Committing to Excellence: Relational Leading and Learning in Challenging Times
The annual Unity Conference will return to the Bonnington Hotel in Dublin on 10-11 November 2025.
The Call for Papers is now open.
Relational Practice as a concept within the caring professions (including Child & Youth Care, Social Care, Social Work, Education, Medicine, Psychology etc), has grown from the work of many pioneers over recent decades. Now, within a post-Covid, AI, and politically unstable landscape, it has become ever more necessary that the hard fought for ‘learning and leadership’ continues to be remembered and built on by the younger generations of practitioners, educators and researchers.
The successful UNITY 2024 conference concentrated its attention on ‘Resetting The Foundation Stones of Relational Practice’, and this year, UNITY 2025 will continue to build on this learning, sharing and exploration by creating a space to meet with colleagues from around the world, listen to and engage in presentations and workshops, get involved in conversations and discussions, and generally get a chance to contribute to the plan for ‘developing the learning’ and discussing ‘future leadership and approaches’ within the relational framework.
Speakers from around the world will present across a spectrum of related topics that can be viewed as relevant to the ‘leading and learning’ themes. Sessions will speak to the relevance and utility of the conference theme and support attendees to build on what we already know to shape future leadership.
If you have presented at UNITY previously, we would be delighted to welcome you back.
Successful proposers will be informed by the end of May 2025.
The conference will be held at its usual venue, the Bonnington Hotel, Dublin, Ireland.
Presenters will receive up to 50% discount on the full conference fee (inc. gala dinner)
A small number of one day Master Classes will also take place on Wednesday (12th), the day after conference. Subject matter will be available shortly.