Higher Education in the Metacrisis

A Conversation

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ID21570231
AuthorsChris Eames (0000-0002-4570-2239, University of Waikato, corresponding author), Marta Estélles (0000-0001-6162-3875, University of Waikato), Pablo Del Monte (0000-0001-7479-3267, University of Waikato), Joseph Ulatowski (0000-0003-3019-1269, University of Waikato), Joe Ulatowski (University of Waikato)
Year2025
Volume41
Issue5
Pages1308-1323
Publication date2025-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Environmental Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0814-0626 • E-ISSN: 2049-775X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/aee.2025.10125
OpenAlexW7125641434
LanguageEN
References cited28

There are multiple intersecting crises afflicting society, from environmental devastation to the collapse of democracy, from economic exploitation to gratuitous violence, in the so-called “metacrisis.” Universities have both contributed to these crises in various ways, but have also tried to prevent them In this paper, we consider our responses to the metacrisis from our various disciplinary perspectives as four university educators from different scholarly traditions in one institution in Aotearoa New Zealand, We draw from our teaching experiences and our theoretical perspectives to engage in a reflective conversation with each other about how we may address the challenges of the metacrisis. Our conversation illustrates the potential benefits that such reflections, amongst colleagues who are intimately connected to a range of crises, may have to elucidate knowledge, power and performativity, and considers how humility, in a variety of forms, may be important to navigate the metacrisis

Aotearoa · Conversation · Discipline · Higher education · Institution · Critical Realism in Sociology · Digital Education and Society · Posthumanist Ethics and Activism

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