Navigating Minds, Power and Change in Youth Work with support of Harry Potter, Wicked, Wednesday or Star Wars
We invite educators, youth workers, trainers and professionals working with young people to join our 12-part webinar journey designed to strengthen critical thinking, inclusion, cultural intelligence and resilience.
The series is divided into three thematic seasons. Each webinar can be attended separately, but together they form a coherent learning pathway.
Understanding how we think, decide and learn
Before we address inclusion or polarization, we need to understand the mechanisms behind human thinking and group learning. In this season we explore cognitive processes, bias, disinformation and the foundations of reflective thinking.
17.03.2026 – In the shadow of the ring: The hidden forces behind our decisions
Exploring the psychological forces that shape our choices and how unconscious patterns influence decision-making.
14.04.2026 – May the facts be with you: Cognitive bias and disinformation
Understanding how bias works, why misinformation spreads, and how to strengthen fact-based reasoning.
19.05.2026 – How to navigate in the rabbit hole: Developing solid arguments before establishing an opinion
Practical tools for critical thinking, argumentation and fact-checking in a world of instant opinions.
23.06.2026 – Learning magic potions: The ingredients that make group learning work
What truly creates effective learning environments? Exploring how to work with diverse groups.
Who decides what is fair?
Youth work always operates within power dynamics. Fairness is rarely neutral, and inclusion is never automatic. This season explores how power, empathy, emotional intelligence and cultural differences shape belonging and justice.
14.07.2026 – Navigating the multiverse: Cultural Intelligence in complex worlds
Developing the skills to operate across cultural differences and diverse realities with confidence and sensitivity.
25.08.2026 – Good, Wicked, or just powerful? Fairness in inclusion
Who defines what is fair? Examining power structures, narratives and hidden hierarchies in inclusion work.
15.09.2026 – From the Upside Down to the Learning Spaces: Understanding Emotional Challenges in Adolescents
How adverse experiences shape behaviour, relationships, and emotional regulation in young people? Understanding empathy as a core educational skill.
13.10.2026 – Catching and developing our emotional competences
Strengthening emotional awareness, regulation and resilience in ourselves and in young people.
Belonging, polarization and future readiness
Today’s youth are growing up in a world of rapid change, digital influence and shifting identities. Understanding their realities is essential. This season focuses on generational shifts, belonging, polarization and building preparedness for uncertainty.
24.11.2026 – Generation Alpha Unfiltered: Trends and learning patterns shaping the new learners
Who are the new learners? Understanding generational traits, digital culture and emerging expectations.
15.12.2026 – Logged In for belonging: From peer group to radical community
How belonging works, how it protects, and how it can also become a gateway to exclusion and radicalization.
12.01.2027 – Bridging the divide: Practical strategies for helping young people understand and navigate polarization
Tools for dialogue, perspective-taking and reducing “us versus them” thinking.
09.02.2027 – Navigating the change: building confidence and preparedness in uncertain times
Developing adaptability, psychological safety and future-oriented skills in young people and educators.
After each webinar, participants will be invited to continue their learning through a short online course. These interactive modules will deepen the topics discussed during the session and provide additional practical tools, examples and reflection exercises. The short online courses are designed to help you consolidate knowledge, apply it in your own context and further develop your skills at your own pace.
Additionally, each online course will introduce a ready-to-use workshop scenario, inspired by POP culture text & connected to its topic.
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance after completing each season. The certificate will reflect the webinars attended within that season.
The sessions will be conducted in English, with AI-supported live translation available in Polish, Lithuanian, Italian, Portuguese and Czech.
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