PhD Defence Fieke Ophuis-Cox
On Friday, 27 March 2026 at 13.30 hours exactly, Fieke Ophuis-Cox (Open Universiteit) will defend her thesis ‘The reach of retrieval. Exploring Retrieval Practice in Authentic Primary School Classrooms’. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation ceremony at the …
NEW vacancy: PhD to join as theme group coordinator for the ICO theme 9 “Higher Education”
The research carried out by ICO members is organised into thematic groups. These Theme groups are responsible for the organization of ICO’s thematic courses and also contribute to the ICO Open Graduate Spring Schools, occasionally to events related to the thematic group, in collaboration…
ICO GSS 2026 – Dinner
Open to all ICO members: secure your spot if you want to join! All registrants to the ICO GSS 2026 that have indicated that they were interested in joining the group dinner have already been invited by a personal email. But all other ICO…
Themaconferentie over het ontwikkelen van kennis en vaardigheden: 27 maart
Op vrijdag 27 maart organiseren VU en Erasmus Universiteit een conferentie over één van de onderzoeksthema’s van het Sectorplan SSH: Hoe ontwikkelen leerlingen vlot kennis en vaardigheden? Met keynotes van Anique de Bruijn en Roel van Steensel en presentaties van op het sectorplan aangestelde universitair…
PhD Defence Tessa Slim
On Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 11:45 hours exactly, Tessa Slim (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) will defend her thesis “What Science needs?”. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation ceremony at the Auditorium of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, at the Boelelaan 1105,…
PhD Defence Marloes Vreekamp
On Thursday 2 April, 2026 at 15:30 hours exactly, Marloes Vreekamp (Wageningen University) will defend her thesis “Unravelling teacher development: exploring the mechanisms, conditions and continuity of teacher learning in pedagogical development programmes in higher education”. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present…
PhD Defence Anita Emans
On Friday 20 March at 12:15 hours exactly, Anita Emans (Utrecht University) will defend her dissertation ‘Teacher agency development within the dynamics of a dual learning context: Navigating aspirations and practices’. Prior to the defence, Emans will give a layman’s talk starting at 12:00 hours. All ICO…
Summer School in Groningen, the Netherlands, 24-28 August 2026:
Empowering Educational Developers to Train University Teachers Improve your skills in university teacher training. (Re)design your workshop or training. Learn with and from other educational developers. Designed as more of a community than a workshop, this summer school aims to bring together those who…
ICO introduces new membership: Affiliate fellow
ICO has introduced a new membership category: the Affiliate Fellow. This development creates a formal position within the ICO community for educational scientists who are not employed by an ICO university but who actively contribute to ICO’s activities and academic mission. Until now, there…
Join the 2026 Methods and Statistics Summer School Courses at Utrecht University
The Department of Methodology and Statistics (M&S) of Utrecht University offers 17 courses this summer, regarding topics such as: SEM models, longitudinal data methods, R, Python, text mining, survey research, hypothesis evaluation/model selection, Bayes, multilevel modeling, networks, qualitative research methods, and many more data…