LUMAT Science Research Forum Events

The LUMAT Science Research Forum organizes three types of events annually: research seminars, research symposia, and a summer school, focusing primarily on research in mathematics, science, and technology education. Our events are open to scholars worldwide. Read more about these activities below.

LUMAT Research seminars 

In LUMAT Research Seminars, researchers and students present their latest research in mathematics, science, and technology education, and receive peer feedback. With Research Seminars, we aim to foster connections between science education researchers in different universities, regardless of your field of study. Other research-related topics, such as research methods, can be discussed according to participants’ needs and interests.

Upcoming seminars

10.10.2025

The seminar will focus on the articles published in the LUMAT special issue: Cultivating a Future-Ready Workforce: Re-imagining STEM Education.

Welcome to meet the editors and authors. There will be a few highlights and time to ask questions. Registration will open closer to the event on the LUMAT webpage.

Special issue DOI: https://doi.org/10.31129/LUMAT.12.4


LUMAT Research Symposium

The 15th Annual LUMAT Research Symposium 2025 was held online on Friday, May 23rd, from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm (EEST, UTC+03:00). The event was free of charge, and the symposium’s language was English. The symposium program featured presentations on the latest research in mathematics, science, and technology education.

The theme of this year’s symposium was Promoting STE(A)M learning through non-formal education.

Every year, the symposium is open to scholars worldwide. The primary target groups are STE(A)M teachers at various levels, researchers, teacher educators, and teacher students. Warm welcome!

Abstracts and virtual posters on the LUMAT journal

Read more about the highlights of the Symposium.


Previous research seminars

Year 2025 

21.3.2025 

The seminar focused on the new special issue calls. During the spring of 2025, two LUMAT calls were open: 1) Contemporary quantum science in STEM and education, and 2) Immersive Technologies in Science, Technology, and Mathematics Education. 

Year 2024 

29.11.2024 

The theme of the seminar was “Current Research Trends.” The chair of the seminar is Prof. Maija Aksela, University of Helsinki. The keynote will be given by Dr. Johannes Pernaa, Editor-in-Chief of LUMAT, University of Helsinki. A panel discussion was hosted after the keynote. The panelists were LUMAT editors and authors. 

6.3.2024 

Docent, University Lecturer Johannes Pernaa, University of Helsinki: Generative chatbots and information seeking 

B.Sc. Maikki Roiha, University of Helsinki: Immersive technologies in education: 360° live stream video in a virtual chemistry field trip 

M.Sc. Aleksi Takala, University of Helsinki: Chemistry professionals’ views on cheminformatics potential: A qualitative study in chemistry education 

Year 2023 

15.11.2023 

Perttu Ervelius, University of Helsinki. Learning of creative, critical and computational thinking through robotics and coding in primary classrooms in Helsinki and Johannesburg 

Henri Hämäläinen, University of Helsinki. Coherence in science teacher education: integration between theory and practice 

14.9.2023 

Russell Tytler, Alfred Deakin Professor of Science Education at Deakin University & Peta J. White, associate professor in science and environmental education at Deakin University 

Supporting multimodal learning in science: a semiotic perspective  

Agency in the Anthropocene 

16.3.2023 

Sanni Suominen (UEF) Ammatillisen koulutuksen aloittavien opiskelijoiden näkemyksiä ja odotuksia matematiikan opetukseen liittyen 

Juho Tiainen (UEF) Yläkoululaisten okemuksia matematiikan opiskelusta ja ammatteihin sekä työtehtäviin linkitetyistä matematiikan tehtävistä 

Mikko Nykyri (LUT) Hyötypelien ja pelillistämisen käyttö sähkötekniikan opetuksessa 

30.1.2023 

Prof. Jorge Rodríguez-Becerra, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago, Chile: Computational Science in Chemistry Teachers Education: Opportunities and Lessons Learned 

Prof. Lizethly Cáceres-Jensen, Universidad Metropolitana de Ciencias de la Educación, Santiago, Chile: Towards Climate Change Education Through Authentic Problems in the Framework of EDS to Chemistry Teacher Education