The latest news from SEFI and the engineering education community
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| Monthly news feed about engineering education in Europe and overseas |
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| 📆 Date: 20-24 April 2026
📍 Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
❗️ Deadline for submitting interest: 4 January 2026
Educators, researchers, students, and practitioners are invited to the 2026 SEFI Spring Ethics Symposium, a week-long global gathering dedicated to exploring empathy, care, and attention as essential dimensions of engineering education. It builds on ongoing conversations in engineering ethics education that emphasize the human, relational, and context-sensitive aspects of engineering practice and pedagogy. |
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| 📆 Date: 19–22 May 2026
📍 Location: Aalborg, Denmark
❗️Application deadline: 10 January 2026
💡Who can apply? PhD students pursuing engineering education research, in all phases of the PhD process This Summer School is designed to support early-career academics in Engineering Education Research as they develop their scholarly identities and strategies for impactful careers. With a focus on creativity, integration, and transformation, the program will explore how research can meaningfully connect to teaching, interdisciplinary collaboration, and wider academic life. Applications will be processed on a first-come, first-served basis. |
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| 📆Date & time: 19 January 2026 13:00–14:00 CET We are excited to announce our first SEFI@work webinar of 2026! We will be joined by Jose Carlos Quadrado (European Network for Accreditation of Engineering Education) and Raja Toqeer (University of Sheffield) of the Quality Assurance and Accreditation SIG to introduce the International Professional Engineering Educator Registry (iPEER) framework. iPEER provides an internationally recognised standard for excellence in engineering education practice, linking pedagogy, innovation and professional identity. |
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| In this episode, Marie Paretti (Virginia Tech) and Maya Menon (NextWork) speak about their paper: “Understanding instructor decision-making in engineering education for sustainable development: a comparison of institutions in Denmark and the United States.” The study explores how external, institutional, and individual factors shape instructors’ choices when incorporating sustainable development into courses across two national contexts. |
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| Explore reflections from SEFI Annual Conference 2025 "Engineering and Society", at Tampere University, with contributions including a conference retrospective from SEFI President Emanuela Tilley, an overview of the 9th Doctoral Symposium from European Journal of Engineering Education Deputy Editor Jonte Bernhard, and much more! |
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| TU Delft Seeking Two Postdoctoral Researchers |
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Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is looking for two postdoctoral researchers within the Innovation for Delft Engineering Education (IDEE) initiative. While the position is located in a specific department, the IDEE community spans across the whole university, with several teams of faculty members, PhD students and postdocs. For any questions, please reach out to Ted Adrichem at [email protected] |
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| Workshop: Higher Education as in Democracy Education |
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❗️ Application Deadline: 21 December 2025 📆 Date: 24–26 February 2026 In February, Dr. Uki Maroshek, founder and academic director of the Adam Institute for Democracy and Peace, will co-lead a workshop on democracy, education, and higher education across all academic disciplines. Participants will explore how democratic principles can be brought into everyday university teaching and how learning, decision-making and cooperation can be shaped so that teachers and students meet as equals. |
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| Call for Submissions: Education Sciences |
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📆 Submission Deadline (rolling): 31 December 2026 The Education Sciences journal is publishing a special issue on the topic Unleashing Minds: Cultivating Critical Thinking (CT) in the Classroom in the Era of AI, guest edited by SEFI member Professor Elena Mäkiö alongside colleagues from other universities. The special issue is dedicated to exploring the topic of interaction between CT and AI in higher education. By embracing multiple perspectives and disciplines in higher education, they aim to develop a comprehensive understanding of how CT is fostered by the use of AI in teaching and learning and, vice versa, how CT can be applied to effectively use AI in learning and future work. |
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| SEFI members recognised at Fáilte Ireland Conference Ambassador Recognition Awards |
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Ger Reilly and Mike Murphy (TU Dublin) were honoured for their leadership in attracting and hosting the 51st SEFI Annual Conference at TU Dublin back in September 2023. Their work, supported by colleagues and students from the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, as well as staff and students from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the East Quad and partners from Conference Organisers, ensured the smooth delivery of an event that explored how engineers can address global sustainability challenges. Congratulations Ger and Mike! |
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| Call for Abstracts: Forum on Philosophy, Engineering, and Technology 2026 |
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❗️Abstract Deadline: 25 January 2026 📆 Date: 9–11 June 2026 The 2026 Forum on Philosophy, Engineering and Technology (fPET) will take place 9–11 June, 2026 at the University of Maryland, College Park, in the greater Washington, DC area, USA. The mission of fPET is to encourage reflection on engineering, engineers, and technology, and to build bridges between existing organizations of philosophers, engineers, and scholars in related fields. |
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| 20-24 April 2026 Sofia, Bulgaria
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| 19-22 May 2026 Aalborg, Denmark
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| 25–27 May 2026 Gliwice, Poland
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| 27–29 May 2026 Warsaw, Poland
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| 4–5 June 2026 Istanbul, Turkey |
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| 19 June 2026 Aveiro, Portugal
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Save the date! Empathic Engineering Education for Sustainable Development University of Aveiro
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| 7–10 September 2026 Prague, Czech Republic
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Save the date! SEFI Annual Conference 2026 Czech Technical University in Prague |
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| 13–17 September 2027
Sheffield, England |
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Save the date! SEFI Annual Conference 2027
University of Sheffield |
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| EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY
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EIT Launches €70 Million Call to Boost STEM Innovation and Strengthen University Cooperation |
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The EIT has launched a €70 million call to boost STEM innovation, entrepreneurship, and cooperation with European university alliances. The initiative will train 200,000 students, academics and non-academic staff in innovation, entrepreneurship and intellectual property management by 2028. With a budget of up to €2 million available per project over 24 months (2026–2028), this is the largest call issued under the programme to date. |
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| NOTICE TO MEMBERS Starting in 2026, SEFI membership invoices will be sent from [email protected], an actively monitored mailbox. Peppol-registered members will receive invoices through Peppol in structured XML format, in line with the mandatory B2B electronic invoicing requirement for Belgian VAT-registered businesses effective 1 January 2026. Members not registered on Peppol will continue to receive invoices in PDF format from [email protected]. |
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