The Centre for the Advancement of STEM Teaching and Learning (CASTeL) invites researchers, teachers, policymakers, students, industry representatives, and interested others to the SMEC STEM Education Conference 2026. We invite you to share, debate, discuss, and reflect upon ideas under the conference theme ‘The Human Element in STEM Education: Community, Innovation, and Sustainability’. The conference will take place at Dublin City University on St. Patrick’s Campus, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, on Thursday, 11th June and Friday, 12th June, 2026. For more information, please click below.

The Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI) is a biennial conference, first hosted by St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra and now by Dublin City University (DCU) in Ireland’s first Institute of Education at DCU St Patrick’s Campus. Beginning in 2005, MEI has a proud tradition of creating a stage for sharing ideas and best practices in the field of mathematics teaching, and exchanging findings of current research in mathematics education.