INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE

Right to Education in the Era of Challenges

January 23 – 25, 2025 | Vilnius, Lithuania

Conference Concept

The right to education is a multidimensional right, including, first of all, access to education, allowing development throughout life. At the same time, the right to education has certain limits, determined by the capabilities and characteristics of states and enshrined in their national law. International legal norms on the right to education appear uniform and unambiguous. 46 states are successfully implementing a large-scale European project to expand access to higher education, improve quality and attractiveness, promote mobility and ensure successful employment of graduates, romantically called the Bologna Process.

But are states really unanimous in their understanding of the right to education? How were the values ​​of the right to education formed? What are the possibilities and limitations of modern national legal systems regarding the implementation of the right to education? How is the right to education implemented in the most dynamic sphere – higher education? How is the right to education implemented in states at war? What place does artificial intelligence play in realising the right to education? How do we see the future of the right to education?

Suggested directions for discussion

History and Philosophy of the Right to Education
Academic Freedom as an elusive concept
Universal Approach to the Right to Education
Regional Peculiarities of the Right to Education
Hoaxes in Educational Policy
Clinical Legal Education in the Context of the Right to Education
Right to Education and Future Commitments of States
Realisation of the Right to Education in the Era of War
Right to Education and Artificial Intelligence
Domestic Implementation of the Right to Education

Conference program

Times listed below are Vilnius time

Day 1 • Jan 23, Thu

9:30–10:30

Location: EHU, Audience 303

10:30–11:05

— Dr. Vilius Šadauskas, Rector, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)
— Dr. Natalia Zamfir, Member, Implementation Committee of the Espoo Convention, UNECE Secretariat (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova)
— Dr. Liliana Tymchenko, Associate Professor, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)

This session will be conducted in English.

11:05–12:30

Moderator: Dr. Mateusz Kamionka, Assistant Professor, Department of Polish-Ukrainian Studies, Faculty of International and Political Studies, Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland)

— Dr. Mateusz Kamionka, Jagiellonian University (Krakow, Poland) — Generation of Post-Millennials from Ukraine and Poland in War Environment
— Dr. Natalia Zamfir, State University of Moldova (Chișinău, Republic of Moldova) — Problem-based Learning on Sustainable Development Goals: Tackling Interdisciplinary Challenges
— Prof. Filippo Bartoccioni, APSS, Trento, ASL, Viterbo (Italy) — Presentation of the Project ARC Education Future Legends

Discussion will follow this session.
This session will be conducted in English.

12:30–13:30

for participants

13:30–15:35

Moderator: Dr. Liliana Tymchenko, Associate Professor, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)

— Prof., Hab. Dr. Olga Streltsova (online), State University 'Kyiv Aviation Institute' (Kyiv, Ukraine) — Формальна, неформальна та інформальна освіта: питання взаємодії в контексті реалізації права на освіту
— Dr. Protsenko Iryna (online), V. Koretsky Institute of State and Law, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine) — Економічні санкції як новий виклик для міжнародного права прав людини (на прикладі права на освіту)
— Fahmida Rahman, BRAC University, Senior Lecturer and Program Coordinator (Dhaka, Bangladesh) — Re-Conceptualizing Academic Freedom in a Politically Complex Landscape of the Global South
— Sintija Zalāne (online), University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia) — Duration of Moral Rights Protection after the Author's Death in the Baltic States

Discussion will follow this session.
This session will be conducted in English.

17:30–19:00

Location: VU Mažosios Aulos Café (``Morgas``) near St. John's Church, Universiteto St. 3

Day 2 • Jan 24, Fri

9:30–10:00

Location: EHU, Audience 303

10:30–10:40

Speaker: Inesa Stolper, DHL Project Lead, Digital Humanities Lab, Lecturer, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)

This session will be conducted in English

10:40–12:15

Moderator: Hanna Navumenka (online), Expert, Digital Humanities Lab

— Maria Laktionkina, Head of the Center for Humanities Education, Lecturer, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)
— Hanna Plotnikava, Coordinator of the Academic Department of Social Sciences, Assistant, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)
— Dr. Uladzislau Ivanou, Associate Professor, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)
— Dr. Natalija Valavičiene, Associate Professor, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)

Discussion will follow this session.
This session will be conducted in Belarusian, English, and Ukrainian.

12:15–13:30

for participants

13:30–15:35

Moderator: Inesa Stolper, DHL Project Lead, Digital Humanities Lab, Lecturer, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)

— Prof. Hab. Dr. Ryhor Miniankou, Acting Head, Academic Department of Social Sciences, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania) — Perspectives on the Right to Education in the Context of Emerging Technologies
— Prof. Aliaksandr Puptsau, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania) — Штучны інтэлект як менеджар і асістэнт: новая парадыгма ўніверсітэцкай адукацыі / Artificial Intelligence as a Manager and Assistant: A New Paradigm of University Education
— Matteo Bartolini (online), Independent Expert — The Role of AI in Realizing the Right to Education: Opportunities and Challenges
— Barys Paulau (online), Scholars without Borders, Independent Researcher — Будучыня навучання: права на адукацыю і штучны інтэлект / The Future of Learning: Right to Education and Artificial Intelligence
— Dr. Nataliia Rzhevska (online), Trainer and Mentor in Technological Development — Футуризм та AI: гра на випередження / Futurism and AI: The Game of Getting Ahead
— Dr. Viktoria Mykolaiets (online), Professor, Department of Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law, State Tax University — Перспективні напрями використання цифрових технологій та технологій штучного інтелекту в освітньому процесі / Prospective Directions of Using Digital Technologies and AI Technologies in the Educational Process

Discussion will follow this session.
This session will be conducted in Belarusian, English, and Ukrainian.

