The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University in collaboration with St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge, is hosting the Research Engagement Dialogue Series (REDS2) “Peace starts with Children: Developing a mindset of Interdependence”

Join us in person or online for a morning dialogue followed by an afternoon reflective workshop on how mindful education can shift the dial from war to peace. We are excited to host the following dynamic speakers for this event. This exceptional panel will provide participants with valuable insights and guide us through the importance of education to peace.

• Takako Fukatsu (Esteemed pedagogue and lifelong peace activist) shares her conviction that “Peace starts with children” and how she arrived at this insight.
• Allan Nguyen (AMI Montessori Trainer) speaks on “developing a mindset of interdependence”.

Date: 17 September 2025

Venue: Yellow Molteno Room, 5^ste floor

                Arts and Social Sciences building

Dialogue: 9-11am

Workshop: 1-3pm

For more information and to RSVP: unescopeacechair@sun.ac.za

Professor Alain Tschudin

UNESCO Gandhi-Montessori-Luthuli Chair on Education for Peace and Transformative Solidarity