PhD Defence Sevinç Göksen
16 September 2026 | 11 AM – 12.30 PM CET | Aula – Oude Lutherse kerk, Singel 411 in Amsterdam – Dutch below – Sevinç Gökşen (University of Amsterdam) will defend the thesis ‘Collaborative learning tasks to enhance students’ mathematical modelling proficiency’. Supervisor is Prof….
Summer break ICO Office
The ICO Office is taking a summer break, and will be closed from the afternoon of 9th of July until the 12th of August. If you do have any questions, or information you want to share with us, do not hesitate to send an…
PhD Defence Christine van Nooijen
On Friday 18 September 2026 at 13:00 hours exactly, Christine van Nooijen (Erasmus University Rotterdam) will defend her thesis “See What I Mean? Understanding and Supporting Expert-Novice Interactions in Learning Complex Visual Tasks.”: All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation…
Unieke kans om je netwerk uit te breiden: word VPO-bestuurslid!
Wil je tijdens je promotietraject niet alleen onderzoek doen, maar ook mee vorm geven aan het bredere early career researchers-netwerk binnen de onderwijswetenschappen? Het VPO zoekt steeds nieuwe bestuursleden die willen meedenken over de organisatie van toekomstige activiteiten. Voorbeelden van deze activiteiten zijn de…
Save the date: NWO SHIFT – Shaping Society in Uncertain Times
Dear reader, Do we have your attention? On Monday 16 November 2026, NWO (in collaboration with SSH-raad) will host the first edition of NWO SHIFT at FIGI, Zeist. NWO SHIFT is a new congress where research, policy and society come together around the choices…
PhD Defence Josine Görtzen
On Friday, 2 October 2026 at 11:00 hours exactly, Josine Görtzen (Eindhoven University of Technology) will defend her thesis “Professional development of secondary school teachers in facilitating feedback dialogues and student reflection”. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation…
ICO’s educational programme 2026-2027
We are excited to share that preparations for ICO’s educational programme for 2026-2027 are well underway. In October we will kick of with Theme group ICT and Education that organises the course ICT and Education: From Theory to Practice, and with the course of our Theme…
Save the date: ICO Open Graduate Spring School 2027
ICO OGSS 2027 – De Duinse Polders, Blankenberge, Belgium – 15-19 March 2027 Website: https://ogss2027.ico-education.nl/ ICO is delighted to invite all PhD’s in the Educational Sciences to the ICO Open Graduate Spring School (OGSS 2027)! This event combines the best aspects of a conference and…
Call for ICO Fellows to revise the ICO Project Proposal form
We are looking for two to three ICO Fellows to join a small working group to revise the ICO Project Proposal form. https://ico-education.nl/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/call-working-group-to-revise-the-project-proposal-form.pdf The aim of this revision is to make the form clearer and more supportive for PhD candidates and supervisors, while ensuring…
New: join the Community of Research on Workplace Learning
The ICO theme group workplace learning (Theme group 3) has changed the set-up of its courses; we do what we teach! We turn all member of this theme group into a community, a Community of Research on Workplace Learning. This is a social, continuous…