The due date of the special issue "Contemporary Quantum Science in STEM and Education of Future" is extended to 19 August 2026.
Read more about Extension of submission DL for the Quantum workforce special issueLUMAT Editorial Office is on a Christmas holiday from December 17, 2025 to January 7, 2026.
Read more about Editorial office on holidayLUMAT invites researchers, practitioners, and educators to contribute to the upcoming Special Issue on "Pedagogical content knowledge and subject didactics in LUMA (STEM) teacher education".
Read more about Call for specal issue papers: Pedagogical content knowledge and subject didactics in LUMA teacher educationThe 15th annual LUMAT Research Symposium 2025 will be held online on Friday, May 23rd, from 1 pm to 4 pm (EEST UTC+03:00). The event is free of charge, and the symposium’s language is English. The symposium program consists of keynote speeches and presentations on the latest mathematics, science, and technology education research. The theme of this year’s symposium is Promoting STE(A)M learning through non-formal education.
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Welcome to LUMAT Research Seminar at Friday 21.3 to hear about the new special issue calls:
1) Contemporary quantum science in STEM and education
2) Immersive Technologies in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education
3) Higher Education in Mathematics.
Time and location: Friday 21.3.2025 at 14-15:30 Finnish time in Zoom.
Read more about LUMAT Research Seminar 21.3.25: Upcoming special issuesLUMAT received 278 manuscripts and published 30 articles in four issues. Altogether 110 reviewers contributed to decisions. Monthly readership has increased to 15 000 abstract reads and 4 500 file downloads. Thank you all for support and collaboration.
Read more about LUMAT 2024 statisticsWelcome to LUMAT Research Seminar on November 29
Read more about LUMAT Research Seminar: Current trendsLUMAT invites researchers, practitioners, and educators to contribute to the upcoming special issue on Fostering Creativity and Curiosity through Technological Problem-Solving. Submission deadline (full paper): November 30, 2024
Read more about Call for papers: Fostering Creativity and Curiosity through Technological Problem-SolvingThe 14th annual LUMAT Research symposium 3.–4.6.2024 gathers researchers, teachers, teacher students, and doctoral students worldwide to discuss hot topics on science education. Join us online to expand your knowledge and share your thoughts with your colleagues!
Send a short description about your presentation to luma-keskus((at))helsinki.fi by 13.5.
Read more about Symposium 2024: Save the Date and Call for PapersLUMAT invites researchers, practitioners, and educators to contribute to the upcoming Special Issue on Cultivating a Future-Ready Workforce: Reimagining STEM Education.
Read more about Call for papers: Cultivating a Future-Ready WorkforceAn update for the journal's publishing policy. We strongly encourage authors to share their work via preprint platforms before or after submission to LUMAT.
Read more about LUMAT’s Preprints PolicyThe DL for special issues Sustainable Chemistry and Education and Out of Classroom has been extended to 7 January 2024 because Editorial office is on Christmas holiday.
Good news for Nordic researchers. In 2024 our continous general issue will be opened for all Nordic countries.
Read more about Last call for special issues and changes to general issueLUMAT Science Research Forum warmly welcomes You to LUMAT Research seminar on 15th November 4-6 pm (UTC+2). The seminar will be held online.
Read more about LUMAT Research seminar on 15th NovemberLUMAT Science Research Forum warmly welcomes You to LUMAT Research seminar on 15th September from 3 to 4.30 pm (UTC+3). The seminar will be held online.
Read more about LUMAT Research seminar 15.9.2023LUMAT invites researchers, practitioners, and educators to contribute to the upcoming special issue on "Sustainable Chemistry and Education".
Read more about Call for papers: Special Issue on Sustainable Chemistry and Education (2023)CheSSE Erasmus+ project is organizing an European Conference on Chemical Safety in Science Education in June 2023.
Read more about European Conference on Chemical Safety in Science EducationThe 13th annual Research Symposium 16.6.2023 gathers teachers, researchers, teacher students, and doctoral students worldwide to discuss hot topics in science education. Symposium 2023 is all about teaching: we invite you to expand your knowledge and share your best practices with your colleagues and learn from them.
Read more about LUMAT Symposium 2023: Save the Date and Call for PapersLUMAT invites researchers, practitioners, and educators to contribute to the upcoming special issue on (Contemporary Issues in) Technology Education. Submission deadline for full paper is May 31, 2023.
