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Send us Fan Mail AI, Innovation & Human Connection with Ilse De Jong, PhD in Innovation. In this  inspirational episode of unboxED, we explore the intersection of AI, innovation, and education with Dr. Ilse De Jong — educator, researcher, and AI advocate with a background in human behavior and organizational development. Ilse shares how AI can be a force for good, amplifying the capacity to te...

Send us Fan Mail Bringing Back the Joy of Learning—At Every Stage of Life www.thejoyoflearning.com For over 15 years, Georgi Panayotov has been designing and facilitating learning experiences & programs that do more than transfer knowledge —they reawaken curiosity, connection , and purpose . Whether he is working with preschoolers or senior executives, in a classroom or a leadership retreat, o...

Send us Fan Mail Kyle Wagner is the founder and  [Co] Learning Experience Designer for Transform Educational Consulting Limited, an organization that empowers forward thinking schools and educators to create globally, socially and emotionally aware citizens through project-based experiences and 12 shifts for student-centred environments.  Kyle fell in love with project-based learning as a teacher...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of unboxED , we meet Tim Nedrup , also known as Tim Timmey — an artist from Höganäs whose work stretches across graffiti, ceramics, public murals, and design. His pieces are playful, bold, and often unexpected — and they invite people to stop, look, and feel something real. Tim talks about how he found his voice through street art, what it means to create in public...

Send us Fan Mail The Magic of Music - Per Kincaid, Composer / arranger, performer, producer, instuctor. We loved the conversation with our dear colleague Per. Here are two things he said that captures very much how he looks at learning and development, the human experience:  ✨We should allow young people to just be human beings and explore things! ✨Everything has got to be felt somehow. Per  is...

Send us Fan Mail When Learning is  Meaningful, Applicable and Transformational - Emma van Haneghem Larsson & Lily Lundin This episode was edited by Emma van Haneghem-Larsson What makes education truly impactful? Emma and Lily, two driven students from ProCivitas Helsingborg, believe it’s about creating meaningful experiences, applying knowledge in real-world contexts, and fostering personal tr...

Send us Fan Mail Abbas Sbeity (b. 1991, Lebanon) is a designer, curator, and cultural manager based in Helsingborg, Sweden.  He leads Creative Insights Studio , offering design and research consultancies for the public sector and development agencies, and runs his curatorial practice through his newly founded organization, Kulturrummet , focusing on site-specific, community-driven projects. His wo...

Send us Fan Mail Tanya Sheckley embodies what it means to be a "rebel educator"—someone who looks at traditional systems, identifies what isn't working, and takes bold action to create something better. As founder and president of California's Up Academy, she's built an educational model that truly embraces diverse learners through project-based approaches and mixed-age le...

Send us Fan Mail Adebayo Alomaja Chief Learning Designer @Eazy-Digi | International educator | Education futurist | Board Member | Speaker | "On a mission to convert 100k African teachers to Authentic Learning Designers by 2030" Web: https://eazydigi.net/courses-for-education-leaders-and-professionals/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alomaja-adebayo/ Adebayo Alomaja, in his words,...

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is one of the learners, students we met on our way as learner guides, teachers,  of international education.  The one thing that stood out with him already as a 9 year old was his brilliant math and coding skills.  In this episode we have a conversation with him about intrinsic motivation and what impact it has in a young person’s life! We unbox what was driving him...

Send us Fan Mail Märt Aro has been an Education Advisor to the United Nations, the European Commission, OECD, and numerous governments worldwide, including Estonia, the UK, Lithuania, Malta, Romania, Colombia, Latvia, Germany, Holland, and Turkey. He has established -  and helped to establish - numerous NGOs and companies, including N8 and the European EdTech Alliance, and contributed to the creat...

Send us Fan Mail { HundrED } Welcome to another exciting episode of "Unboxed"! Today, we’re thrilled to share the  conversation we had in June this year with  Lasse Leponiemi, the Executive Director and co-founder  of Finland-based HundrED, a global organization dedicated to identifying and sharing innovative educational projects that are impactful and scaleable. With a background in bot...

