2019年6月，联合国教科文组织为了推进关于新的全球教育未来的项目，向该组织设立的全体教席和姊妹大学（UNITWIN）计划的合作机构征集关于教育未来的倡议，并从中遴选一部分结集出版。10月17日，联合国教科文组织致函我院版权与邻接权教席，确认李琛教授提交的《未来教育的重点：人文与创造性》一文入选，将被收入《从联合国教科文组织教席的视角看教育未来》一书，预计今年年底分别以英语和法语出版。此次征文的遴选比例为1比5。 

附来函节选： 
Dear Li Chen, 

Thank you for your submission in response to UNESCO’s call for contributions on the futures of education. 

We received a large number of submissions on a range of themes from all regions of the world. Only one in five submissions has been retained for publication. We are pleased to confirm that your think piece has been accepted for publication. 

The book, provisionally entitled Perspectives from UNESCO Chairs on the Futures of Education will set the tone for the first meeting of the International Commission to be held in January 2020. The Futures of Education initiative was launched last week on 25 September 2019 during the United Nations General Assembly in New York –details on the initiative are available on the website: https://en.unesco.org/futuresofeducation/