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2nd European Regional History Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference – IHPST 2025


27 – 29 June 2025 – Athens, Greece


Conference Chair: Constantina Stefanidou,  Department of Pedagogy and Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens


Conference e-mail: ihpst2025athens@gmail.com


Conference Theme:Scientific Rationalism and Human Emancipation in Science Teaching: Perspectives from History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science





IHPST 2025 Regional Conference page

 
   
   


18th International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference - IHPST 2026


The IHPST Biennial Conferences follow a tradition of 40 years in North America and Europe (http://ihpst.net). IHPST Conferences function as a forum of academics, researchers, PhD students and teachers coming from a variety of disciplines: history of science, philosophy of science, sociology of science and science education. In 2026 the IHPST Biennal Conference will be organized by Claudia Faria and Ricardo Lopes Coelho, Lisbon University (Institute of Education and Faculty of Science) from the 6th until the 10th of July 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal. Save the date!

 

 

 

 


17th International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference - IHPST 2024


Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2-6 September 2024

Conference Chair: Prof. Dr. Agustín Adúriz-Bravo

 

The conference was hosted by the Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales of the Universidad de Buenos Aires and its theme was “Trusting school science again”. Around 115 academics from 13 countries actively participated in the conference. Two keynote plenary lectures were delivered by Prof. Olimpia Lombardi from CONICET, Argentina, and Prof. Cyrus Mody from Maastricht University, the Netherlands. The conference also featured a workshop for Ph.D. students and two parallel hybrid sessions of short presentations by K-12 science teachers. In addition to the academic part, the program included a welcome reception with tango dancers, a trip to the city of La Plata and its museum, and a cultural night at the Teatro Empire.



 IHPST 2024 Biennial Conference Page