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…
PhD Defence Josien Boetje
On Friday 4 December 2026 at 16:00 hours exactly, Josien Boetje (Open Universiteit) will defend her thesis Teaching and Learning AI-mediated Information Problem Solving. From building Competence to Developing Agency. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at the PhD graduation ceremony at Pretoria…
Learn MorePhD Defence Gabrielle Martins Van Jaarsveld
On Thursday 15 October 2026 at 13:00 hours exactly, Gabrielle Martins Van Jaarsveld (Erasmus University Rotterdam) will defend her thesis “Supporting Self-Regulated Learning with Conversational Agents: Designing and Evaluating Scalable Goal-Setting Interventions in Higher Education”. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present (in…
Learn MoreSave the Date! Afscheid Elly de Bruijn
Hogeschool Utrecht – Utrecht Op donderdagmiddag 1 april 2027 is in Utrecht de afscheidsbijeenkomst van lector en bijzonder hoogleraar Elly de Bruijn met als titel ‘45 jaar onderwijsonderzoek in beroepsonderwijs’. Het voorlopige programma ziet er als volgt uit:
Learn MorePhD Defence Thijs Loonstra
On Monday 7 December 2026 at 15:30 hours exactly, Thijs Loonstra (Wageningen University and Research) will defend his thesis Paradigms and Ethics in Environmental Education’. Supervision team: Perry den Brok, Valentina Tassone en Zoe Robaey. All ICO Members are cordially invited to be present at…
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