Ethics and World Politics workshop: teaching ethics in dark times

Wednesday 14 Jan 2026, 09:00 → 16:30 Europe/London

Zoom

Politics/IR in higher education today. How do we prepare students to engage ethically with complex global issues such as climate justice, migration, war, inequality, and technological disruption? What pedagogical strategies can help cultivate critical thinking, empathy, and moral imagination across cultural and disciplinary boundaries?

Programme (all times in GMT)

 

9 am - Welcome by the Ethics and World Politics Working Group Convenors

9.15-10.45 am: Panel 1
“Sensorial Pedagogy in International Relations: Reorienting Caste and the Classroom” Ananya Sharma

“Decolonial Frameworks for Teaching and Researching Migration in the Global South”
Uzair Hashmi

“The Rise of Populism and Teaching Immigration in Japanese Universities”
Sara Kaizuka

10.45-11 am: Break

11 am-12.30 pm: Workshop 1
“Bridges in the Fog: Guiding Students through Moral Uncertainty in World Politics”
facilitated by David Shakarishvili

12.30-1 pm: Lunch

1-2.30 pm: Workshop 2
“Be a Revolutionary! Pedagogical Strategies for Teaching Authoritarianism and Revolution through Active Learning”
facilitated by Maisa Edwards

2.30-2.45 pm: Break

2.45-4.15 pm: Panel 2

“Interdisciplinary Approaches to Global Ethics Education: Cultivating Critical Thinking, Empathy and Moral Imagination in Complex Times”
Chauke Ntsako Trevor

“The Ethics of Process for Dark Times: Thinking with Writing Pedagogy”
Srishti Malaviya

“Close Enough to Care? Psychological Distance and the Politics of Security”
Hillary Briffa and Anna Plunkett


4.15-4.30 pm: Wrap Up

Registration will close two hours before the event begins