ICER 2025 -Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education Research

Edited by Florinda Matos, Isabel Flores and Susana Martins

These proceedings represent the work of contributors to the 2nd International Conference on Education Research (ICER 2025), hosted by ACPI and ISCTE-IUL University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, on 6-7 November 2025. The Conference Chairs are Florinda Matos and Isabel Flores, and the Programme Chair is Susana da Cruz Martins all from ISCTE-IUL University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal.

ICER is in its 2nd year as an established event on the academic research calendar. The conference provides an opportunity for participants to share ideas and connect with fellow researchers across diverse fields. The scope of submitted papers promises two engaging days of academic exchange. The subjects covered illustrate the wide range of topics that fall into this important and ever-growing area of research.

The opening keynote presentation is delivered by Dr. Jon-Hans Coetzer, from United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) who will talk about Reimagining Higher Education: Building Future-Ready Skills for a World in Transition. The second day of the conference will begin with an address from Prof. António Lopes, ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal who will discuss Generative AI in Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities.

With an initial submission of 91 abstracts, after the double blind, peer review process there are 31 Academic research papers, 1 Non-Academic paper, and 2 work-in-progress papers published in these Conference Proceedings. These papers represent research from Australia, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Mexico, Nigeria, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkiye, UK, USA, and Zimbabwe.