Welcome to the penultimate episode of this special season of the SEFI podcast which marks the 50th anniversary of SEFI and in which we discuss changes to engineering education and engineering education research (EER) occurring in Europe over the last few decades.
In this episode we talk to Kristina Edström who has been Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Engineering Education (EJEE) since 2018. Kristina has played a pivotal role in creating change within EER in Europe, enhancing the EJEE’s scholarly value and practical relevance. Her efforts in fostering a diverse network of reviewers and authors from various backgrounds have strengthened the journal’s position. We talk to Kristina about the purpose and audience of EER, fostering an inclusive community, and how we ensure the usefulness and scholarliness of our work.
show notes: https://www.sefi.be/2024/01/25/podcast-season-3-episode-5-european-engineering-educators-is-online/
Join Dr. Natalie Wint (University College London) and Dr. Neil Cooke (University of Birmingham) to learn about publishing within EJEE.
Timestamps
0.00 Welcome and introduction to episode
0.47 Podcast Intro
1.01 Experiences of publishing and EJEE from Natalie and Neil
2.38 Kristina's Background
9.22 KTH and EER at KTH
12.14 Start of the journal and links to SEFI
13.09 Comparison to JEE and the USA: EER as a 'rigorous discipline'
15:35 Changes on the European side
17.03 Tensions in what EJEE should be
18.45 Kristina's aims and ambitions as a new Editor-in-Chief
20.50 Bottlenecks and reviewers
24.09 The functions of peer review and guidance to reviewers
30.10 Aims and scope of the journal: usefulness and scholarliness
35.03 SEFI Journal of Engineering Education Advancement
38.29 Trends is authorship and topics
44.16 Trends in methods and working with other disciplines
48.30 Practical advice regarding planning and submission of research
52:33 Two elephants in the room
59.23 The EER publishing landscape
1.02.50 The future of EJEE
1.07.46 Final advice from Kristina
1.09.49 Key takeaways from Natalie and Neil.
Resources
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03043797.2018.1433112
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03043797.2018.1501840
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03043797.2017.1401596
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9962543
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9962423
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371816010_Reviewing_manuscripts_in_engineering_education_research_journals_fairly_constructively_effectively
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