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Innovative Education and Learning Practices

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Ngo Cong‐Lem
Sustainable Development Institute
2
Bronwyn Cumbo
Monash University
3
Slaviša Radović
Predictive Science (United States)
4
Derk Bransen
Maastricht University
5
Sin Wang Chong
University of St Andrews
6
Timothy Hurt
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
7
Sanna Brauer
Tampere University of Applied Sciences
8
Gulipari Maimaiti
University of Hong Kong
9
Frank van der Wouden
University of Hong Kong
10
Martha Lally
University of Rhode Island

Rising Stars Papers

1
Academic Integrity In The Age Of Generative AI: Perceptions And Responses Of Vietnamese EFL Teachers
Teaching English With Technology|2024
53 cit.
2
Synthesis Methods and Reporting Tool (SMART) for Research Syntheses in Applied Linguistics
Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics|2025
49 cit.
3
Investigating the effects of different levels of students' regulation support on learning process and outcome: In search of the optimal level of support for self-regulated learning
Computers & Education|2024
25 cit.
4
Teacher Agency for Change and Development in Higher Education: A Scoping Literature Review
International Journal of Educational Reform|2024
19 cit.
5
Perezhivanie-agency dialectic: Examining Vietnamese EFL educators’ experiences and negotiation of dramatic classroom events
System|2024
18 cit.
6
Gamification bolsters self-regulated learning, learning performance and reduces strategy decline in flipped classrooms: A longitudinal quasi-experiment
Computers & Education|2025
18 cit.
7
Teachers’ transformative agency in English-medium instruction in higher education in Vietnam: a cultural-historical theory perspective
Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development|2024
11 cit.
8
Identity transitions, experiences, and agency: a collaborative autoethnography of Asian international TESOL doctoral students
Language Learning Journal|2024
8 cit.
9
“We’ve Tried to Keep the Beast on a Leash”: The Domestication of Digital Classroom Surveillance
Surveillance & Society|2024
8 cit.
10
Gamified self-regulated learning improves EFL Reading comprehension, motivation, self-regulation skills and process patterns: Quasi-experiment with process mining
The Internet and Higher Education|2025
8 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Jos Akkermans
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2
Meg Escudé
University of California, Berkeley
3
Etienne Wenger-Trayner
University of Brighton
4
Mónica Lemos
University of Helsinki
5
Shinya Uekusa
University of Canterbury
6
Ton Bruining
KPC Group (Netherlands)
7
Salme Mahlakaarto
Unknown
8
Anabel Corral-Granados
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
9
Bruce Lilyea
Southeastern University
10
Jean Harris‐Evans
Sheffield Hallam University

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
I’m Interested in Autoethnography, but How Do I Do It?
The Qualitative Report|2022
146 cit.
2
Are we talking about the same thing? The case for stronger connections between graduate and worker employability research
Career Development International|2023
62 cit.
3
Career proactivity: Conceptual and theoretical reflections
Applied Psychology|2022
38 cit.
4
Preparing multilingual disaster communication for the crises of tomorrow: A conceptual discussion
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction|2023
37 cit.
5
Initial employability development: introducing a conceptual model integrating signalling and social exchange mechanisms
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology|2023
35 cit.
6
Toward a contextualized perspective of employability development
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology|2023
27 cit.
7
Nordic challenges related to exclusion and local responses in Swedish, Finnish, and Norwegian urban compulsory education
Education Inquiry|2023
20 cit.
8
Overcoming disaster linguicism: using autoethnography during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark to explore how community translators can provide multilingual disaster communication
Journal of Applied Communication Research|2022
18 cit.
9
Barriers to Equality and Cultural Responsiveness in Three Urban Norwegian Primary Schools: A Critical Lens for School Staff Perceptions
The Urban Review|2022
16 cit.
10
Ready for careers within and beyond academia? Assessing career competencies amongst junior researchers
Higher Education Research & Development|2022
13 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
James V. Wertsch
Washington University in St. Louis
2
Kurt Squire
University of California, Irvine
3
Arthur Bakker
GGD Amsterdam
4
Carl Bereiter
University of Toronto
5
Lorna Unwin
University of Leicester
6
Katerine Bielaczyc
Clark University
7
Kai Hakkarainen
University of Helsinki
8
John Dumay
Macquarie University
9
Joseph Krajcik
Michigan State University
10
Celeste P.M. Wilderom
High Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Vygotsky and the Social Formation of Mind
The American Journal of Psychology|1987
3.4k cit.
2
Design-Based Research: Putting a Stake in the Ground
Journal of the Learning Sciences|2004
2.6k cit.
3
Boundary Crossing and Boundary Objects
Review of Educational Research|2011
2.2k cit.
4
Culture, Communication, and Cognition: Vygotskian Perspectives.
Man|1987
2.2k cit.
5
Computer Support for Knowledge-Building Communities
Journal of the Learning Sciences|1994
2.2k cit.
6
Design Research: Theoretical and Methodological Issues
Journal of the Learning Sciences|2004
1.9k cit.
7
The qualitative research interview
Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management|2011
1.5k cit.
8
Voices of the Mind: A Sociocultural Approach to Mediated Action
The American Journal of Psychology|1992
1.5k cit.
9
Career success in a boundaryless career world
Journal of Organizational Behavior|2005
1.4k cit.
10
Using grounded theory as a method for rigorously reviewing literature
European Journal of Information Systems|2011
1.1k cit.

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