Dear Network 20 participant
Dear network 20 participant,
It is our pleasure to invite you to the pre-conference for NERA 2026 in Aarhus, Denmark. We invite junior (PhD/doctoral students) and senior scholars and others interested in doing research connected to and curious or critical about mentoring, guidance, and counselling.
The purpose of the pre-conference is to strengthen the research network around mentoring, guidance and counselling connected to education in the Nordic countries and to allow for meetings and academic debate between PhD/doctoral students, seniors and other scholars.
The pre-conference is free of charge, but lunch and dinner are paid for by the attendees. Please register with an email to anneb@sdu.dk no later than February 19th, 2026. You are very welcome to use the same mail for any questions.
Program for Preconference in network 20,
Autonomy, Supervision, and Learning
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
Place: VIA (Room number will come later)
This year’s pre-conference will consist of two intertwined parts:
The first part of the day (11–13) will consist of presentations and discussion on the different aspects on developing student responsibility and -autonomy in the supervision meeting. This session will introduce different aspects on developing student responsibility and -autonomy in the supervision meeting. The second part of the day (14–17) will continue with presentations and discussions on different aspects on developing student- responsibility and -autonomy in the supervision followed by a laboratory where participants explore different aspects of student autonomy across different contexts of supervision with and with out AI. The session will be chaired by the preparatory team.
10.45: Registration, coffee, and tea.
11.15: Welcome to preconference in Network 20 (Vibeke Ankersborg, Karl Heinz Pogner and Anne Bang-Larsen)
11.30: Presentation of different aspects on developing student responsibility and -autonomy in the supervision meeting
Tine Wirenfeldt: Student agency
Marie Ryberg: Student Agency in the science field
13.00 – 14.00: Self organized lunch
14.00: Presentation of different aspects
Karl Heinz Pogner and Vibeke Ankersborg: The impact of cultural-educational background on students’ and Master’s thesis advisors’/supervisors’ perception of student responsibility and -autonomy
15:00: Coffee break
15.15: Laboratory where participants explore different aspects of student autonomy across different contexts of supervision with and with out AI.
17.00: End of program
19.00: Meeting up for dinner