Art, Design & Media
A Focus on Pedagogy Series
22-24 June, 2026
Madrid
CONFERENCE
Contemporary Teaching in a Time of Change
Art, Design & Media
Event: 24 – 26 June, 2026 | Abstracts: 15 July, 2025
The Art, Design & Media strand of this conference is interested in questions of art, design and media studies as both subjects of academic research and as sites of innovative teaching.
The conference forms part of the Focus on Pedagogy series. It examines the future of education across disciplines in an era of unprecedent change: A worldwide pandemic that distanced the educator from the learner. The emergence of AI. The continued diversification of the student body. The decolonization of the curriculum. The incorporation of sustainability and resilience into our teaching, and much more.
Reflecting on this scenario from the historic city of Madrid, we draw on an educational history that is deep-rooted: the city is home to the Royal Spanish Academy, the internationally renowned Instituto Cervantes and some of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Europe. With this in mind, the conference is interested in exploring critical perspectives on the future of education in specific disciplines and across disciplinary boundaries, but is equally interested in understanding their individual pasts and maintaining what is strong and functions well in the way we teach today.
Disciplinary Themes
ART, DESIGN & MEDIA:
Themes include:
Examinations of best practice art teaching; innovations for student success in the creative industries, the future of academic research in design and new technologies in media studies. Other issues of interest are critiques of funding for arts education, the first-hand documentation of innovative students support in creative disciplines, and presentations on cross-disciplinary teaching across the full spectrum of art, design & media disciplines, and more
Other themes:
Teaching & Learning | Methods, modes of practice and innovations in both how we teach art and how we practice design as a creative and problem-based issue.
Humanities & Social Sciences | Examinations of innovative education and research in diverse fields that interlink with the arts, design, literature, film, sociology, philosophy and more.
Built Environments | Presentations on the art, design & media fields and their role in placemaking, urban design, architecture, landscape and interior design.
Science & Technology | Considerations of how technologies like AI can support creative production, and how they are utilized and appropriated in creative works.
Health & Wellbeing | Best practices in art, design and media as it relates to issues of health and wellness in patients, students, teachers and creatives.
Further details and to submit your abstract:
Conference outputs include the AMPS Proceedings Series, ISSN 2398-9467; Special Issue Publications of the AMPS academic journal with UCL Press; Books from this event will be developed by Routledge Taylor & Francis, with short films available on the AMPS Academic YouTube Channel. Written papers are optional. If submitted they should be 3,000 word length. Formatting instructions to follow after the conference. All papers are double- blind peer reviewed for the AMPS Conference Proceedings Series. Subject to review, selected authors will be invited to develop longer versions as journal articles with UCL Press or book chapters with Routledge Taylor & Francis. Papers dealing directly with issues of teaching and learning will be considered for the Routledge series A Focus on Pedagogy. In-person: Live in Madrid @Madrid: For delegates visiting Spain but presenting virtually Zoom: Virtual presentations coordinated by AMPS Pre-recorded: Pre-recorded presentations or films will be available permanently on the AMPS Academic YouTube channel Written papers: In all cases, delegates can present full written papers for inclusion in all associated conference publications Queries: team@amps-research.com Click the button below for full details and to submit your abstract. Publications
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