The Fourth National Conference on Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) will take place on Friday, June 3rd, 2022, at University College Maastricht – Maastricht University. During this conference, teachers, researchers and students will come together to share experiences, practices, expertise, and ideas related to interdisciplinarity in higher education.

The theme of the fourth NIE conference will be Interdisciplinary Education as a Pathway to Global Citizenship. 

Call for proposals

The conference team

Prof. Teun Dekker (University College Maastricht, Maastricht University)

Dr. Herco Fonteijn (Faculty of Psychology and Neurosciences, Maastricht University)

Prof. Valentina Mazzucato (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University)

Dr. Elissaveta Radulova (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University)

National Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) Conference – Online Meetups, Seminars, and Webinars – Edition 5

INTER- AND TRANSDISCIPLINARY PROJECT-BASED TEACHING & LEARNING

Friday, June 11th, 2021 – 3.00-5.10 CET Via Zoom

Please join Zoom Meeting with the following link  https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/97974089169

Although it is generally assumed that inter-and transdisciplinary research is challenging for – esp. undergraduate – students, it is increasingly common that they carry out such projects even at the bachelor’s level. Since each such project brings together an unusual mix of disciplinary perspectives, sometimes even including particular stakeholder perspectives, it requires specific ways of teaching and learning. This edition of our NIE event aims to explore how such projects can facilitate interdisciplinary learning, different ways for students to carry out these projects and methods to teach and supervise such interdisciplinary research projects.

Programme                            

3.00 – 3.10 CET               Welcome & Logistics

Teun Dekker – Maastricht University (NL)

3.10 – 4.00 CET               Parallel session 1 – Innovative methods & pedagogies

• Think tanks as tools for thinking, practicing and performing sustainable futures

Lisa Bradley, Mia Perry & Michael Malt – University of Glasgow (UK)

• Exploring the impact of interdisciplinary project-based learning: Qualitative evaluation of the Honours Programme of Wageningen University

Aneeqah Tariq – Wageningen University (NL)

• Challenge-based learning in thestrategic alliance of TU/e WUR, UU, UMC Utrecht (TBC)

Michèle Gerbrands & Sabine Uijl  – Utrecht University

•  Is the ‘Repko approach’ useful for teaching Interdisciplinarity in PPE?

 Jan Pieter Beetz – Utrecht University (NL)

• Q & A

Moderator: Rianne van Lambalgen – Utrecht University (NL)

3.10 – 4.00 CET               Parallel session 2 – Societal connections & sustainability 

• Consulting the campus “living lab”: Promoting employability and sustainability project skills, within the core curriculum and beyond

Alistair Smith – Warwick University (UK)

• The successes and challenges of having undergraduates solve sustainability issues for real-world clients

Maarten van den Nieuwenhof-Schilstra & Jorien Zevenberg – University of Groningen (NL)

•  Markets and ethics: bridging introductory courses in economics and philosophy

Martijn Huysmans – Utrecht University (NL)

•  Tackling inequalities using Design Thinking

Bram Hoonhout, Indra Schieferbein, Maria Victoria Cincurá & Raphaela Winkler – Leiden University (NL)

•  Q & A

Moderator: Teun Dekker – Maastricht University      (NL)

4.00 – 4.10 CET              Short Break         

4.10 – 5.00 CET               Parallel session 3 – Inter-university/international collaboration

• Interdisciplinary Project-Based Teaching and Learning: A new Dutch-Chilean Experience

Mauricio Pradena & Niels van der Mast – Universidad de Concepcion (Chile) & Windesheim Honours College(NL)

•  An international, interdisciplinary & online teaching/learning module for service learning and transdisciplinary co-creation

Sarju Sing Rai, Evert M. van Grol & Marjolein B.M. Zweekhorst – Vrije Universiteit (NL) 

• Exploring Pathways towards Interdisciplinary, Inter-University Teaching and Learning

Kasch, F. Van Dam, M. Bootsma, V. Schutjens, F. Prins & K.T. Rebel – Utrecht University (NL)

