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The research aims to identify trends in educational research topics and methodologies within conference abstracts from major international conferences.

July 2, 2026European Educational Research JournalOpen Access

What educational researchers present: Trends in research topics and methods based on conference abstracts

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The research aims to identify trends in educational research topics and methodologies within conference abstracts from major international conferences.
Analyzed 28,000 conference abstracts from American and European conferences (2010–2024).
Inductively analyzed using structural topic modelling and deductively coded 3,342 abstracts from select conferences in 2013, 2018, and 2023.
Employed Principal-Agent theory to critically assess the observed trends.
Increased focus on sustainability, emotions, wellbeing, and tertiary education, which is studied twice as often as primary education.
Proportion of intervention studies decreased from 17% to 9%, while methodological studies dropped from 7% to 4%.
Qualitative and review studies showed an increase in prevalence.

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Examines research trends in education, focusing on methods and topics across global conferences, indicating shifts in focus areas.

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Dekker et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a4600a29ed1343031310be8 https://doi.org/10.1177/14749041261459565

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What educational researchers present: Trends in research topics and methods based on conference abstracts

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