Possibilities for Democratic Education in an Era of Disinformation

Online conference by Christopher Lubienski, Director of the Centre for Educational Policy and Evaluation and Professor of Educational Policy at Indiana University, and fellow for a one-month writing residency in June 2026 at the Paris IAS as part of the "Paris IAS Ideas" series.

The "Paris IAS Ideas" online lecture series offers short and stimulating presentations by researchers from the Paris Institute for Advanced Studies, marking the start of their month-long writing residency.

Session exclusively online and in English.
Free upon registration.
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Presentation

 Abrupt innovations in information technology, from the printing press to the internet, can be followed by disruption of established institutions governing knowledge dissemination. While such innovations may “democratize” information, they can also foster misinformation and social disruption. This project considers challenges to expertise in the new information ecosystem in light of previous upheavals, focusing on democratically governed schooling as a target of, and remedy for, misinformation.