The workshop “Sustainability in the Light of (Human) Nature: Paths towards World Citizenship Education” was held at TU Dortmund University on March 14, 2025.
Co-hosted by the Faculty of Education, Psychology, and Sociology at TU Dortmund University, which has an academic exchange agreement with Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Education, this marked the sixth iteration of the joint workshop. This year’s theme focused on World Citizenship Education, featuring presentations and discussions by researchers from both institutions.
Four members from the Kyoto University project participated and presented the following papers (listed in order of presentation, titles without honorifics):
- Yuzo Hirose (Associate Professor, Philosophy of Education Course)
Sustainability for the World? Reconsidering Education for Sustainable Development through the Geographical Idea of Satoyama - Joonha Park (Lecturer, Office of Global Education)
Cultural Dynamics of Pro-Social and Pro-Environmental Behaviors in East Asia: Barriers and Opportunities for World Citizenship - Moe Takeda (Doctorial Student, Philosophy of Education Course)
The Idea of Nature in Hume’s Treatise: Considering Sustainability from The Conceptual History of Nature - Koichiro Misawa (Associate Professor, Clinical Education Course)
Initiation, Transformation and Actualisation: Sophisticated Aristotelians vs. German Analytic Philosophers on Human Nature
Following the presentations, participants engaged in in-depth academic exchange and discussions with researchers from TU Dortmund University, fostering close collaborative dialogue.
