EARLI has hosted its biennial conference at universities and institutions for higher education across Europe since 1985. From 1995 onwards, the main EARLI conference is preceded by a JURE pre-conference for early career researchers.
Find out about our most recent previous conferences below.
6 – 10 July 2026
University of Tartu, Estonia
"Learning in Transition: Science, Society and the Challenges of Tomorrow"
23 - 29 August 2025
University of Graz, Austria
"Realising Potentials through Education: Shaping the Minds and Brains for the Future"
24 - 28 June 2024
University of Sevilla, Spain
"Education and the Need for Dynamic Solutions: Shaping the Future of the Field"
20 - 26 August 2023
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki / University of Macedonia, Greece
"Education as a Hope in Uncertain Times"
18 - 22 July 2022
University of Porto, Portugal
"Unpredictable Challenges - Education in a Rapidly Changing World"
18 - 27 August 2021
Online
"Education and Citizenship: Learning and Instruction and the Shaping of Futures"
10 - 16 August 2019
RWTH Aachen, Germany
"Thinking Tomorrow's Education: Learning from the past, in the present and for the future"
2 - 6 July 2018
University of Antwerp, Belgium
"Learning and instruction with an impact: scaling up the skill, will and thrill of learning"
27 August - 2 September 2017
University of Tampere, Finland
"Education in the crossroads of economy and politics – Role of research in the advancement of public good"
25 - 29 Augustus 2015, Limassol (CY)
26 - 31 August 2013, Münich (DE)
30 August - 3 September 2011, Exeter (UK)
25 - 29 August 2009, Amsterdam (NL)
28 August - 1 September 2007, Budapest (HU)
23 - 27 August 2005, Nicosia (CY)
26 - 30 August 2003, Padova (IT)
28 August - 1 September 1999, Fribourg (CH)
24 - 28 August 1999, Gothenburg (SE)
26 - 30 August 1997, Athens (GR)
26 - 31 August 1995, Nijmegen (NL)
31 August - 5 September 1993, Aix-en-Provence (FR)
24 - 28 August 1991, Turku (FI)
4 - 7 September 1989, Madrid (ES)
19 - 22 September 1987, Tübingen (DE)
19 - 21 June 1985, Leuven (BE)