PH.D Appl​ications 2026 - 2027​​

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DOCTORAL DEGREE IN EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

DOCTORAL DEGREE IN CHILD STUDIES
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Curriculum Development(*); Literacy and Portuguese Teaching; School Organisation and Administration; Educational Psychology; Sociology of Education and Education Policy; Educational Technology; Pedagogical Supervision.

Specialities without doctoral programe:
Curriculum Development; Science Education; History and Social Science Education; Foreign Language Education; Mathematics Education; Philosophy of Education; History of Education; Literacy and Portuguese Teaching; School Organisation and Administration; Educational Psychology; Sociology of Education and Education Policy Educational Policy; Pedagogical Supervision; Educational Technology.

Contacts: Phone: (+351) 253 601 287 | Email: sec-dout-ce@ie.uminho.pt

DOCTORAL DEGREE IN CHILD STUDIES
https://www.ie.uminho.pt/en/Ensino/Doutoramentos/Pages/DoutoramentoemEstudosdaCrianca.aspx

Specialities with doctoral programe
Physical Education and Child Health (Child Health, Health Education, Physical Education, Physical Activity, Recreation and Motor Development)

Childhood, Development and Learning (Physical and Social Environmental Studies, Elementary Mathematics, Methodology and Supervision in Childhood Education, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Psychosocial Intervention.)

Artistic Education (Drama Education, Music Education, Visual Education)

Childhood, Culture and Society (Children´s Literature, Literacy Education, Sociology of Childhood, Child Rights, Public Policies for Children)

Special Education (Early Intervention, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Hearing Impairment, Communication Disorders, Specific Learning Difficulties in Reading (dyslexia).

Schedule: (after work / evening schedule/b-learning)
Vacancies: 30

Contacts: Phone: (+351) 253 601 287 | Email: sec-dout-ec@ie.uminho.pt

Information of Interest
The doctoral degree in Educational Sciences and the doctoral degree in Child Studies are relevant for career development purposes in accordance with Article 54 of the Decree-Law No. 75/2010 of June 23 (Regulations governing the Early Childhood and Elementary and Secondary Education Teaching Career). The Ph.D. course in Child Studies, in its different areas of specialization, is recognized for purposes of counting time for career progression under Administrative Rule No. 344/2008, of April 30, according to the updated table, available on the DGAE website.

​APPLICATIONS​ - DEAD​LINES

​​Applications

The ATEE is a non-profit European organisation, whose aim is to enhance the quality of Teacher Education in Europe and to support the professional development of teachers and teacher educators at all levels. ATEE includes several Research and Development Communities (RDC). The ATEE Winter conference is annually organised by one RDC. The RDC on Science and Mathematics Education, together with the University of Minho, is in charge of the organisation of the ATEE Winter Conference 2026.

Science and mathematics education is a relevant area not only for the ongoing scientific and technological development of modern, globalized, and digital societies, but also for citizenship education and the sustainability of the Planet. Moreover, it contributes to the full development of the individual learner.

Science and Mathematics teachers, teacher educators, and researchers can therefore help to make a difference beyond the classroom. Science and mathematics education are facing challenges associated with the digital transition. Thus, the ATEE Winter Conference 2026 will focus on Science and Mathematics Education in the Digital Era.

The goal of the Conference is to provide a platform for scholars worldwide to reconceptualize, recontextualize, and discuss conventional topics in science and mathematics education research in light of the digital paradigm, as well as to share and realistically discuss the emerging ones, considering their potential, limitations, and possible threats.

Additionally, as several countries are faced with the threat of teacher shortage, ways to attract students to science and mathematics, and teachers to the profession will be discussed.

The conference theme encompasses a diversity of issues ranging from teachers (of all school levels, from pre-school to university), students, and curriculum materials, to teaching approaches and assessment, and technology-based interdisciplinary STEM education for diverse and inclusive classrooms, and a sustainable future.

Topics

Participants will have the opportunity to present, share, and discuss research on timely and relevant issues for the benefit of education and the strength of the international community of science and mathematics education. The following subthemes help participants to understand the scope of the Conference theme and facilitate the organization of the parallel sessions:

- Role and features of science- and mathematics-related education in the digital era

- Science- and mathematics-related literacies for a sustainable and digital future

- Science and mathematics materials (e.g., syllabi, textbooks, digital textbooks, etc) in the digital era

- Disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to science and mathematics education in the digital era

- Science and mathematics teacher education for a digital future

- Motivating and engaging science and mathematics students in the digital era

- Assessment in science and mathematics education in the digital era

- Opportunities and challenges offered by online science and mathematics education

- Artificial Intelligence in science and mathematics education

- Maker education for promoting STEM learning

- Robotics as an interdisciplinary STEM-promoting tool

- Gamification in science and mathematics education

- Digital labs and other technologies for science and mathematics education

- Digitalization and the leveraging of diversity and inclusion in science and mathematics education

- Submissions will be accepted by e-mail (ATEE_WinterConf_2026@ie.uminho.pt)
​- Abstract submission: from November 15th to December 15th, 2025
- Formats, submission, and presentation - guidelines here
- ​Notification of acceptance: before January 15th, 2026​