Education
The ICO educational programme provides a conceptual basis and organizing framework with the aim of supporting PhD candidates to develop themselves to the highest possible level of professional researcher in the field of education and training. To this end, ICO establishes formal educational structures…
Theme Groups
The different elements in the ICO mission lead to the organization of the research programme into ‘thematic groups’. These thematic groups can be regarded as Special Interest Groups. The thematic groups are responsible for the organization of ICO’s thematic courses and also contribute to…
ICO Membership
Institutes of fourteen Dutch and Belgian universities participate in ICO. These universities constitute the inter-university graduate school ICO. To become a member of ICO, you have be appointed at one of the ICO universities, and should be employed in a faculty or institute participating…
Summer break ICO Office
The ICO Office is taking a summer break, and will be closed from the afternoon of 10th of July until the 18th of August. If you do have any questions, or information you want to share with us, do not hesitate to send an…
Learn MorePhD Defence Hao  Yu
On Thursday, 11 September 2025 at 10:00 hours exactly, Hao Yu (Maastricht University) will defend his thesis The influence of open-ended tasks, study peers, and cognitive feedback on intrinsic motivation in whole-task learning environments. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the…
Learn MoreOratie Jeroen Janssen
Donderdag 25 september 2025, 16.15 uur – Utrecht UitnodigingFor English, see below Dr. J.J.H.M. (Jeroen) Janssen bij besluit van het College van Bestuur per 1 september 2024 benoemd tot hoogleraar bij de faculteit Sociale Wetenschappen aan de Universiteit Utrecht om werkzaam te zijn op…
Learn MoreNEW short masterclass – Critical Perspectives in Educational and Pedagogical Research
Dates: October 31 and November 7 Teachers: Sanne Akkerman, Zehra Çolak, Nina Hosseini, Monique Volman In this two-day masterclass, we will ..go back to the roots of critical pedagogy in the seventies and eighties of the past century;..study more recent critical theories that add…
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