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MAP International Online Conference 2025

  EVENT DATE: 10/07/2025
The MAP International Online Conference 2025 from 10-11 July brought together youth researchers, practitioners, and scholars to further arts-based peacebuilding with children and young people.

This year’s conference marked a key milestone with the UK National Commission for UNESCO endorsing our proposed UNESCO Chair in Arts-Based Methods for Peacebuilding with and for Children and Young People. We will continue to grow MAP’s community of practice, deepening shared knowledge around multidisciplinary approaches, contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and sustaining impact within and beyond the conference.

Theme 1Theme 2Theme 3Theme 4Theme 5
UNESCO Chair EndorsementLocal Cultural Forms
and Arts-Based Methods		Adapting MAP to Different ContextsYouth Research and LeadershipInforming Curriculum and Policy

Day 1: Thursday, 10 July 2025

TimeSessionContributorsDescription
9:00 – 10:00 AMSession 1:
UNESCO Chair
Endorsement		Key speaker: Prof Ananda Breed

Guest speakers:
Jaco Du Toit (UNESCO Nepal)
Nabha Basnyat-Thapa (UNESCO Nepal)		Learning about MAP next steps and the UK National Commission of UNESCO’s endorsement of our UNESCO Chair on Arts-based Methods for Peacebuilding with and for Children and Young People.
10:30 – 12:00 PMSession 2:
Local Cultural Forms
and Arts-Based Methods		Chair: Dr Vina Puspita

Key speakers:
Dr Simon Dancey
Dr Anna Smirnova
Satria Yanuar Akbar
Nub Raj Bhandari


Respondent: Edem Agbe		Exploring how arts and cultural forms can be used for data generation, collection, analysis, and dissemination.
1:00 – 2:30 PMSession 3:
Adapting MAP to
Different Contexts		Chair: Prof Ananda Breed

Respondent: Dr Sarah Huxley		Hearing from MAP colleagues, young people, and stakeholders about how its methods and values are adapted across diverse contexts.

Day 2: Friday, 11 July 2025

TimeSessionContributorsDescription
9:00 – 10:00 AMSession 4:
Youth Research and Leadership		Chairs (Youth Researchers):
Adhikari Juhi
Emmanuel Kigundu

Respondents:
Maria Kypriotou (UNESCO)
Dr Kirrily Pells		Focusing on young people’s experiences as researchers and leaders within MAP, and identifying future engagement opportunities.
10:30 – 12:00 PMSession 5:
Informing Curriculum
and Policy in Rwanda and Nepal		Chair: Dr Sarah Huxley

Key speakers:
Dr Chaste Uwiroheye
Binod Prasad Pant, PhD
Nub Raj Bhandari

Respondent: Prof Tim Prentki		Presenting case studies from Rwanda and Nepal, highlighting how arts-based approaches and generative partnerships shape local curricula and influence current and future policy.
1:00 – 2:30 PMSession 6:
Informing Curriculum
and Policy in Kyrgyzstan and Indonesia		Chair: Prof Richard Hazenberg

Key speakers:
Anara Eginalieva
Nurlan Asanbekov
Rendiansyah Putra Dinata
Dr Yohana Ratrin Hestyan
Dr Vina Puspita

Respondent: Prof Tim Prentki		Presenting case studies from Kyrgyzstan and Indonesia, highlighting how arts-based approaches and generative partnerships shape local curricula and influence current and future policy.

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