PhD Defence Anja  Schoots

On Tuesday 10 March, 2026 at 14:30 hours exactly, Anja  Schoots (Leiden University) will defend her thesis In de klas met kompas. Student agency als leidend principe in het curriculum van het voortgezet onderwijs. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the…

PhD Defence Femke Dijkstra

On Wednesday 11 February 2026, at 11:45 hours exactly, Femke  Dijkstra (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) will defend her thesis “Does one size fit all? Perspectives on optimizing healthcare professionals’ collaboration in stressful situations and implications for training design”. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be…

Inaugural Lecture Marieke Meeuwisse

The rector magnificus of Erasmus University Rotterdam announces that Dr. M. (Marieke) Meeuwisse appointed as professor of Accessible Higher Education at Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, will publicly accept her appointment on Friday 27 March 2026 with an inaugural lecture entitled: The…

PhD Defence Lucas  Silva Didier

On Monday 16 February 2026 at 12:45 hours exactly, Lucas Silva (University of Groningen) will defend his thesis “Teachers’ Learning from Their Students. The design and evaluation of a professional development program to support the use of students’ perceptions of teaching quality”. All ICO Members…

Save the date: Inaugural lecture Maaike Endedijk

The rhythm of learning. Het samenspel van leren, werk en technologie in tijden van transitie 9 April 2026, University of Twente

Extended registration: ICO course Domain-specific education and learning

About the course Course coordinators: Research within the area of learning and education often takes place within a specific domain. Important research questions focus on learning and teaching of domain-specific ways of reasoning and problem solving. Within these domains many innovations have been implemented…

For all ICO PhDs: the ICO Monitor

The end of the year is coming near, which means it is time for ICO to check if our PhD members are doing okay, by asking you all to fill in “The ICO PhD Monitor 2025”. We would truly appreciate it if you would…

PhD Defence Katrijn  Opstoel

On Friday, 16 January 2026 at 10:00 hours exactly, Katrijn  Opstoel (Utrecht University) will defend her thesis “Teachers on Fostering Personal and Social Development in Primary School Physical Education”. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation ceremony at the Academiegebouw…

ICO GSS 2026: Registration is now open

16-17 April 2026, Utrecht University, website: https://gss2026.ico-education.nl/ We are pleased to invite all ICO members to ICO’s networking event: the ICO Graduate Spring School 2026 (GSS 2026), taking place on 16–17 April 2026 at Utrecht University. The GSS is a two-day networking event for…

Download the inaugural lecture of Arthur Bakker

Arthur would like to thank you for coming to support him for his inaugural lecture on “Curriculum en didactiek in actie”. You can now download the text (in Dutch) in two versions (for reading the text online, or to print) at Curriculum en didactiek…