Nobel Prize Teacher Summit 2023
Teaching knowledge – learning engagement
As our societies face major challenges, it is more important than ever to uphold democratic values, human rights and trust in science. On 28 September 2023, teachers from over thirty countries convened with Nobel Prize laureates, top scientists and peace activists to explore the theme of engagement. Knowledge plays an essential role as a prerequisite for engagement, activism and building sustainable democratic societies. At the core of the conference lies the question of what role teachers can play in promoting engagement.
Knowledge and engagement
Engagement requires understanding, and understanding requires knowledge. As our societies face major challenges, it is more important than ever to uphold democratic values, human rights and trust in science.
Resistance to accepting knowledge has become a major challenge that can lead to catastrophic consequences for the world. Scepticism towards vaccines, climate change denial, and resistance to policy-relevant knowledge are examples that pose significant challenges to democratic societies.
As educators, we play a crucial role in promoting engagement. How, then, can teachers help students to understand this pivotal relationship between knowledge and engagement? How can we inspire them to become active and engaged citizens who can make well-informed decisions based on evidence and critical thinking, and who are able to differentiate between mere opinions and substantiated facts?
These are the core questions of the 2023 Nobel Prize Teacher Summit. Join Nobel Prize laureates, top scientists, peace activists and fellow teachers from more than thirty countries and attend this unique, yearly event. Groundbreaking ideas, inspiring insights, unforgettable meetings and non-googleable stories will all be included.
Summarising presentation of the summit
Downloads
Bonus material
Tawakkol Karman – Engagement starts with breaking fears
Martin Schibbye – Transparency is the best way to engage people
Anders Tegnell – A teacher that made impact
Emma Frans – Understanding is key
Voices from the day
The speakers
Tawakkol Karman, Nobel Peace Prize 2011
Dmitry Muratov, Nobel Peace Prize, 2021
Saul Perlmutter, Nobel Prize in Physics 2011 (pre-recorded greeting)
Mats Persson, Minister for Education
Anders Tegnell, Former State Epidemiologist in Sweden
Martin Schibbye, Journalist
Iann Lundegård, University Lecturer in Didactics
Emma Frans, Doctor, Author, and Science Writer
Ahmed Abdirahman, Founder and CEO of Järvaveckan
Pär Johansson, Initiator and leader of the Glada Hudik Theatre
Sara Bengtsson, Associate professor in Psychology at University of East Anglia
Ahmed Badr, President & CEO, Narratio
Brice Nordquist, Associate Professor of Writing & Rhetoric, Syracuse University
Thomas Krigsman, University Lecturer at Stockholm University
Paulin Bergqvist, the Glada Hudik Theatre
Anuki Sturua, the Glada Hudik Theatre
Anna Persson, PhD, Lund University
Lina Hällström, Lund University
Jenny Damgaard, FC Rosengård
Mark Langley, STEM UK
Speaker presentations
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1 (of 11) Nobel Prize laureate Tawakkol Karman at the 2023 Nobel Prize Teacher SUmmit
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2 (of 11) Emma Frans
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3 (of 11) Ahmed Abdirahman
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4 (of 11) Anders Tegnell
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5 (of 11) Ahmed Badr
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10 (of 11) Anders Tegnell och Emma Frans
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11 (of 11) Rubert Fux
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