We address the challenges higher education faces: How to serve a growing and diverse student population effectively? How to address societal expectations, and adapt to the digitisation of higher education?

Research themes

The project studies effectiveness, flexibility, fairness, diversity, and inclusion in higher education.  

Key research themes include individual differences in learning, course design, and assessment.

Mixed-methods approach

The research will utilise a mixed-methods approach, combining insights from educational sciences, psychology, economics, sociology, and, importantly, AI and data science.

Interfaculty collaboration

The initiative involves collaboration between the faculties of

• Humanities
• Economics and Business
• Social and Behavioural Sciences
• Medicine
• and Science.

Amsterdam Interdisciplinary Centre for Higher Education

An important aim is to establish the Amsterdam Interdisciplinary Centre for Higher Education Research (AICHER) to ensure long-term impact and promote to team science and open science principles. The centre will facilitate knowledge dissemination in collaboration with the UvA’s Teaching and Learning Centers and policymakers within the UvA and beyond.

Funding opportunities

The RPA will fund PhD and postdoc positions, workshops, community-building activities, and facilitation of access to the UvA’s educational data for research purposes.

Contact

For more information, contact Ingmar Visser or our general mailaddress AICHER@uva.nl.