Health & Wellbeing

A Focus on Pedagogy Series

Madrid

 

Event: 24 – 26 June, 2026      |      Abstracts: 15 July, 2025


CONFERENCE

Contemporary Teaching in a Time of Change

Health & Wellbeing Strand

 

The Health & Wellbeing strand of this conference is interested in teaching and research in mental & physical health, questions of personal and public wellbeing, and knowledge development in the medical & scientific fields more broadly. It sees these issues as both subjects of academic investigation and as part and parcel of best practice pedagogy today.

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

 

HEALTH & WELLBEING:

Themes include but are not limited to:

Case studies of mental health as a community issue, support systems for student wellbeing, the teaching of next generation health professionals, campaigns around accessibility, the role of AI in public health, developing scientific & medical knowledge, supporting general health awareness, and more.

Other themes:

Teaching & Learning | Methods, modes of practice and innovations in both how we address health and wellness in how we teach and what we research.
Sustainability & Resilience
| From integrating SDGs into curricula to supporting sustainable teaching and learning practices for both educators and learners.
Art & Design
| Best practices in art and health research for wellness and mental health in patients, students and teachers.
Humanities & Social Sciences
| Examinations of innovative education and research in diverse fields that interlink with public health: sociology, geography, psychology and more.
Built Environments
| Presentations on Covid-19, design for life, sick building syndrome, care in the community, healthy cities, sanitation and public health, and more.
Science & Technology
| Considerations of how technologies like AI can support health and wellbeing – from wellness apps to innovative health research and practice.

Further details and to submit your abstract:

Publications

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.

 

Formats

In-person: Live in Madrid, Spain

@Madrid: For delegates in Madrid 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 associated conference publications

 

Submissions & Registration

Queries: team@amps-research.com

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