General Activities
NW 22 is organising an online seminar that will take place in November 2026 with the provisional theme “How Does Professional Learning Take Place in Higher Education? An Interactive Exploration of Research and Experiences” in which Max Kusters (University of Groningen) and Orsolya Kálmán (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest) are the guest speakers. The overall objective is to enable opportunities for presentation and discussion of pieces of research focusing higher education between ECER annual conferences.
Publications
Results from NW22 project “(EuroHE)European Research into Higher Education: portrait of trends within ECER conferences” published at EERA blog in august 2026: https://blog.eera-ecer.de/author/mariana-gaio-alves/
A paper drawing on the project “(EuroHE)European Research into Higher Education: portrait of trends within ECER conferences” is under review at an European journal.
A Special Issue on Doctoral Education organized by Christine Teelken has been accepted for publication at the journal Higher Education. The Special Issue draws on the seminar that took place on February 13th 2026 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
Future Plans
1) Publication of a Special Issue in the journal Higher Education drawing on the seminar “Moving the Watershed: a critical perspective on doctoral education, towards inclusive (post) academic careers” that took place February 13th 2026 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
2) Publication of a paper drawimg on the project “(EuroHE)European Research into Higher Education: portrait of trends within ECER Conferences“.
3) Apply for a NW Project funding in order to promote research on academics pedagogical training/pedagogical practices within universities.
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