Research on learning and teaching in higher education

The Higher education research team initiates, facilitates, and coordinates scientific research into higher education. The team conducts scholarly research focusing on learning and teaching in higher education and the effects of educational innovations and interventions.

In addition, our research staff

• support applications for funding for educational research, development, and innovation by any staff member of Leiden University;
• contribute to evaluating the effectiveness of educational innovations within our university and beyond;
• unlock the educational knowledge base for educational policy and implementation.

Research topics

Some research topics (not exclusively) for which you can contact us:

• interdisciplinary forms of education;
• subject-specific learning and disciplinary skills;
• curriculum development and innovations;
• research-teaching nexus;
• technology enhanced learning;
• blended and hybrid forms of education;
• teaching-learning culture and environment;
• educating for a sustainable world;
• transferrable and higher-order thinking skills;
• mentoring and tutoring;
• transition to further and higher education;
• supervising research in bachelor, master, and PhD;
• teacher professional development;
• evaluation and assessment of learning.

Contact

Do you have any questions about educational research in higher education or about support in applying for funding? Please contact prof.dr. Roeland van der Rijst.