Summer School - EARLI SIG01 2026

The Summer School will take place one day before the main conference on August 24th, in Utrecht. More information will follow soon.

The Summer School aims to:

Offer participants feedback on their research, opportunities to exchange insights with peers, and tailored workshops on theory, methodology, and content.
Create a forum for discussing key theoretical and methodological issues in assessment and evaluation.
Build an international network of junior and senior scholars, supporting early career researchers in joining the SIG1 community.

Submissions

Feedback Session

Your proposal must include the following:

An abstract of 100-250 words providing a concise overview of your PhD project
An extended summary (500-1200 words) describing your PhD project (including, background, objectives, methods, [expected] results, significance [for theory, policy, and practice], and references).
three (3) questions you would like to discuss with peers and experts during the summer school. These should highlight areas where you seek feedback, clarification, or collaboration.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Timeline

17th October

Submission Opens
31st January

Submission Deadline
3rd March

Submission results
10th March

Registration open
24th July

Registration Deadline
24th August

Summer School

Programme

Team of Experts

David Boud

Deakin University

Renske de Kleijn

University Medical Centre Utrecht

Therese Hopfenbeck

University of Melbourne

Jan-Willem Strjibos

University of Groningen

Juuso Nieminen

Deakin University

Workshops

Dealing with feedback as a PhD candidate / junior researcher

Renske de Kleijn - University Medical Centre Utrecht, The Netherlands

Even though as EARLI SIG 1 members we all study assessment and feedback processes, this does not imply that the feedback processes within your own PhD are without struggles. In this workshop you will share experiences of feedback during your PhD so far, and what you can do to contribute effective and efficient feedback and learning of yourself and your supervisory team.

Publishing in Academic Journals for Junior Researchers

David Boud - Deakin University

Getting published is a key aspiration for all researchers, especially so for those early in their research career. This workshop will focus on the questions we need to ask ourselves before, during and after we prepare and submit a paper to an academic journal. It will bring the perspective of someone who has edited an international refereed journal for many years and who has had papers accepted across a wide range of Q1 journals. Workshop participants should be better placed to have their papers overcome the desk reject hurdle and to realise that not all apparent rejections are real rejections. Bring your problems and challenges for discussion.