Engineering Education Research is on the agenda for the improvement of higher engineering education and the development of strategies for solving important issues for the future of engineering education, such as recruitment, the need for new competences and the ability to deal with new types of interdisciplinary and complex knowledge.
Engineering education research in Europe, is characterized by a unique interdisciplinary approach where engineering education researchers do have various backgrounds in engineering, science, social science and educational psychology investigating higher engineering education.
Objectives
The overall objective of the SEFI Special Interest Group on Engineering Education Research (SIG-EER) is to create a European community of engineering education researchers in order to contribute with research evidence to the advancement of engineering education.
Specific objectives are :
- to raise awareness of the need of a research approach to the development of engineering education,
- to identify and define the research area of engineering education and the engineering education researchers,
- to support the establishment of engineering education research as a discipline in Europe as a whole as well as regionally,
- to establish and contribute to European research projects,
- to collaborate in the training of PhD students and to establish a European standard for doctoral training for engineering education researchers
- to influence and strengthen the engineering education research dimension at SEFI annual conferences
- to actively support the development of the SEFI journal European Journal of Engineering Education as a platform for research on engineering education
Activities
SIG-EER has seminars and meetings at annual conferences every year. In between there will be local initiatives. All the announced activities are to be found on the virtual platforms.
Organisation
The organisation of the SIG-EER will continuously be discussed among members. The intention is to have special interest group meetings twice a year and to run research symposia once a year. Beside these activities, there will initiatives related to projects, research training and the establishment of a community of practice.
SEFI@work | Advancing an Integrative Perspective of Identity in Engineering Education
4 June 2025, 15:00 – 16:00 CEST
This webinar provides a unique opportunity to understand the relevance of identity in engineering education. The authors present three broad perspectives to describe identity conceptualizations.
SEFI@work | The Overlooked Impact of Faculty on Engineering Education
28 May 2025, 15:00 – 16:00 CEST
Join us for a SEFI@work featuring Stephanie Cutler (Penn State University) and Alexandra Coso Strong (Cornell University) who will share their research, as detailed in Chapter 14 The Overlooked Impact of Faculty on Engineering Education from theInternational Handbook of Engineering Education Research.
SEFI@work | Enabling a Skilled and Diverse Engineering Workforce with Non-Degree Credentials
29 April 2025, 16:00 – 17:00 CEST
Authors Helen L. Chen and Isabel Cardenas-Navia will present chapter 16 “Enabling a Skilled and Diverse Engineering Workforce with Non-Degree Credentials” from the International Handbook of Engineering Education Research.
Call for Doctoral Symposium in Engineering Education Research at SEFI 2025
The 9th Doctoral Symposium in Engineering Education Research offers an opportunity for PhD candidates to explore and develop research interests in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a number of well-known senior scholars within the Engineering Education Research (EER) field. During…
SEFI@work: Institutionalizing Social Justice in Engineering Curricula
7 February 2025, 16:00-17:00 CET
Speakers and authors Gordon D. Hoople and Cindy Rottmann will present chapter 17 “Institutionalizing Social Justice in Engineering Curricula” from the handbook.
SEFI@work: Educating the Whole Engineer by Integrating Engineering and the Liberal Arts
31 January 2025, 12:00 – 13:00 CET
Authors Sarah Jayne Hitt, Amy Banzaert, Olga Pierrakos will present chapter 21 “Educating the Whole Engineer by Integrating Engineering and the Liberal Arts” from the handbook.
SEFI@work: Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education
24 January 2025, 15:30 – 16:30 (CET)
Authors Emma Mercier, Molly H. Goldstein, Preethi Baligar, Robin Jephthah Rajarathinam will present chapter 19 “Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education” from the handbook.
SEFI@work: Contemporary Approaches to Assessment of Engineering Competencies for Diverse Learners
Kerrie Douglas will present the Contemporary Approaches to Assessment of Engineering Competencies for Diverse Learners, chapter 31 from the International Handbook of Engineering Education Research.
Call for papers: EJEE Special Issue
Metacognition, self-regulation, and socially shared regulation in Engineering Education Special Issue of the European Journal for Engineering Education Download PDF Co-Leading Guest Editors Tinne De Laet, KU Leuven, Belgium Lynn van den Broeck, KU Leuven, Belgium Guest Editors Karolina Doulougeri, TU…
SEFI@Work: Building Scholarship of Teaching and Learning with Exploratory Data Analysis
Date 6 November, 14:00 – 15:30 CET Description: In this webinar we will introduce the principles of Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) and its critical role in building scholarship of teaching and learning. Whether you are conducting small observational studies or…