As migration patterns continue to shift, individuals are moving across borders, bringing diverse cultural and religious backgrounds into new educational settings. This blending of identities poses opportunities and challenges for educators and policymakers in fostering inclusive, equitable learning environments. Therefore, COST Action "Connecting Theory and Practical Issues of Migration and Religious Diversity" (COREnet) organised a workshop, "Crossroads of Learning: Exploring the Intersection of Education, Migration, and Religion", that took place at the University of Malta on the 3 and 4 March 2025.
The event, which gathered 28 researchers from 18 European countries, included discussions that confirmed the need to discuss superdiversity and its management and the urgency of creating and maintaining an inclusive education that can respond to the needs of learners with diverse cultural and religious backgrounds.
According to the local organiser of the COREnet event, Dr Michelle Attard Tonna from the Faculty of Education, University of Malta, Malta has experienced an influx of migrants in the last 25 years, which changed its demographic and brought significant challenges to the Maltese people to adapt to the new socio-political experiences. "Thanks to these changes, a lot of work in terms of policies and social initiatives has been accomplished, and these good practices can be celebrated and shared. The intersection of religion, education, and migration is a dominant phenomenon in Maltese society, and the workshop is a good opportunity to evaluate how this intersection is portrayed in Malta and other participating contexts," shared Dr Attard Tonna.
