Call for Papers

The 24th TRIPLE HELIX Conference Hong Kong 2026 & 3rd Global Research Institute for Finnish, European and Global South Education (GRIFE) will be held jointly in Hong Kong under the theme “Co-Creating Resilient Futures: Rethinking Education, Innovation, and Society”. This joint conference brings together two complementary traditions. Since its inception in 1996, the Triple Helix Conference has been recognised internationally as a leading forum for scholarship and dialogue on university-industry-government-society relations in innovation and societal development. GRIFE, the Global Research Institute for Finnish, European and Global South Education at The Education University of Hong Kong, formerly the Global Research Institute for Finnish Education, has emerged as an important platform for research, dialogue and collaboration on education futures, teacher professionalism, phenomenon-based learning and sustainability, while fostering connections between European and Asian educational communities. 

Together, the two conferences create a distinctive space for examining how education, innovation and cross-sector collaboration can contribute to more resilient, inclusive and sustainable futures. By convening these communities in a single event, the conference aims to foster dialogue across innovation studies, higher education, public policy and practice. It will provide a space to examine how universities, governments, industry and civil society can work together to address major contemporary challenges, including digital transformation, sustainability, social inclusion, talent development and cross-border collaboration.

Hosted by The Education University of Hong Kong, the conference also forms part of the University’s 10th Anniversary of Retitling, providing a timely occasion to reflect on institutional transformation and the evolving role of universities in shaping resilient and inclusive futures. Situated in Hong Kong and connected to the wider Greater Bay Area, the conference offers a particularly valuable setting for exploring how education and innovation ecosystems are being reconfigured in Asia and beyond.