•  Q & A

Moderator: Rianne van Lambalgen – Utrecht University (NL)

4.10 – 5.00 CET               Parallel session 4– Medical & Humanities Projects

• COVID-19 & Society: a multidisciplinary approach for medical students

Roos de Jonge – Utrecht University (NL)

• Healthcare communication, management and organisation (TBC)

Jessica Oudenampsen – Radboud University Nijmegen (NL) 

• Living pasts: a transdisciplinary project-based learning course

Hanna van Veeren – Utrecht University (NL)

• The digital museum as project for interdisciplinary learning

Anastasia Hacopian & Toine Minnaert – Utrecht University (NL)

•  Q & A

Moderator: Machiel Keestra, University of Amsterdam (NL)

5.00 – 5.10 CET              Plenary discussion: how to proceed post-corona with NIE online/physical conferences?

Moderator Machiel Keestra, University of Amsterdam (NL)        

The National Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) Conference is an annual event for educators, researchers, policy makers, and students who are active in inter- and transdisciplinary programmes at Dutch universities, university colleges, and universities of applied science. We want to stay in touch and grow as a community of inter- and transdisciplinarians, and to exchange best practices and ideas. We therefore organize e a series of online meetups and seminars. An initiative of Teun Dekker (Maastricht University), Merel van Goch and Iris van der Tuin (Utrecht University), and Linda de Greef, Machiel Keestra and (University of Amsterdam) www.nie-conference.nl

National Interdisciplinary Education Conference – Online Meetups, Seminars, and Webinars – Call for Papers for Edition 5: ‘Inter- and Transdisciplinary Project-based Teaching & Learning’
The National Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) Conference is an annual event for educators, researchers, policymakers, and students who are engaged with inter-and transdisciplinarity at Dutch – and international – universities, university colleges, and universities of applied science. We want to stay in touch and grow as a community of inter-and transdisciplinarians, and to exchange best practices and ideas. We therefore organize approx. four online events annually, alongside an annual conference.
Inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration is currently being celebrated in academic and professional media as a response to the coronavirus pandemic and other complex and dynamic societal challenges. NIE online events facilitate exchange about our current, multifaceted situation, and its immediate effects on education. How may educational programmes, and scholars of interdisciplinary teaching and learning, productively respond to our situation and its many challenges? Previous editions focused on online teaching, actionability and inclusive education, integrative interdisciplinarity and Arts-Science collaborations.
The theme of the fifth edition is: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Project-based Teaching & Learning. Although it is generally assumed that inter-and transdisciplinary research is challenging for – esp. undergraduate – students, it is increasingly common that they carry out such projects even at the bachelor’s level. Since each such project brings together an unusual mix of disciplinary perspectives, sometimes even including particular stakeholder perspectives, it requires specific ways of teaching and learning. This edition of our NIE event aims to explore how such projects can facilitate interdisciplinary learning, different ways for students to carry out these projects and methods to teach and supervise such interdisciplinary research projects.
We welcome presentations on projects such as (but not limited to):
– Consultancy projects in which students examine issues for an external (real-world) client,
– Community-based learning or research
– Think-thank projects
– inter-and multidisciplinary capstone theses
– Teaching and supervision methods.

We also welcome joint presentations of teachers and students that explore both the nature of the project and experiences/project output of students. We hope to gather insights in and best practices of shaping interdisciplinary project-based education.
The fifth edition will take place on Friday June 11th, 2021, 3-5pm CET. We invite you to submit a short (50-100 words) proposal for a 10-minute presentation. Please send your proposal to r.m.vanlambalgen@uu.nl, teun.dekker@maastrichtuniversity.nl and M.Keestra@uva.nl with ‘Proposal for NIE Presentation’ in the subject line. The deadline for proposals is May 28th, 2020, 9.00am CET. We will inform you if we can fit your presentation in the schedule of the fifth online NIE meetup assign as possible. We will be using Zoom.
Feel free to contact us, should you have questions or specific ideas for future sessions.

