Kaleidoscope is an annual two-day conference hosted by research students at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
Kaleidoscope 2025
Learning to Transform: Imagining Radical Possibilities in Education.
22nd Annual Kaleidoscope Conference at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
In-person: 05 - 06 June 2025
Conference Overview
As researchers, we believe in the role of education to transform, not just inform. With precarity and polarisation overwhelming learning, being and belonging, Kaleidoscope is a space where we can come together to learn from one another. To discover answers and perspectives as part of transforming our spaces of learning on how we research, become researchers, and embody the change we hope to see.
Kaleidoscope is an annual two-day conference hosted by research students at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. It is a great opportunity for us to not only share our work, but also introspect about what it means to be education researchers and to think about our social and political responsibilities outside of academia. Education is inherently political, and we hope our conference can be a place which challenges the epistemological lines between research, teaching, and activism, as well as whose knowledge is seen as legitimate. We hope to make this year’s Kaleidoscope a memorable, inclusive experience that encourages us to explore the intersections of our work, our lived experiences, and the broader field of education.
Thus, we invite you to join us in-person on the 5th and 6th of June for the 22nd Kaleidoscope Conference at the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge with the option for virtual presentations on June 6th only. This time of change is an opportunity for reflection and response. Through this conference, we hope to create a diverse and uniquely situated community of peers and colleagues, to think together and to learn from each other, to evaluate and to (re)imagine.
Theme
Learning to Transform: Imagining Radical Possibilities in Education
Attendees will have the chance to explore the transformative impact of technology in education, discover influential narratives shaping educational experiences, and expand creativity and imaginations in discussing revolutionary pedagogic practices. We are excited to reach new horizons in understanding learning minds and challenge traditional teaching methods, fostering innovation and creativity inside and outside the classroom at Kaleidoscope 2024.
To further guide the wide range of conversations we hope to host, we have organised the following sub-themes:
- Transforming Narratives: Education Beyond and Across Borders
- Transforming Realities: Power, Policy, and Resistance
- Transforming Platforms: Education Technology and Digital Futures
- Transforming Childhood: Media and Playful Pedagogies in Action
- Transforming Environment: Sustainability and Spaces of Learning
- Transforming Possibilities: Decolonising Research and Practice
- Transforming Expectations: Redefining Educational Contexts
- Transforming Teaching: Communities of Practice
- Transforming Language: Critical Approaches to Communication and Curriculum
- Transforming Arts: Creativity and Education
Call for Submissions
Please submit an abstract of maximum 250 words by the 6th of April 2025. Please choose a presentation format and sub-theme to submit your abstract to.
We welcome all forms of submissions representing inter-, multi- and trans-disciplinary projects, empirical and non-empirical, finished and unfinished. Building upon the success of last year's Kaleidoscope conference, practice-based and creative abstracts will also be considered. We look forward to learning from your theoretical and methodological advances, as well as your original contributions to practice and/or pedagogy.
We invite participants to present their work through presentations (15 minutes or 5 minutes), posters, and practice-based or creative sessions. All submissions will go through a double-blind peer review process. Personal information submitted through this form will be carefully protected, and will only be used for purposes directly pertaining to the conference. Submissions must represent presenters’ original work and if needed align with the University of Cambridge’s guidelines for the use of generative AI.
Submission form:Kaleidoscope Abstract Submission 2025
Deadline for abstract submission: 6th April 2025
Email: kaleidoscope@educ.cam.ac.uk
Key dates |
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| Abstract submission deadline | 6th April 2025 |
| Conference presenters confirmed | tbc |
| Attendees registration opens | tbc |
Conference Venue
- 5th June 2025 | Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge
- 6th June 2025 | Online (Morning Session) & Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge (Afternoon Session)
Get in Touch
Email: kaleidoscope@educ.cam.ac.uk
Twitter: @CambridgeKScope
Facebook: Kal Versa
Instagram: @KaleidoscopeCon
Website: www.educ.cam.ac.uk/events/conferences/kaleidoscope2024/