HERI is a pan-university research department with as focus connections between education, research and professional practice. Increasingly these connections are positioned in transdisciplinary environments, such as living labs, studio’s and hubs. The research group works from five themes: 1. Transdisciplinarity, 2. Professionalism, 3. Research-education nexus, 4. Curriculum Co-creation and 5. Change in higher education.
The HERI lectorate, together with Leiden University and Anton de Kom University of Suriname, obtained funding from the Twinning budget of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to improve the research skills of lecturers at Anton de Kom University in Paramaribo.
How do professional practice and research come together in an integrated curriculum? And how can teachers, researchers and students jointly design such an integrated curriculum? We do several projects on co-creation of curricula.
In today's times, professionals are needed who can handle up-to-date knowledge and innovate their profession. However, it is not enough for research and teaching to coexist in universities of applied sciences. We examine which organisational structure and culture promote or restrict the connection between research and teaching in universities of applied sciences.
Dr Didi Griffioen has been a college-wide professor in Higher Education, Research and Innovation since June 2018. Her focus is on ways to better connect education, research and professional practice in higher education. In 2013, she received her PhD from the University of Amsterdam with a dissertation on the implementation of research in higher vocational education.