Programme NIE Online Meetup 4 – Arts-Science collaborations

Friday, March 12, 2021 – 3-5 CET Via Zoom – Please join Zoom Meeting with the following link https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/88972805917

The theme of the fourth NIE-online edition is Arts-Science collaborations. Whereas in previous times these were almost separate fields, nowadays they are more in interaction with each other. Example are the developments of STEAM (STEM + Arts) and the use of creative and design methods in academic work. In this edition, we hope to gather insights in and best practices of the valuable role of the Arts in academic research, teaching and learning.

Barbie in Menopause, Presenter & © Ellen Vermeulen, University of the Arts Utrecht (NL)

Dear Change Maker: Using Correspondence to Develop a Visual Reflective Practice – Presenter Elizabeth Hauke and Mark Pope, Imperial College London  (UK)

Encounters between philosophy and art: Body and vulnerability in “Las Kellys” movement – Presenter Myriam Hernández Domínguez, University of La Laguna (ES)

Programme                               

3.00 – 3.10 CET                Welcome

Linda de Greef, University of Amsterdam (NL)

3.10 – 3.40 CET                Parallel session 1 – Setting the ground

• The Landscape of Art-Science

Presenter Julie Thompson Klein, Wayne State University (US)

• Social Justice in the Making: Designing the Pluriversity

Presenter Stacey Moran,  Arizona State University (US)

• Q & A

Moderator Machiel Keestra, University of Amsterdam (NL)

3.10 – 3.40 CET                Parallel session 2 – Art and reflection in education

• French ‘plastic arts’ education for personal development

Presenter Donna Jung, Sorbonne University (FR)

• Dear Change Maker: Using Correspondence to Develop a Visual Reflective Practice

Presenter Elizabeth Hauke and Mark Pope, Imperial College London  (UK)

• Q & A

Moderator Linda de Greef, University of Amsterdam (NL)

3.40 – 3.45 CET                Short Break                   

3.45 – 4.30 CET                Parallel session 3 – Innovative practices for interdisciplinary education

• Inventing an island together

Presenters Karel Koch and Myrthe van de Hee, Inholland University of Applied Sciences ( NL)

• Crispr Art

presenter Kas Houthuijs, University of the Arts Utrecht  and Waag Society (NL)

• Integrating art in global health teaching

Presenter Sepideh Yousefzadeh, Mariana Ferreira, Tomas van Hermon, Alessandro Savanije, University of Groningen (NL)

• Q & A

Moderator Linda de Greef, University of Amsterdam (NL)

3.45 – 4.30 CET                Parallel session 4 – Social engagement

• The Art of Analgesia

Presenter Ian Koebner. University of California, Davis (US)

• Barbie in Menopause

Presenter Ellen Vermeulen, University of the Arts Utrecht (NL)

• Encounters between philosophy and art: Body and vulnerability in “Las Kellys” movement.

Presenter Myriam Hernández Domínguez, University of La Laguna (ES)

• Q & A

Moderator Machiel Keestra, University of Amsterdam (NL)                                  

4.30 – 5.00 CET                Plenary discussion: wrap up and take away messages                     

Moderator Machiel Keestra, University of Amsterdam (NL)    

The National Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) Conference is an annual event for educators, researchers, policy makers, and students who are active in inter- and transdisciplinary programmes at Dutch universities, university colleges, and universities of applied science. We want to stay in touch and grow as a community of inter- and transdisciplinarians, and to exchange best practices and ideas. We therefore organize e a series of online meetups and seminars. An initiative of Teun Dekker (Maastricht University), Merel van Goch and Iris van der Tuin (Utrecht University), and Linda de Greef, Machiel Keestra and (University of Amsterdam) www.nie-conference.nl

The National Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) Conference is an annual event for educators, researchers, policy makers, and students who are engaged with inter- and transdisciplinarity at Dutch universities, university colleges, and universities of applied science. We want to stay in touch and grow as a community of inter- and transdisciplinarians, and to exchange best practices and ideas. We therefore organize approx. four online events annually, alongside an annual conference. Participants from outside the Netherlands are more than welcome to contribute to the events and conferences.

Inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration is currently being celebrated in academic and professional media as a response to the coronavirus pandemic and other complex and dynamic societal challenges. NIE online events facilitate exchange about our current, multifaceted situation, and its immediate effects on education. How may educational programmes, and scholars of interdisciplinary teaching and learning, productively respond to our situation and its many challenges? Previous editions focused on online teaching, actionability and inclusive education, and integrative interdisciplinarity.

The theme of the fourth edition is Arts-Science collaborations. Whereas in previous times these were almost separate fields, nowadays they are more in interaction with each other. Example are the developments of STEAM (STEM + Arts) and the use of creative and design methods in academic work. The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences established an Arts Society which gives, not just humanities scholars, but artists a place to share ideas with professionals in the sciences.

In this edition of the NIE online events, we hope to gather insights in and best practices of the valuable role of the Arts in academic research, teaching and learning.

We welcome presentations on themes such as, but not limited to,

• Best practices demonstrating the integration of the Arts in interdisciplinary projects;
• Impact of Arts-Science collaboration in research;
• Artistic contributions to societal challenges (pandemic, sustainability, inequality);
• Innovative practices of artistic education for interdisciplinary education.

The fourth edition will take place on Friday March 12th, 2021, 3-5pm CET. We invite you to submit a short (50-100 words) proposal for a 10-minute presentation. Please send your proposal to L.degreef@uva.nl and M.Keestra@uva.nl with ‘Proposal for NIE Presentation’ in the subject line. The deadline for proposals is February 22^th, 2020, 9.00am. We will inform you asap afterwards if we could fit your presentation in the schedule of the fourth online NIE meetup. We will be using Zoom. Please join Zoom Meeting with the following link https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/88972805917. Consider subscribing to our mailinglist here.

Feel free to contact us, should you have questions or specific ideas for future sessions.

The programme for edition 3 (December 4, 2020) is now online. The meeting will take place in MS Teams.

National Interdisciplinary Education Conference – Online Meetups, Seminars, and Webinars – Call for Papers for Edition 3 – Integrative interdisciplinarity in Theory and Practice

The National Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) Conference is an annual event for educators, researchers, policy makers, and students who are active in inter- and transdisciplinary programmes at Dutch universities, university colleges, and universities of applied science. We want to stay in touch and grow as a community of inter- and transdisciplinarians, and to exchange best practices and ideas. We therefore organize approx. four online events annually, alongside an annual conference. Participants from outside The Netherlands are more than welcome to contribute to the events and conferences.

Inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration is currently being celebrated in academic and professional media as a response to the coronavirus pandemic and other complex and dynamic societal challenges. NIE online events facilitate exchange about our current, multifaceted situation, and its immediate effects on education. How may educational programmes, and scholars of interdisciplinary teaching and learning, productively respond to our situation and its many challenges?

The first edition of the NIE Meetups, Seminars, and Webinars took place in June 2020 and attracted 35 participants from a variety of countries. The second edition with a focus on the theme of actionability of interdisciplinary teaching and learning attracted 22 participants in September 2020. Both editions featured senior and junior academics as well as policy makers and students presenting their projects and best practices.

The theme of the third edition is the Integrative Interdisciplinarity in Theory and Practice. We welcome presentations on themes such as, but not limited to, a) philosophies and epistemologies of integrative interdisciplinarity; b) techniques for integration; c) practices of working with students on integrating their knowledges and insights; and d) assessment of integrative course work.

The third edition will take place on December 4, 2020 3-5pm CEST. We invite you to submit a short (50-100 words) proposal and bio statement for a 10-minute presentation. Please send your proposal to Teun.Dekker@maastrichtuniversity.nl and M.M.vanGoch@uu.nl with ‘Proposal for NIE Presentation’ in the subject line. The deadline for proposals is November 16, 2020. We will inform you asap afterwards if we could fit your presentation in the schedule of the third online NIE meetup. We will be using MS Teams. Please add yourself to the Team by using this link or the code ‘93xa4da’. Consider subscribing to our mailinglist here.

