Updates to the 2026–2027 ICO course programme
The dates have been confirmed for the course Education & Society: 30 March, 13 April, 10 May and 26 May 2027. We also have set the dates for our Masterclass in Qualitative Research: 20–21 April and 11–12 May 2027. A Multilevel Analysis course is…
AIRES’2027 – AI Risks in Education and Safeguards (Eindhoven, 22–24 March 2027)
Fontys and TU/e are co-hosting AIRES’2027, the First International Symposium on AI Risks in Education and Safeguards, from 22 to 24 March 2027 on the TU/e campus. Educators, researchers, policymakers, students and industry will come together to examine the real risks AI poses to…
Invitation Inaugural lecture Prof. dr. Renate Wesselink
It is my true pleasure to officially invite you for my inaugural address on 20 November 2026 at 16:00h CET with the title: Learning for what matters. After the lecture, there will be drinks. Please see the attachment below for the official invitation. You…
PhD Defence Josien Boetje
On Friday 4 December 2026 at 16:00 hours exactly, Josien Boetje (Open Universiteit) will defend her thesis Teaching and Learning AI-mediated Information Problem Solving. From building Competence to Developing Agency. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation ceremony at Pretoria…
PhD Defence Gabrielle Martins Van Jaarsveld
On Thursday 15 October 2026 at 13:00 hours exactly, Gabrielle Martins Van Jaarsveld (Erasmus University Rotterdam) will defend her thesis “Supporting Self-Regulated Learning with Conversational Agents: Designing and Evaluating Scalable Goal-Setting Interventions in Higher Education”. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present (in…
Save the Date! Afscheid Elly de Bruijn
Hogeschool Utrecht – Utrecht Op donderdagmiddag 1 april 2027 is in Utrecht de afscheidsbijeenkomst van lector en bijzonder hoogleraar Elly de Bruijn met als titel ‘45 jaar onderwijsonderzoek in beroepsonderwijs’. Het voorlopige programma ziet er als volgt uit:
PhD Defence Thijs Loonstra
On Monday 7 December 2026 at 15:30 hours exactly, Thijs Loonstra (Wageningen University and Research) will defend his thesis Paradigms and Ethics in Environmental Education’. Supervision team: Perry den Brok, Valentina Tassone en Zoe Robaey. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at…
LIBC Publieksdag 2026: Het lerende brein – fantastisch plastisch!
Hoe leert ons brein? Leren kinderen, jongeren en ouderen op dezelfde manier? Hoe veerkrachtig is ons brein? En leren dieren en computers net als mensen? Op vrijdag 6 november organiseert het Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition (LIBC) een publieksdag over het fascinerende lerende…
ICO Theme Group 8 Course: Engaging with the Assessment, Evaluation and Examination (AEE) Research & Community
Are you conducting PhD research on assessment, evaluation or examination (AEE) or interested in these topics? Would you like to broaden your perspective, strengthen your research, and become part of a community of AEE scholars? This flexible two-year ICO course is designed to support…
PhD Defence Arjan Koek
On Tuesday 6 October 2026 at 14:30 hours exactly, Arjan Koek (University of Groningen) will defend his thesis Learning to read and understand philosophy texts through feedback. The effectiveness of different feedback variants in the ill-structured learning domain of the philosophy of science philosophy science…