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Aurora International Webinar Series: Service Learning for Societal Impact

Category:
Other
Educational hub:
Social Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Target audience:
Academics, Students
University:
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Are you involved with or interested in Societal engagement practices in Education? Do you want to engage with and improve your collaboration with societal partners in your course/program? Then join this 5-part webinar series!

Service Learning for Societal Impact

Service learning connects students, teachers and societal partners around real questions from society. Done well, it benefits everyone involved. Doing it well, though, takes practice: building trust with partners, working across disciplines and borders, and knowing how to assess what students actually learn.

Each webinar takes one of these challenges and looks at it through the experience of people who work with it every day. Every session includes a live Q&A, so you can bring your own questions and situations.

The series runs from 19 November to 17 December 2026, 14:00 to 15:00 CET. You can join one session or all five.

5 sessions, 5 themes, diverse experts

  • 19 November: Introduction to Community Service Learning
  • 26 November: Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Community Service Learning
  • 10 December: Meaningful Engagement of Societal Stakeholders in Service Learning Firsthand Experience
  • 14 December: Foresight and Futures Literacy to Explore Agroecological Transitions
  • 17 December: Competencies for Societal Impact – LOUIS

Featuring:

  • Live interactive Q&A sessions
  • Shared experiences from experts engaging service learning in education around Europe

Registration: Free but mandatory – register here.

More information can be found on VU Amsterdam’s website or on the promotional flyer.