises and Transitions, Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski speaks with Serena Coetzee, Pavel Luksha, and Elizaveta Zanozina about how education can transform despair into actionable hope. They explore hope as a skill and relational resource, nurtured through systems thinking, futures-oriented practices, and inclusive learning environments that foster belonging, purpose, and agency. This conversation offers practical insights for educators and learners seeking to cultivate resilience, empowerment, and the capacity to co-create better futures.
23 Jan 2026
Reimagining Education For Planetary Well-Being, with Manon SALA, Iveta SILOVA & Victoria HARO
In this first episode of RE-ACT, we examine how education can be reoriented to foster planetary well-being in times of profound disruption.
We explore a defining question of our time: how can education cultivate planetary well-being amid climate change, ecological collapse, and social fragmentation? Inspired by Wordsworth’s insight that humanity is “out of tune” with nature, Raphael Costambeys-Kempczynski speaks with Iveta Silova, Manon Sala, and Victoria Haro about educational approaches that reconnect learners with living systems. The discussion examines pluriversal, experiential, and regenerative pedagogies, and how higher education can foreground intergenerational well-being over competition and growth. How can we reimagine education as a space for planetary citizenship and ethical responsibility?
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