Call for Doctoral Symposium at SEFI 2026

We cordially invite doctoral students in Engineering Education Research (EER) to the 10th SEFI Doctoral Symposium, on Sunday September 6, 2026.

The Doctoral Symposium is a pre-conference day to the SEFI 2026 Annual Conference organized by the Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic.

The Doctoral Symposium offers PhD candidates an opportunity to discuss their research with a number of well-established scholars in the EER field. During a full day, participants will present their dissertation work and exchange feedback, working in small groups of about three PhD students and two senior participants.

The aim is to provide an opportunity for doctoral students to:

• meet other students and supervisors to extend their network and view of the EER field,
• present and discuss their own work and the work of others,
• get perspectives from scholars outside their own institution,
• contribute to the conference and the SEFI EER community with other participants, and
• promote collaborative research and elaborate future research directions.

All participants in the Doctoral Symposium must be registered for the main conference. There is no additional fee.

To participate, please submit an extended abstract by 1st June 2026 using the template for the symposium, which can be found on this webpage.

Doctoral Symposium – Important Dates

The Doctoral Symposium is organised by:

• Jonte Bernhard – Professor Emeritus at Linköping University, SEFI Fellow, Former Chair of the SEFI SIG Engineering Education Research and Deputy Editor of the European Journal for Engineering Education
• Shannon Chance – Lecturer at TU Dublin and Honorary Professor at UCL, Deputy Editor of the European Journal for Engineering Education
• Tinne De Laet – Associate Professor at KU Leuven, Chair of the SEFI SIG Engineering Education Research
• Kristina Edström – Associate Professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SEFI Fellow, Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal for Engineering Education

Learn more about the Engineering Education Research SIG here.