Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to welcome you to ERIDOB2026, the 15th conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology, in Ljubljana, Slovenia, August 24th-28th 2026.

ERIDOB aims to bring together researchers in didactics of biology from around the world to share and discuss their research and the results of their work. The association was founded in 1986 by Pierre Clément and Horst Bayrhuber and has since organized a conference every two years. It is a great honor for us to hold the most important conference that we have in Europe on Biological Education.

We will meet in the historical Roman city of Ljubljana in Slovenia. In 1991 Slovenia appeared on the global political map as an independent country. However, Slovenians laid foundations for statehood more than a thousand years ago. The country’s extraordinary geographical position played an important role in this process, and the diverse landscape has marked the country’s rich natural and cultural heritage, inspired the creativity of its inhabitants, and produced a number of exceptional individuals. We will be hosted by the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Education, which has more than 75 years of tradition.

In the current period, which is marked by both a strong expectation from science to meet the challenges of our era and by the discrediting of scientific results, the theme of the ERIDOB 2026 Conference will be “Biology education paving the way for our common future“. We are confident that it will be an excellent opportunity to initiate in-depth discussions with other scholars in the field of biology didactics.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Ljubljana!

PS: In line with the decision that has been taken at the general assembly in 2022, the official language of the conference will be English.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Academic Committee invites researchers in Didactics of Biology/Biology Education to participate in the 15th Conference of European Researchers in Didactics of Biology (ERIDOB 2026), ERIDOB aims to bring together researchers in didactics of Biology from around the world to share and discuss their research work and results.

The title of the conference is Biology Education Paving the Way for Our Common Future. The conference welcomes submissions in all pertinent areas of biology education research and practice that advance a better future for everyone.

IMPORTANT: Proposal submissions for ERIDOB 2026 must be made online through the eridob2026 conference management system.


Contributions should fit into one or two of the following strands within Biology Education:

  1. Sustainability Education (including Environmental and Health Education)
  2. Outdoor and Informal Education
  3. Scientific Thinking, Scientific Explanations, Scientific Inquiry and NOS
  4. Socioscientific Issues (including Social, Cultural, and Diversity Issues)
  5. Students’ Conceptions and Conceptual Change
  6. Students’ Values, Attitudes and Decision-Making
  7. Teaching Strategies, Learning Environments and Digital Media
  8. Writing, Speaking, Reading and Argumentation
  9. Teacher Professionalization and PCK

DEADLINES

Call for paper & opening of submission platformMay 15, 2025
Final submission deadlineNovember 2, 2025 (23:59 PM)
Notification of review resultsFebruary 28, 2026
Beginning of early-bird registrationMarch 1, 2026
End of early-bird registrationApril 15, 2026
End of registrationMay 31, 2026

Proposals received after November 2, 2025 will not be considered.

Proposals will be reviewed under the following criteria:

• Research: Is the proposal concerned with research in biology education?
• Subject / problem: What is the research problem or question? What is the rationale for the study? What is the theoretical framework?
• Design and methodology: What is the design of the study? Are the research methods clearly described and appropriate?
• Data analysis and findings: Are the data clearly presented? Is there consistency between data and findings?
• General interest: Is the contribution of interest to European researchers in the field.

The standards, in terms of quality, will be the same for oral and poster presentations. The following criteria will be applied:

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

• Work may be under development.
• Findings may be tentative or not yet available.
•. Content should be of high interest and/or relevance.
•  Specific content should not have been presented or published elsewhere.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS (including a presentation in a symposium)

• Work to be presented should be reaching completion or be complete and well thought through.
• Data should be available.
• Content should be of high interest and/or relevance.
• Specific content should not have been presented or published elsewhere.

Some important rules to keep in mind

  1. No participant may submit more than one first-authored paper. The first author is assumed to present the paper unless otherwise stated.
  2. No participant may present more than once during the conference.
  3. The first authors/contact persons of accepted proposals will receive the ERIDOB conference guidelines for papers and the registration form.
  4. Please note that only proposals that on the moment of submission have not been published elsewhere are eligible. The academic committee must be notified if a paper submitted to the conference has also been submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere.
  5. The conference language is English.

ERIDOB ACADEMIC COMMITTEE

  • Dr. Jelle Boeve-de Pauw, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
  • Dr. Marcus Hammann, Münster University, Germany (Chair)
  • Dr. Michal Haskel-Ittah, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
  • Dr. Olivier Morin, University of Lyon, France
  • Dr. Daniel Olsson, Karlstad University, Sweden
  • Dr. Xana Sá-Pinto, University of Aveiro, Portugal
  • Dr. Gregor Torkar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Dr. Michal Zion, Bar-Ilan University, Israel