15:15–15:30

for participants

15:30–17:00

Moderator: Vitali Nikanovich, 2nd-year student, BA Law Program

— Vitali Nikanovich — Як сучасныя выклікі змяняюць падыходы да права на адукацыю / How Modern Challenges Change Approaches to the Right to Education
— Anastasiia Perepeliatnyk — Освіта: право чи привілей? / Education: A Right or a Privilege?
— Usevalad Lahun (online) — Права на адукацыю як інструмент сацыяльнай справядлівасці: мінулае і будучыя перспектывы / The Right to Education as an Instrument of Social Justice: Past and Future Perspectives
— Ulyana Belaya — Вызнанне дакументаў як умова рэалізацыі права на адукацыю: прыклад Польшчы і Беларусі / Recognition of Documents as a Condition for Exercising the Right to Education: The Case of Poland and Belarus
— Kseniya Karenskaya — Як акадэмічная свабода ўплывае на якасць адукацыі: прыклад ЕГУ / How Academic Freedom Affects Education Quality: The Case of EHU

Discussion of recommendations for the first part of the Round Table

— Kristina Rikhter (online) — Пакаленне AI: як тэхналогіі змяняюць мысленне, навучанне і свабоду выбару / The AI Generation: How Technology Changes Thinking, Learning, and the Freedom to Choose
— Dzianis Dubrouski (online) — Штучны інтэлект і аўтаномнасць навучэнцаў: памочнік ці абмежаванне? / Artificial Intelligence and Learner Autonomy: Assistant or Limitation?
— Anatolii Morozov — AI as a Growth Point for the University Community
— Artur Baran — The Use of AI in the Learning Process: A Case Study from the Personal Experience of a Law Student
— Palina Shynkevich — Перспектывы супрацоўніцтва ЕГУ з ELSA (Еўрапейская асацыяцыя студэнтаў-юрыстаў) як прыклад рэалізацыі права на адукацыю / Prospects for EHU’s Cooperation with ELSA (European Law Students’ Association) as an Example of Realizing the Right to Education

Discussion of recommendations for the second part of the Round Table.
Final Discussion.
This session will be conducted in Belarusian, English, and Ukrainian.

17:30

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Day 3 • Jan 25, Sat

9:30–10:00

Location: EHU, Audience 303

10:00–12:00

Moderator: Dr. Kseniya Kniazeva, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)

— Prof. Hab. Dr. Leonid Tymchenko, Chief Research Fellow, Research Institute of Financial Policy, State Tax University (Irpin, Ukraine) — Рівність, статус і свобода у вищій освіті як рушії розвитку держави / Equality, Status, and Freedom in Higher Education as Drivers of State Development
— Prof. Dr. Alexander Vashkevich, Professor, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania) — Права на адукацыю ў практыцы ЕСПЧ / The Right to Education in the Practice of the European Court of Human Rights
— Stasys Stirbinskas, PhD student, Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas, Lithuania) — The Coexistence of Neoliberal Ideology and (In)equality of Opportunity: Pedagogues' Perspectives on Private Education in Lithuania
— Karolina Pralgauskytė, Master’s student, Mykolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania) — Long-Term Political Agreements in Education – Mission (Im)Possible?
— Dr. Kseniya Kniazeva, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania) — Праграма “Тэатральнае мастацтва і акцёрская ігра”: выклікі і поспехі / The Program ``Theater Art and Acting``: Challenges and Successes

11.15–12.00 Discussion

Discussion will follow this session.
This session will be conducted in Belarusian, English, and Ukrainian.

12:00–13:00

for participants

13:00–15:00

Moderator: Alena Basalai, Lecturer, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania)

— Dr. Liudmila Ulyashyna (online), Associate Professor, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania) — The Right to Education in One's Own Language Amidst Contemporary Challenges
— Alena Basalai, Lecturer, European Humanities University (Vilnius, Lithuania) — Беларуская прававая тэрміналогія ў выкладанні, заканадаўстве і правапрымяняльнай практыцы: ``калі тое свята будзе?``/ Belarusian Legal Terminology in Teaching, Legislation and Law Enforcement Practice: ``Kali Toje Sviata Budze?``
— Aryna Dzmitryieva, PhD, Research Fellow, Department of Public History, FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany) — Незасвоеныя навыкі: чаму акадэмічнае пісьмо важнае для будучых прафесіяналаў / Unacquired Skills: Why Academic Writing is Important for Future Professionals
— Volha Franko (online), Federal University of Bahia (Salvador, Brazil), Paterson Franco Costa (online), Federal University of Bahia (Salvador, Brazil) — Беларусь як сінтэз славянскіх краінаў: Славістыка ў Бразіліі / Belarus as a Synthesis of Slavic Countries: Slavic Studies in Brazil

Discussion will follow this session.
This session will be conducted in Belarusian and English.

15:00–15:30

for participants

15:30–16:30

all moderators

Join Us at the Conference!

Don’t miss your chance to participate in our upcoming Conference! We invite all interested scholars—established academics, early career researchers (such as PhD candidates), and practicing experts without an academic degree—to submit their abstracts by November 15, 2024, 23:59 Vilnius time.

 

Selected abstracts will be featured at the Conference. Successful applicants will be notified via email by November 30, 2024.

 

Additionally, authors of selected abstracts may be invited to publish a scientific article in English in the SCOPUS-indexed journal “Topos” of the European Humanities University.

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