To support flexibility and encourage thoughtful contributions, we are implementing a rolling review process. This allows authors to submit early and receive feedback in a timely manner.

Submit your abstract at any point during the submission periods below. Abstracts will be reviewed in cycles, and feedback will be returned as follows:

Advantages of early submission:

• Receive feedback early and have time to revise
• Secure your place in the program and choose preferred formats
• Increase chances of inclusion in pre-conference materials

Review process:

• All abstracts will be reviewed by at least two members of the Socio Scientific Committee for the criteria identified.
• You may be invited to revise and resubmit if your abstract has potential but needs refinement.
• Revised abstracts must be submitted by 30 April 2026 to ensure final review.

• The abstract submission deadline is 11:59pm AWST on Thursday 30 April 2026.
• By submitting an abstract, the author(s) agree to the general policies and requirements as listed on this page.
• Abstracts can be submitted in English, French and Spanish, however, in Perth the presenter will present in English.
• All submissions will be reviewed by the Socio Scientific Committee. The committee may accept or reject abstracts and their decision is final. The outcome of submissions will be emailed latest by 15 July 2026.
• Presenting authors are required to register and pay to attend the Congress by 31 July 2026. Co-presenters are required to register. Authors are asked to factor this deadline into any relevant internal approval timelines. It is not possible for the Congress to provide extensions to this registration deadline to ensure that the final program is released in a timely manner.
• Unregistered authors as of 31 July 2026 will not be included in the final program.
• Authors can submit up to two abstracts per primary author. Each abstract must be submitted by an author who is listed as a contributor on that abstract.
• If the abstract is selected for inclusion in the program, consent is provided for the presentation slides, video, audio recording and/or photos taken during the presentation to be used and published by the host organisations. This includes being provided to delegates of the Congress.
• Online submission is the only method for submitting abstracts for the 13th WEEC.

1. Access the submission portal at https://weec2026-c10000.eorganiser.com.au/.
2. Create an evexus account to submit an abstract.
3. Upon creating an account, submitting authors will be asked to verify their email address. Please check the spam or junk folder if not received. Please contact weec2026@arinexgroup.com if unable to locate the verification email.
4. Locate Submissions in the evexus submission portal.
5. Click + Submit Abstract.
6. Please ensure to download the official template. Abstracts can be submitted in English, French and Spanish, however, in Perth the presenter will present in English.
7. The submitting author is responsible for ensuring that the abstract is submitted correctly.
8. Upon successful submission, the submitting author will receive a confirmation email containing the abstract attached as a PDF file. Check junk or spam folders if not received. Please contact weec2026@arinexgroup.com if unable to locate the confirmation email.
9. Authors can view or edit their abstracts by returning to their evexus account and by selecting ‘Submissions’. Edits may be made up to 48 hours before the submission window closes.

1. Select the preferred presentation format. Please note that the final allocated format will be at the discretion of the Socio Scientific Committee. The Congress will endeavour to accommodate preferred formats but this cannot be guaranteed.
2. Provide the abstract title in English to match the submitted document. The first word in the title should be capitalised as should any proper nouns (sentence case).
3. ALL CAPS should not be used.
4. Abbreviations and acronyms can be capitalised as required.
5. The abstract body should not exceed 500 words / 3,000 characters (including blanks and punctuation).
6. Use standard abbreviations only. When using abbreviations spell out the name in full at the first mention and follow with the abbreviation in parentheses. Abbreviations may be used in the title, provided the name in full is outlined in the body of the abstract.
7. Add the details of all author(s) to match the author(s) listed in the submitted document. Indicate a presenting author using the Yes/No slider.
8. Select the relevant theme for the submission. If the abstract fits into more than one theme, please select the one that is most relevant.
9. Provide 3-5 keywords relevant to your abstract.
10. Once all fields have been completed, click Preview and Submit to generate a final preview of the abstract (Adobe Acrobat plugin may be required). Check this preview carefully to ensure the accuracy of the submission. Once you are satisfied with your preview click Submit to complete the submission process.

The WEEC Secretariat suggests your approach to the Congress themes be consistent with a transversal “Paradigm shift” that places Environmental Education at the heart of transformative learning.

Shift 1: Reversing the point of view
Environmental Education must be decolonised, amplifying, recognising, and valuing voices from the Global South, respecting traditional knowledge, and moving beyond the dominant logic of globalisation. We build on the resilience of Indigenous, island, and local communities, including those in Europe and North America.

Shift 2: Opening the doors
Pedagogies and methodologies for transformative learning include service learning, community stewardship, project-work-based activities, Place-Based education, participatory action, citizen science, skills development, and action-oriented education for making new personal, communal, and political choices. These approaches also include a holistic worldview with an eco-social and epistemic approach, critical and systems thinking, critical and ethical thinking, and a participatory approach.

Shift 3: Breaking watertight compartments (silos)
Schools and universities are fragmented into many disciplines, but even outside, there are hidden separations and watertight compartments in our work and all surrounding contexts. How does environmental education (EE) help to create flows, migrations, and dialogue of ideas, concepts, and goals? Environmental education as a changemaker is the way to an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary education. We need to develop holistic and systemic thinking, which allows different scales of space (local, national, global) and time (past, present and future) to be considered to understand how elements of the environmental, social, economic and cultural dimensions interact and relate to each other. In other words, education must deal with complexity.

Shift 4: From conservative to innovative learning
Based on the achievements of the biennial joint research programme Club of Rome-WEEC Community, these strands lead to:

• A criticism of the transmissive teaching of most formal education systems.
• A global look at educational systems worldwide, their block-in or innovation, their weaknesses, and threats to propose a renewed role for education.
• Promote consistent teacher training at all educational levels, as a key element in moving towards transformative education.

Shift 5: Climate and social justice
The impact of climate change is rapidly growing; for the Global South, this would be particularly devastating, both because of the lack of socio-economic tools and the geographical areas that are the most vulnerable. Climate change disproportionately affects the Global South despite contributing far less to global emissions. This can be seen as environmental classism and racism, as it affects the poorest in the world and the Global South the most, who is affected by historical exploitation and ecological degradation due to the neoliberal model.

Shift 6: Social science and climate change
Climate change leads to numerous social challenges that require a participatory approach to envisioning our future and ensuring more desirable trajectories for human and non-human life on our planet. We must reimagine a new societal future through a participatory, educator-centred, and complexity-aware transformation of education systems.

Shift 7: Climate change, economics, economy and consumption
Preparing for the future involves cultivating a critical understanding of our current socioeconomic model and its differentiated effects in the Global South and the Global North. This includes, for example, transitions toward low-carbon economies and sustainable ways of living.