Conference Agenda

The Flemish Forum for Educational Research (VFO) wishes to be a platform for all those who are actively involved in educational research or professionally interested from a valorization, policy or educational perspective in Flanders. Every university or college that is involved in educational research is represented on our executive board , so that we can think and decide together on important themes.

To bring our members from the various organizations together in a relevant way, we work with 'professional learning communities' (PLG) around more defined, specific research themes. Each PLG is the platform for a smaller group of VFO members to come together meaningfully around a specific theme, to learn from each other, to make agreements to engage in co-creation, to think about possible research projects, to work together on project calls, to develop symposia for conferences, ... and everything that this group of researchers consider important.

The VFO also wants to profile itself as an interest group of Flemish educational researchers. Based on all of this work, the Forum wants to act as a discussion partner for the educational school networks, Flemish government, scientific research funders, etc. regarding educational research.

The Netherlands Educational Research Association is the professional society for researchers of education in The Netherlands. The association was founded in 1975 and has approximately 850 members. The VOR works in collaboration with the Flemish Forum for Educational Research (Vlaams Forum voor Onderwijsonderzoek/VFO).

The VOR consists of eleven divisions that are at the heart of the association. All members of the VOR are certified for free membership of one division and can become member of more. Ten of the eleven divisions organize activities for a domain of educational research. The eleventh division is the platform for PhD students: VPO. All PhD students in the VOR are members of VPO. The Division VPO organises special activities for PhD students.