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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

The IHPST election results are in. Please join us in thanking all who put their names forward for consideration and all who nominated candidates. Congratulations to the newly elected members of the IHPST Council, who will be joining Zuraya Monroy-Nasr (President). The new 2024-2026 IHPST council members are:

Zuraya Monroy-Nasr (President)
Hagop A. Yacoubian, Armenia (President-Elect)
Fanny Seroglou (Past-President)
Vassilis Koulountzos, Greece (Secretary)
Lori Maramante, USA (Treasurer)
Dietmar Höttecke, Germany (Director)
Terhi Mäntylä, Finland (Director)
Tainá de Araujo Carvalho, Brazil (Student Member)
Priscila do Amaral, Brazil (Teacher Member)

Agustín Aduríz-Bravo, Argentina (IHPST 2024 Conference chair)

Ricardo Lopes Coelho, Portugal  (Conference chair IHPST 2026)

The Nominating Committee was also selected in the last round of elections.  The members of this committee are:

Yefrin Ariza, Chile
Zoubeida R. Dagher, USA
Glenn Dolphin, Canada
Constantina Stefanidou, Greece

Many thanks to all who participated in the elections and to the outgoing council for their service.