Call for Papers: International Symposium on Sustainable Development and ESD
Date: September 23, 2024
Location: Chiba University of Commerce, Chiba, Japan
Fee: No participation fee and the Research Center can cover two-night accommodation
fees in our chosen hotel or guest house.
Form of symposium: hybrid (on-site presentations and online presentations are allwelcomed)
The Research Center for Sustainability at Chiba University of Commerce is pleased toannounce that it will be organizing the International Symposium on Sustainable
Development and ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) on 23 September 2024
in Chiba, Japan.
Target 7 of Sustainable Development Goal 4 offers a transformative vision of education:“By 2030, ensure that all learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to promotesustainable development, including, among others, through education for sustainable
development and sustainable lifestyles, human rights, gender equality, promotion of aculture of peace and non-violence, global citizenship and appreciation of cultural
diversity and of culture’s contribution to sustainable development”. These arguments callfor education to be transformed to contribute to the sustainable development of our globalvillage. The focus of ESD is on cognitive learning outcomes (we need the knowledge torecognize problems in our society precisely), socio-emotional ones (we need to feel
responsible for these problems) and behavioral ones (we need the competencies to takeaction to deal with them), that help learners to be global citizens, who take action for
dealing with problems of our community, the challenges addressed by the SDGs
especially.
This is why we need to deepen our understanding of ESD: what is ESD, how to introduce
ESD into the class, how to achieve a learner-centered pedagogy, how to cover genderequality in our daily teaching, how to stimulate learners’ social emotions for our global
village, etc. The proposal related to any aspects and levels of ESD is welcomed: teachingpractice, curriculum, governmental education policies, etc.
We also should deepen our comprehension of sustainable development in several levels
and fields because ESD can be achieved based on a precise and scientific understandingof environmental and social problems. The proposal related to any aspect of sustainabledevelopment is also welcomed: environmental, social and governance problems, climatechange, epidemic, carbon tax, renewable energy, biodiversity, ESG investment, CSR, fairtrade, ethical consumption, global partnership, etc.
The language of the symposium is English. Individual presentations will be 20 minutes
long, followed by 10 minutes for discussion with the floor and the other presenters.
Please send a submission of no more than 300 words in Word or PDF format to Ryohei
KAGEURA at rkageura@cuc.ac.jp by 31 July 2024 with the email subject ‘International
Symposium on Sustainable Development and ESD’. And direct any inquiries to the samee-mail address.
Submissions should include the following:
Title of paper and key words
Name, institutional affiliation and email address of presenter(s)An outline of the paper in no more than 300 words
Submissions will be peer reviewed by members of Research Center for Sustainability atChiba University of Commerce. Decisions about whether or not the proposal is accepted
and any developments required will be communicated by 15 August 2024.
The papers presented at the conference will be published in the online journal of ResearchCentre for Sustainability at Chiba University of Commerce. Please send us the final draftof your paper after the symposium, by 31 October 2024. The journal will be published inDecember.
Research Center for Sustainability at Chiba University of Commerce
Hiroka INOKUMA (Director)
Ryohei KAGEURA (Vice-director)
Takako HASHIMOTO
Thuy NGUYEN