23rd European Seminar on Extension (and) Education
The 23rd European Seminar on Extension (and) Education (ESEE), entitled “Transformative learning: new directions in agricultural extension and education” will be held in the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania, and hosted by the Lab. of Agricultural Extension, Rural Systems & Rural Sociology, Dept. of Agricultural Economics & Rural Development, Agricultural University of Athens, on the 4th-7th July 2017.
Topics comprise:
- Transition for sustainability and the role of agricultural extension and agricultural education
- Pluralistic agricultural extension in a rapidly changing world: diversification, sustainability and marginality
- New roles, capacities and methods for extension in emergent innovation and entrepreneurship models
- Rural communication and the Big Data revolution
- Agricultural education in a rapidly changing world: competence assessment and strengthening, transdisciplinarity and internationalisation
- Upgrading and upskilling extension systems: transformation or new wine in old bottles?
- Monitoring and evaluation of advisory services: old challenges and new frameworks.
