GELYDA Events

Upcoming Summer 2026 GELYDA Conference

The GELYDA Steering Committee is pleased to announce the Association’s next in-person conference in Seoul, South Korea in Summer 2026! Preparing young people for citizenship is more urgent than ever. Children and youth must develop the values, skills, and attitudes to participate meaningfully in community life, safeguard positive norms, and contribute to a more just and connected global society. Without this intentional preparation, we risk what Hobbes once warned of—a “bellum omnium contra omnes”—a war of all against all.

Empathy, responsibility, collaboration, and commitment to the common good—do not happen by chance. They must be cultivated through both formal schooling and extended education. Afterschool programs, service learning, and community initiatives provide critical opportunities for young people to practice perspective taking, civic engagement, and collective problem-solving.

The 2026 GELYDA international conference calls on practitioners, policymakers and researchers to explore how schools and extended education can share responsibility in preparing the next generation for active, engaged and inclusive citizenship at the local, national, and global levels. We invite you to contribute papers and presentations that advance this essential agenda.

We are excited to announce the official website for GELYDA's international conference in South Korea has officially launched. Please visit the site to learn more about the June 24th-26th, 2026 event and regularly monitor for new announcements and updates. This will be the hub for all information with GELYDA's site also posting key information.

The call for abstracts is officially open for GELYDA's international conference and all submissions are due by March 31st, 2026. Below please find links and dates with all key information and the detailed call for papers can be found on the conference website on the Submission page. We encourage all who are interested in presenting to submit!!

Abstract Submission Information:

Call for papers announcement & details: please visit the conference website.
The link for submitting abstracts can be found here
Abstract Submissions Due: March 31st, 2026
Acceptance Notifications Shared: April 3rd, 2026

The Early Bird registration period is now open for the conference and will run until March 31st, 2026. Regular conference registration will run from April 1st until May 31st, 2026. To learn more about general registration deadlines, fees and payment methods feel free to visit the full conference site (see above).

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German Educational Research Association (DGfE) Conference

March 22nd to 25th, 2026

Munich, Germany

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We are pleased to share that representatives from GELYDA’s Steering Committee and Advisory Board will co-present at the German Educational Research Association (DGfE) Conference in Munich on March 25, 2026!

Their session, “Extended Education around the Globe: Linking Academic Learning and Student Well-Being through International Evidence (GELYDA Ad-Hoc Group),” convenes international scholars to examine three essential questions: What works? For whom? Under which conditions?

In dialogue with German stakeholders, the group will highlight global evidence, identify core design principles of effective extended education, and explore implications for research, practice, and education policy.