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President Elect: Agustín Adúriz Bravo

Secretary: Vassilis Koulountzos

Treasurer: Lori Maramante

Directors: Breno Arsioli Moura

              Dietmar Höttecke

Students Member: Yan Henrique dos Santos

Teacher Member:Priscila do Amaral

Nominating Committee:
Angel Yefrin Ariza

Constantina Stefanidou

Roland Schulz

Tainá de Araujo Carvalho

Congratulations to all the elected members of the new IHPST Council and Nominating Committee! 

Many thanks to all the candidates that participated to the IHPST 2026 Elections and to all the IHPST members who voted during the last four weeks!

18th International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference - IHPST 2026

The IHPST Biennial Conferences follow a tradition of 40 years in North America and Europe (http://ihpst.net). IHPST Conferences function as a forum of academics, researchers, PhD students and teachers coming from a variety of disciplines: history of science, philosophy of science, sociology of science and science education. In 2026 the IHPST Biennal Conference will be organized by Claudia Faria and Ricardo Lopes Coelho, Lisbon University (Institute of Education and Faculty of Science) from the 6th until the 10th of July 2026, in Lisbon, Portugal. Save the date!

Conference topic Scientific Literacy: Contributions from the History and Philosophy of Science

Conference date July 6th - July 10th 2026

Conference venue Lisbon, Portugal

Conference Chair: Cláudia Faria; Conference Co-Chair: Ricardo L. Coelho

The submission deadline for proposals is March 1st, 2026. 

2nd European Regional History Philosophy and Science Teaching Conference – IHPST 2025

27 – 29 June 2025 – Athens, Greece

Conference Chair: Constantina Stefanidou

Honorary Chairs: Constantine Skordoulis & Gianna Katsiampoura

The conference was hosted by the Department of Pedagogy and Primary Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, under the theme Scientific Rationalism and Human Emancipation in Science Teaching: Perspectives from History, Philosophy and Sociology of Science. The conference featured two distinguished keynote speakers: Prof. Efthymios Nikolaidis and Prof. Kostas Gavroglu. Over the three days, a total of thirty-four oral presentations were delivered, in a warm and inclusive atmosphere with scholars, educators, and researchers from seven countries: Turkey, Argentina, Brazil, Germany, Armenia, Bahrain, and Greece. The conference had a multidimensional character and cultural richness with the Theatrical Reading Galileo’s Pope, based on Kostas Gavroglu’s play, the visit to the Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology, and a historical walk in Athens’ city center.

IHPST 2025 Regional Conference page