From September 28^th until October 1^st professor Dzintra Iliško from Daugavpils University, Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, Centre of Sustainable Education has participated at Nobel Prize Teachers’ Summit in Stockholm. Swedish institute in collaboration with the Nobel Prize Museum provided an opportunity to attend the Nobel Prize Teacher Summit in Stockholm in September 2022.

The first summit was held in 2017 and it has since then become a yearly event for teachers from all over the world to meet Nobel Prize Laureates, top scientists and peace activists around a theme of great importance in education. The theme this year is “One Earth – Teachers for Change” – and how education can be a driving force for a sustainable future. On September 30^th teachers from over thirty countries have met Nobel Prize laureates, top scientists and peace activists around the issue of sustainability. There were debetes on a holistic approach that is needed to build a sustainable world.  Among the issues discussed were the following: what role can teachers play in bringing about change? How can education be the driving force for a sustainable future? The initiative of this conference builds on the ability of the Nobel Prize to inspire people to seek out knowledge, to ask questions and to attempt to understand and improve the world. Among the distinguished guest of the Summit were: Didier Queloz, Nobel Prize winner in Physics 2019, Kailash Satyarthi, Nobel Peace Prize winner in 2014, Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee, winner of the  Economic Sciences Prize in 2019  invited for a digital interview, that was very exclusive to the Nobel Prize Teacher Summit, Vidar Helgesen, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation, Parul Sharma, Human Rights Lawyer, Tim Gore, Climate – and Circular Economy Expert, Per Espen Stoknes, Psychologist with PhD in Economics, Maria Gunther, Journalist, Susie Broquist Lundegård, Senior Adviser in Education for Sustainable Development, Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Author and Digital Tool Designer and Developer, Andreas Karlsson, Head of Communication at Stockholm International Water Institute., Michael Alan Martin, Senior Researcher at IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Frida Berry Eklund, Climate Communications Specialist. Tim Isaksson, Climate Strategist and Nudging Expert, Stefan Swartling, Professor of Global Transformations for Health, Shepherd Urenje, Specialist on Education for Sustainable Development, Ulrika Modéer, UN Assistant Secretary-General with her digital greeting. Thank you to all the organizers and particularly Swedish embassy  who made the event memorable for me and all the participants.

Prof. Dzintra Iliško,

Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences,

Centre of Sustainable Education

For more info: Dzintra.ilisko@du.lv