Production, Presentation, and Acceleration of Educational Research: Could Less be More?

Paul Smeyers is since 2018 Emeritus Professor of Philosophy of Education, KU Leuven Belgium. He is the Editor of the international journal
Ethics and Education
. He co-authored and co-edited a number of books in the area of philosophy of education and interpretative research. His journal articles deal with issues of philosophy of educational research, epistemology, postmodernism, and pays attention amongst others to the legacy of Wittgenstein and Winch for philosophy of education and educational research.



Marc Depaepe (1953) was deputy chancellor at the KU Leuven (2013-2017). Since 2005 co-editor-in-chief of
Paedagogica Historica
. Former president of the International Standing Conference for the History of Education (1991-1994) and member of the International Academy of Education (2012-). In 2015 he was awarded an honorary doctorate at the University of Latvia. Since 2018 Emeritus Professor (“with duties”) of the KU Leuven and since 2019 Leading Researcher at the University of Latvia, in Riga. Published abundantly on various aspects of international educational historiography and the history of education in Belgium and Congo.