# Event Details - **Event Name**: Populism and education - **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm – Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 04:00 pm - **Event Description**: Explore how rising political populism shapes social justice in education, knowledge politics, and young people's identities.About this EventThe purpose of this event is to explore the consequences of surging political populism for social justice in education with a focus on the politics of knowledge and the relationship between knowledge and social inequality. Our speakers will consider populist challenges to institutionalised knowledge, the role of education as a site for populist political contestation and resistance, and the relationship between populism and differently positioned young people’s identities. The event is inspired by a range of public debates and social contestations, including the way that gender, sexuality and race are approached and contested in educational settings, changing relationships between public trust and expertise, and moral panics connected in which student identities are made into focal points for populist political projects. In this context, our aim is to open up a discussion about how populist politics within and outside of official policy circles is impacting on education, the role that education can play in shaping the outcome of public debates about social inequalities, and the project of social justice through education.The event will include presentations from two speakers, and collective discussion afterwards:Right wing populism, education, and the ‘natural' order of thingsProfessor Jessica Gerrard, University of MelbourneAcross national contexts – including Australia – a rise in authoritarian right-wing populist politics has seemingly disrupted the settlement of liberal representative democracies. In this paper, I seek to resituate right-wing populism as an underpinning current within liberal democracies, lying at their centre and in their invariable gaps, exclusions and violences. I examine and address the ways in which contemporary right-wing politics is expressed through a claim to what is ‘natural’ (gender, family, social inequalities, a white settler colonial state), drawing on historical research from the 1970s and 1980s as well as contemporary trends. I demonstrate how education is central to these politics through the cultivation of conservative networks of expertise and reflect on what this means in the current day.Defending the family: Safe Schools, populism and the politics of inclusive educationDr Roz Ward, Deakin UniversityThis presentation will explore how populist backlash against programs such as Safe Schools has been animated through claims to ‘defend the family’. It explores how gender and sexuality are contested in education through moral panic and the politicisation of ‘parental rights’.The session invites reflections on the implications of these forms of populism and ideology for education, educational research, and hopes for social justice through education. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/melbourne/populism-and-education/100001982329627278 - **Event Categories**: Art, Sports, fine-arts - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com.au%2Fe%2Fpopulism-and-education-tickets-1982329627278 - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: AUD ## Event venue details - **city**: Melbourne - **state**: VI - **country**: Australia - **location**: Deakin Downtown - **lat**: -37.8206284 - **long**: 144.95001290000005 - **full address**: Deakin Downtown, 727 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia ## Event Organizer details - **affiliate_id**: 10 - **organizer**: The Centre for Research for Educational Impact (https://allevents.in/org/the-centre-for-research-for-educational-impact/25297103) ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: banner - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/48f4b2eaa276677b52dc1d07466732cca77c768ba6c554301fe22e064e1d3664-rimg-w1200-h600-dceaecf7-gmir.jpg?v=1771531202 - **Alt text**: thumbnail - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/4b564790330459882f1da01bc5f55e909927117bbd5edb666012b6f2659d9f14-rimg-w400-h400-dce1e6f4-gmir.jpg?v=1771531202 ## FAQs - **Q**: When is the event happening? - **A:** Fri, 06 Mar, 2026 at 02:00 pm - **Q**: Where is the event happening? - **A:** Deakin Downtown, 727 Collins Street, Melbourne, Australia - **Q**: What is the ticket price? - **A:** starting from 0 up to 0 AUD - **Q**: Who is organizing the event? - **A:** The Centre for Research for Educational Impact - **Q**: What type of event is this? - **A:** Art, Sports, fine-arts - **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Populism and education ? - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Populism and education", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events6/banners/48f4b2eaa276677b52dc1d07466732cca77c768ba6c554301fe22e064e1d3664-rimg-w1200-h600-dceaecf7-gmir.jpg?v=1771531202", "startDate": "2026-03-06", "endDate": "2026-03-06", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/populism-and-education/100001982329627278", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Deakin Downtown", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "727 Collins Street", "postalCode": "3008", "addressLocality": "Melbourne", "addressRegion": "VI", "addressCountry": "AU" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "-37.8206284", "longitude": "144.95001290000005" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "Explore how rising political populism shapes social justice in education, knowledge politics, and young people's identities.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "2026-03-06", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "0.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/populism-and-education/100001982329627278" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/populism-and-education/100001982329627278", "price": 0, "name": "General Admission - Deakin Downtown" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "AUD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-04-04", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-04-04", "url": "https://allevents.in/melbourne/populism-and-education/100001982329627278", "price": 0, "name": "Online (Zoom)" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "The Centre for Research for Educational Impact", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/the-centre-for-research-for-educational-impact/25297103", "description": "The Centre for Research for Educational Impact (REDI) is Deakin University’s strategic research and innovation centre in the field of education. 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