Read more about Call for papers: Special Issue on (Contemporary Issues in) Technology EducationWelcome to submit manuscripts to our new General Issue that focuses on research conducted in Finland.
Read more about LUMAT General Issue for Finnish ResearchWe have opened a new special issue that addresses technology in mathematics education. DL for full papers is February 15, 2023.
Read more about Call for papers: Special Issue on Technology in Mathematics EducationDear LUMAT supporters
It is a 10th anniversary of LUMAT Journal. To celebrate our journey, we wrote an article to LUMA News.
Read more about 10th AnniversaryOur latest special issue on mathematics education is now published. The Special Issue consists of eleven articles about mathematical thinking and the role of understanding in mathematics learning from the interesting points of view.
Read more about Special Issue on Mathematical Thinking is now PublishedLUMAT invites researchers, practitioners, and educators to contribute to the upcoming special issue on Sustainability and Education.
Read more about Call for Papers: Special Issue on Sustainability and EducationThis year’s LUMAT Research Symposium will be organized in Aalto University, Espoo in 13-14 June 2022. The symposium theme is Sustainability and Education. The keynote speech will be held by PhD, University lecturer Veli-Matti Vesterinen on the topic Science education in the time of crisis – The role of teacher and student agency.
Read more about Registration to LUMAT Research Symposium & Summer School 2022LUMAT is seeking new Advisory Board members.
Read more about Call for Advisory Board MembersWe thank our reviewers for excellent work. LUMAT could not operate without high-quality reviews.
Here are the reviewers and article statistics for the year 2021.
Read more about Reviewers 2021Please note that LUMAT Editorial Office is on Christmas holiday from December 22, 2021 to January 17, 2022. During that time, submissions may be send, reviews uploaded and questions ask, but all submissions and inquiries will be processed and answered on Tuesday January 18, 2022.
Read more about LUMAT Editorial office is on holiday until 17.1.2022After 2022 LUMAT General Issue will be closed. The general issue will be replaced by multiple interesting special issue calls. Authors can submit manuscripts to general issue 2022 until 9.1.2022.
Read more about LUMAT will renew the publishing model in 2022Effect of resource-based instructions on pre-service biology teachers’ motivation toward learning biology: https://doi.org/10.31129/LUMAT.9.1.1637
A calculus student’s understanding of graphical approach to the derivative through quantitative reasoning: https://doi.org/10.31129/LUMAT.9.1.1663
Developing online learning environments with AI. Future visions from continuing training in mathematics teaching: https://doi.org/10.31129/LUMAT.9.1.1660
Communicating mathematics through images: A multimodal study of Year One students’ meaning-making when working with mathematics textbooks: https://doi.org/10.31129/LUMAT.9.1.1480
Read more about Latest LUMAT articlesSpecial issue on Mathematical thinking has an extended submission deadline.
The new due date is November 1, 2021.
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LUMAT invites researchers, practitioners, and educators to contribute to the upcoming special issue on Engaging Learners in Math and Science through Modern Technologies.
Read more about Call for Papers: Special Issue on engaging learners in math and science through modern technologiesRegistration to the LUMAT Research Symposium and Summer School 2021 is open.
Read more about LUMAT Research Symposium and Summer School 2021Our knowledge base for processing mathematics education research articles has increased significantly – LUMAT has six new editors specialized in math.
Read more about New EditorsLUMAT invites researchers, practitioners and educators to contribute to the upcoming special issue on Mathematical thinking and understanding in learning of mathematics.
Read more about Call for Papers: Mathematical thinking and understanding in learning of mathematicsLUMAT is looking for 10 new editors.
Read more about Call for EditorsLumat has a new editor in the team.
Meet Päivi Portaankorva-Koivisto from the University of Helsinki.
Päivi will be focusing especially on mathematics educational manuscripts.
Read more about New Editor - Päivi Portaankorva-KoivistoA postdoctoral position is opened at the Faculty of Education of the University of São Paulo to take part in a wider research project aimed at understanding what young people think about biological diversity and evolution in different regions of Brazil.
Read more about Postdoctoral fellowship – School of Education – University of São PauloLUMAT has moved to the Editori publishing service. Editori is hosted by the University of Helsinki.
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