From Discovery to Direction​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Navigating Transdisciplinary Complexity Through Adaptive Expertise

Over the last years, the EWUU Alliance conducted research on the topics of adaptive expertise and transdisciplinary learning. During this day we wish to:

(1) present our research discoveries and

(2) translate these into directions for EWUU education research in the next two years (2026-2027), resulting in a research agenda for transdisciplinary learning.

Have you been engaged in authentic learning journeys in which you had to navigate uncertainty and complexity, and address (societal) issues together with societal stakeholders? Did you participate as a student, teach in such courses, or were you involved as a coach? Or are you interested in more innovative ways of shaping education?

Please join us and contribute to our joint EWUU Education-learning agenda. Let's co-create future research and education with teachers, researchers, and students together!

Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us in case of any questions via Yvette.

Warm regards, on behalf of EWUU Education Research and the organizing committee,

Fennie van Straalen (EWUU), Erika van Gennip (EWUU), Despoina Georgiou (UU), Lisette van Bruggen-Taverne (UMCU), Jan van Tartwijk (UU), Marieke van der Schaaf (UMCU), Antoine van den Beemt (TU/e) and Yvette Baggen (EWUU/WUR)

Programme

EWUU Alliance Education Research Event

28th of October 2025

14:00 – 17:00 hrs

Utrecht University

Preliminary programme

14:00 – 14:15: Walk-in

14:15 – 15:15: Discoveries: research takes center stage

15:15 – 15:30: Break

15:30 – 16:30: Directions: shaping the EWUU Education research agenda transdisciplinary learning

16:30 – 17:00: Meet & Mingle with drinks & bites

Spotlight on the book: Empowering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurial Change Agents

A Design Science Approach to Transforming Entrepreneurial Education

During this afternoon, a spotlight is shown on the book on adaptive expertise "Empowering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurial Change Agents", in which different EWUU research projects are presented. In the book, research studies and education practices are presented on the topic of adaptive expertise, which can be perceived a key learning outcome of transdisciplinary learning journeys.

Initiated from HEErI (Higher Engineering Education research & Innovation), a 4TU.CEE initiative (Centre for Engineering Education). Editors of the book, Antoine van den Beemt (TU/e), Yvette Baggen (WUR) - both part of HEErI redaction of 4TU.CEE - together with Jan van Tartwijk (UU) and Marieke van der Schaaf (UMCU), are also engaged in EWUU Education Research.

Empowering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurial Change Agents

A Design Science Approach to Transforming Entrepreneurial Education