KP International Week 2027 – April 5-7

We live in a time shaped by profound and interconnected global challenges. Climate change, the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, and growing wellbeing and mental health crises are transforming societies across the world. These developments affect not only our students, but also the citizens and communities served by our professional programmes, as well as the educational institutions themselves.

In this context, an important question emerges:

• Does the changing world require us to substantially rethink our approach to education?

Preparing students for a future marked by uncertainty, complexity, and continuous change may demand new pedagogical approaches, new ways of organising education, and new forms of professional practice. It challenges us to reconsider how we engage with students, moving beyond a narrow focus on competencies and skills to embrace the development of the whole person.

This calls for pedagogies that foster critical thinking, collaboration, adaptability, and ethical awareness. It requires us to rethink the relationships between educators, students, and the wider communities in which learning takes place.

Within this transformation, international and intercultural perspectives can have a particularly important role to play. Global challenges transcend national borders and can only be understood through engagement with different perspectives, experiences, and forms of knowledge.

Internationalisation and intercultural learning can therefore serve as powerful drivers for educational innovation, helping institutions develop programmes that are relevant, inclusive, and responsive to the realities of a world facing grand challenges.

As we celebrate our international cooperation, we invite you to join us in reflection on these challenging questions and new perspectives.

We welcome you!

Program

The program will be made in co-creation with the participants and will contain keynotes, presentations, lectures, sessions, posters and networking activities.

The final program will be announced by February 2027.

Registration

Please register through our online system.

Deadline for registration: December 1, 2026.

If need be, we prioritize participants from our partner institutions. As a participant you can often receive Erasmus+ staff mobility funding for either teaching or training mobility. Please check at your home institution.

There is no registration fee to participate in KP International Week.