We are a group of international researchers – from Australia, Finland, Norway, Scotland and Sweden – who have set out to conduct 30 projects in order to discover how diverse groups of people answer this critical question:

'Given our times, what does it mean to live well in a world worth living in for all?’

Specifically, our focus is to undertake in-depth on-the-ground studies to explore how education might be understood through a range of voices – including those often unheard – to assist researchers, educators and practitioners to bring a world worth living in for all into reality.

The idea of living well, the ‘good’ life, and the type of world that allows all to thrive is not new. Many nations and cultures express similar concepts in their own language. In Australian Indigenous knowledge, it is articulated in the Wiradjuri term Yindyamarra Winhanganha, which has been translated as ‘the wisdom of respectfully knowing how to live well in a world worth living in’ (Charles Sturt University, 2021). We are grateful to have received permission from Wiradjuri Elder Uncle Stan Grant Senior to share this term.

Our research looks at the fundamental purpose of education.
We critique ways that education is failing us and celebrate educational approaches that move us in the right direction. Education is a thread that runs through all our projects; but education occurs in multiple spaces – not just in schools or universities.

We want to counter apathy and despair with joy and hope.
We are exploring projects where people are living better and creating a world more worth living in through education.

We hope that what you see here sparks thoughts, conversations and action – globally, and within your local communities. So that we can, individually and collectively, live well and help to create a world worth living in for all.