NW 22 Webinar "Knowledge and Disciplines in Higher Education (HE) Research"
We are pleased to announce a special EERA Network 22 webinar to be held by Zoom (online) on Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 13.00 (CET). Finish time: 14.15.
The webinar is entitled "Knowledge and Disciplines in Higher Education (HE) Research" and will feature two guest speakers, Felipe Sánchez Burgos and Vesna Holubek.
Discussing two projects, the event will focus on the ideas of knowledge and disciplines in the field of HE. Felipe will discuss disciplinarity/interdisciplinarity of HE (research) field, their value and how they frame/enable the development of our field. Vesna will focus on the concept of knowledge—particularly educational knowledge—and the way it has been represented/researched in the HE research literature.
Felipe Sánchez Burgos is a Psychologist and PhD in Educational Research from Lancaster University, UK. He is a Lecturer in Educational Psychology at Universidad Católica del Maule, Chile. He researches in Higher Education; Faculty/Educational Development; Emotionality, Affection and the Arts.
Vesna Holubek is a HE researcher and a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Education and Culture, Tampere University, Finland. Her research focuses on teaching and learning, internationalisation, cultures, and communities in HE
The event will be facilitated by co-conveners of EERA Network 22, and chaired by Dr. Patrick Baughan.
If you would like to attend, please book via the following link:
https://vuamsterdam.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6DSSyE9jcFEqYaG
The event will take place on Zoom.
We are planning to record the event.
We look forward to welcoming many of you, and especially Felipe and Vesna.
Organisers:
- Dr Patrick Baughan
- Dr Erna Nairz
- Professor Christine Teelken
- EERA N22 Convener Team
Publications
As a result of the NW project “(EuroHE)European Research into Higher Education: portrait of trends within ECER Conferences“ one entry at the EERA blog and one paper in a scientific journal will soon be submitted.
Future Plans
NW 22 is organising online seminars that will take place during the following year. The objective is to enable opportunities for presentation and discussion about pieces of research focusing higher education between ECER annual conferences. Additionally another NW project will be proposed to EERA focusing about doctoral education.
NW 22 runs a mailing list and invites researchers to join. To join the mailing list, send a blank message to nw22-subscribe(at)lists.eera-ecer.de