The FUTURE EDUCATION Early Career Award 2025 was presented

The FUTURE EDUCATION Early Career Award was presented on 28 August 2025 as part of the EARLI 2025. The award went to Phuong Bui (Karlstad University), Babette Bühler (TU Munich), Xiangtzi Ouyang (Lingnan University) and Line Walquist Sørli (The Arctic University of Norway) for their outstanding research achievements. We congratulate them warmly!

Read more: The Award Ceremony 2025

Eligibility Criteria

• The article must be published in a peer-reviewed journal;
• The article must be written in English;
• The publication date of the article must be during the PhD studies or within two years after obtaining the PhD;
• Only papers published from 2023 onwards will be accepted;
• The proponent must be the corresponding author of the article (the first author may submit with permission from the corresponding author);
• The research adresses topics in the field of education, learning, development and teaching;

• The proponent participates in the EARLI 2025 Conference in Graz, where the award ceremony will take place.

   

Evaluation Criteria

• Transdisciplinary approach: Research integrates methods, theories and/or frameworks from two or more disciplines.
• Innovation and originality: Submission presents novel ideas, methods and/or results that advance research related to education, learning, development and teaching.  
• Research excellence: The applied research methods are state-of-the-art.  

• Implications for educational practice: The obtained findings have implications for educational practice.  

   

Submission Guidelines

• The completed nomination form (PDF);  
• A digital copy (PDF) of the published article.  

Nominations must be received by the 15th of April 2025 (midnight CEST) via ConfTool from 1st of March 2025. The winner information will be provided by the 30th of May 2025. 

Review process and award presentation

In a first step, all submissions are screened whether they meet the eligibility criteria. Those who meet these criteria are scored by two independent researchers with regard to the evaluation criteria. Based on the mean ratings in these criteria, the highest-scoring articles are selected for the award. For each research cluster of the FUTURE EDUCATION program a maximum of one award will be presented. 

The research clusters are:

• Pluralism and diversity in educational processes
• Languages as a tool for social participation
• Educational technologies: interdisciplinary, innovative, disruptive
• STEM+ for the sustainable development of our society

The award will be presented during the  EARLI 2025 Conference in Graz by the scientific board of the FUTURE EDUCATION program of the University of Graz.

Each award is endowed with EUR 1,000. In addition, a special feature on the FUTURE EDUCATION website on the award winners and their work will be published.