Send us Fan Mail Drew Cortese  Director of Global Partnerships at AEON Learning Sciences, NewYork, USA. He was a founding faculty member at AEON, formerly Avenues Global School, New York  in 2012, where he was also a Head of grade and a Dean of students & college counselling.  Within the Research & Development team, Drew specializes in identifying and securing opportunities to expand the s...

Send us Fan Mail Barry Cooper Educational Leadership Global College, Madrid, IB school Barry Cooper’s educational career spans 20 years, 3 continents, and 5 prestigious schools in London, Edinburgh, Shanghai, Dubai and now Madrid where he is the founding principal of The Global College. He is passionate about working with families to create strong school communities, AI and new ways of teaching, e...

Send us Fan Mail Meet Alva Hennigor, a fierce 18-year-old creative student from the LBS Gymnasium , Skåne, Sweden, who's turning her ADHD challenges into superpowers.  As a Game graphics student, she digs deep into world-building in Dungeons & Dragons, crafting epic stories and intricate maps that blend magic and science.  Diagnosed with ADHD at the end of 9th grade, Alva’s journey has be...

Send us Fan Mail Claire Evans  has over 20 years of experience working in education, in the UK, Belgium, Chile and globally online, in many different roles from teacher to learning experience designer, consultant and teacher-trainer.  She is an active player in the progressive pedagogy movement and is the Chief Learning Officer at School of Humanity, an award-winning online high school reinventing...

Send us Fan Mail Meet the Power Duo Behind Techship! 🌟 In a world where complexity demands innovative solutions, learning to collaborate and push boundaries is crucial for young minds.  At Techship/ Hetch, Aliya Sabir and Dragos Cruceat empower  the next generation to do just that.  🎙️ From a seed, from an  idea, they've transformed it into a thriving program for young entrepreneurs and tech...

Send us Fan Mail Nina Alonso, an international educational researcher and advocate for global cooperation and development, holds a PhD in Education from the University of Cambridge. With extensive experience in diverse educational settings and countries of varying complexity, she oversees research consultancies addressing complex social issues in education policy and practice. She has worked for s...

Send us Fan Mail Lukasz Larsson Warzecha is an award-winning documentary photographer and cinematographer who is passionate about capturing and sharing stories that inform, inspire, and engage a global audience about our time's most pressing environmental issues. Over the past sixteen years, he has taken cameras to every environment across six continents on photography and TV broadcast assign...

Send us Fan Mail { Dialogue can solve every problem in the world }  Today’s guest is participating in the The Socratic Experience and is a firm believer that dialogue can solve every problem in the world.  Raheen Fatima is a proof that age doesn’t matter when it comes to making an impact in our communities.    At 16 years of age, she is already a dynamic and multi-talented young leader from Pakist...

Send us Fan Mail "It doesn't matter where we start, we're just at the right place, just like bamboo" Dr. Benjamin Freud is the Head of Upper School at Green School, Bali, where he is responsible for guiding and enriching the Middle and High School learning programme in line with Green School’s holistic and sustainability-centered educational philosophy, as well as providing lea...

Send us Fan Mail { Passion will make you fall in love with learning } We had a conversation with Christopher Pommerening, Founder and CEO of Barcelona-based Learnlife.  The interview started with us having some technical errors, and we apologised about that. What Christopher said smiling and welcoming afterwards truly says something about him as a person and his way of teaching and learning. Somet...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the future classroom of Alex More! Alex is a passionate facilitator of learning, inspired by people and ideas, dedicated to transforming the learning landscape through cutting-edge strategies and technologies.  Hear what he means with ‘warm technology ‘, and how student advocacy is boosted through the TedX Youth events organised in Shaftesbury, UK.   Alex’s “Future Clas...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to the unboxED podcast!  Today, we are thrilled to share that we interviewed the incredible Olli-Pekka Heinonen, Director General of the International Baccalaureate. His calm, balanced, and reflective leadership left us starstruck.  In our conversation, we explored essential topics such as youth well-being, digital literacy, the futures of education, and the concept of a c...

Send us Fan Mail Step into the future of education with our latest episode of unboxED!  Join us as we sit down with Saana Azzam, the dynamic CEO and Chief Inspirational Officer, who is not only shaping the future but redefining it. Saana, a TED Talk speaker and founder of MENA Speakers, brings a unique perspective to the table.  From her journey as a Palestinian refugee to her prestigious educatio...