Feel free to contact us, should you have questions or specific ideas for future sessions.

The National Interdisciplinary Education Conference – Online Meetups, Seminars, and Webinars are an initiative of Teun Dekker (Maastricht University), Merel van Goch and Iris van der Tuin (Utrecht University), and Linda de Greef and Machiel Keestra (University of Amsterdam).

www.nie-conference.nl

The programme for edition 2 (September 25, 2020) is now online. The meeting will take place in MS Teams.

National Interdisciplinary Education Conference – Online Meetups, Seminars, and Webinars – Call for Papers for Edition 2 – Actionability of Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning

The National Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) Conference is an annual event for educators, researchers, policy makers, and students who are active in inter- and transdisciplinary programmes at Dutch universities, university colleges, and universities of applied science. We want to stay in touch and grow as a community of inter- and transdisciplinarians, and to exchange best practices and ideas. We therefore organize approx. four online events annually, alongside an annual conference.

Inter- and transdisciplinary collaboration is currently being celebrated in academic and professional media as a response to the coronavirus pandemic and other complex and dynamic societal challenges. NIE online events facilitate exchange about our current, multifaceted situation, and its immediate effects on education. How may educational programmes, and scholars of interdisciplinary teaching and learning, productively respond to our situation and its many challenges?

The first edition of the NIE Meetups, Seminars, and Webinars took place in June 2020 and attracted 35 participants from a variety of countries. Both PhD candidates and postdocs, and educators and researchers presented their projects and best practices.

The theme of the second edition is the Actionability of Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning. We welcome presentations on themes such as, but not limited to, a) Global issues and the move to inter- and transdisciplinarity; b) Black Lives Matter: Epistemic injustice and interdisciplinarity; c) Disability and online (interdisciplinary) teaching and learning; d) Teaching values that emphasize inclusion of multiple and diverse perspectives; e) Actionability as a new criterion for the evaluation of interdisciplinary studies.[1]

The second edition will take place on September 25, 2020 3-5pm. We invite you to submit a short (50-100 words) proposal and bio statement for a 10-minute presentation. Please send your proposal to I.vanderTuin@uu.nl and M.Keestra@uva.nl, with ‘Proposal for NIE Presentation’ in the subject line. The deadline for proposals is August 28, 2020. We will inform you asap afterwards if we could fit your presentation in the schedule of the second online NIE meetup. Further information about the online platform we will use, as well as other details, will be communicated in the second week of September.

Feel free to contact us, should you have questions or specific ideas for future sessions.

The National Interdisciplinary Education Conference – Online Meetups, Seminars, and Webinars are an initiative of Teun Dekker (Maastricht University), Merel van Goch and Iris van der Tuin (Utrecht University), and Linda de Greef and Machiel Keestra (University of Amsterdam).

www.nie-conference.nl

[1] See Machiel Keestra (2019) ‘Interdisciplinary Imagination and Actionability: Reflections on the Future of Interdisciplinarity, Inspired by Julie Thompson Klein’ in Issues in Interdisciplinary Studies. https://tinyurl.com/Keestra-Future-ID

NIE – Online Meetups, Seminars, and Webinars – Edition 1

The National Interdisciplinary Education (NIE) Conference is an annual event for educators, researchers, policy makers, and students who are active in inter- and transdisciplinary programmes at Dutch universities, university colleges, and universities of applied science. We want to stay in touch and grow as a community of inter- and transdisciplinarians, and to exchange best practices and ideas. We therefore hereby announce a series of online meetups and seminars. We will meet approx. four times during the academic year.

Check out the programme of the first edition (June 18, 2020 – 15:00- 17:00).

An initiative of Teun Dekker (Maastricht University), Merel van Goch and Iris van der Tuin (Utrecht University), and Linda de Greef, Machiel Keestra and Hans de Zwart (University of Amsterdam)