About New Perspectives in Science Education – International Conference

New Perspectives in Science Education — International Conference

New Perspectives in Science Education is an annual international conference dedicated to innovation in science teaching and learning, organized by Pixel, a Florence-based international education and training institution that runs the Pixel International Conferences programme. The conference brings together teachers, researchers, practitioners, and project managers from around the world to share findings, expertise, and experience about innovative science-education methodologies. The 16th edition is scheduled for 10 March 2027 online and 11–12 March 2027 in Florence, Italy, at the Grand Hotel Mediterraneo Congress Center; the 15th edition took place on 18 March 2026 online and 19–20 March 2026 in Florence.

For researchers encountering this title in publication directories, an important clarification: this is not a journal. It is an academic conference with published proceedings. Accepted papers are gathered into a Conference Proceedings e-book carrying ISBN, ISSN, and DOI codes, and individual papers can receive their own DOIs on request. The proceedings are deposited in the Conference Digital Library, indexed in Google Scholar, included in Academia.edu, and sent for review for inclusion in Web of Science and Scopus. According to the official conference site, the proceedings are currently covered by Scopus for the period 2020–2026 (Scopus Source ID 21101272557). That means a paper presented at this conference becomes a citable, discoverable publication with persistent identifiers — but journal-style metrics such as an Impact Factor, and article processing charges in the journal sense, do not apply.

Conference format: onsite in Florence and online

Each edition runs in a hybrid format. Onsite participants gather in Florence for two full days of sessions, networking, and social events; online participants contribute through the Conference Virtual Platform, either with synchronous live presentations delivered on the dedicated online day or with asynchronous online presentations. Participants can register in two roles: presenters, who submit an abstract and, on acceptance, present and publish a paper in the proceedings; and listeners, who attend sessions, take part in discussions, and network without presenting.

The programme combines live paper presentations (onsite and online), poster presentation sessions (onsite and online), and interactive question-and-answer sessions after each talk. The organizers emphasize networking as a core purpose of the event: beyond the formal sessions, social events are arranged so that educators and researchers from different countries and disciplines can build lasting professional connections and project partnerships.

Themes and scope

The conference addresses science education across the full span of schooling and training. Topics presented in recent editions include, but are not limited to:

• STEM education and interdisciplinary approaches linking science, technology, engineering, and mathematics;
• Chemistry education and biomedical science education;
• Engineering education;
• Curriculum development and educational strategies;
• Teaching methods and innovative pedagogical approaches;
• Student engagement, student conceptions, and student assessment;
• Science and environment and science and society;
• Preschool and primary education and extra-curricular activities;
• Special needs in science education;
• Teacher professional development;
• Digital transformation in science teaching, including the integration of artificial intelligence in science education.

This breadth makes the conference relevant not only to science-education researchers publishing in the field's journals, but also to classroom teachers, teacher trainers, curriculum developers, museum and outreach educators, and managers of European and international education projects seeking partners and dissemination channels.

Publication: the Conference Proceedings e-book

Every accepted paper is included in the Conference Proceedings e-book, published with ISBN, ISSN, and DOI codes. Publication is open access through the Conference Digital Library, where each paper has its own webpage. On authors' request, an individual DOI can be assigned to a paper in addition to the DOI of the full proceedings volume; that individual DOI resolves directly to the paper's page in the digital library.

Indexing and visibility arrangements for the proceedings are as follows:

• The publication is sent to be reviewed for inclusion in Web of Science and Scopus — the organizers do not guarantee indexing, but submit the proceedings for evaluation;
• The proceedings are currently covered by Scopus for 2020–2026 (Scopus Source ID 21101272557), per the official conference website;
• The proceedings are included in Academia.edu and indexed in Google Scholar;
• All papers are archived in the Conference Digital Library and made available in open access.

For authors, this publication route offers a citable conference-paper record with persistent identifiers and broad discoverability, while the Scopus coverage of recent proceedings volumes adds weight for researchers whose institutions recognize Scopus-indexed conference publications.

Organizer and contact

The conference is organized by Pixel International Conferences, the conference arm of Pixel, based in Florence, Italy. Pixel runs a portfolio of international education conferences alongside this one. The conference secretariat can be reached at science@pixel-online.net, and the official conference website is conference.pixel-online.net/NPSE/, where calls for papers, registration details, previous-edition archives, and the digital library are published. Venue details for the onsite event: Grand Hotel Mediterraneo Congress Center, Lungarno del Tempio, Florence, Italy.

Key facts at a glance

How to participate

As a presenter. Prepare an abstract on a topic within the conference scope and submit it through the call-for-papers page on the official conference website. On acceptance, you present your work (onsite in Florence or online, synchronously or asynchronously) and your full paper is included in the proceedings e-book. For the 15th edition, the abstract submission deadline was 5 March 2026; deadlines for the 16th edition are published on the official site as the edition approaches.

As a listener. Registration as a listener gives access to sessions, Q&A, poster sessions, and networking events without the obligation to present or publish. This route suits teachers, project managers, and researchers scouting the field or seeking partners.

Registration fees and deadlines. Fees vary by edition and participation mode; the official conference website publishes the current registration fees, early-bird terms, and deadlines. Prospective participants should consult the official site rather than third-party listings, which may carry outdated figures.

Preparing a proceedings paper. Accepted authors should follow the formatting guidelines issued with the acceptance notification, meet the full-paper deadline, and decide whether to request an individual DOI for their paper. Because the proceedings are submitted for Web of Science and Scopus review, authors should treat the paper with the same care as a journal submission: clear structure, complete references, and original results.

Why researchers and educators attend

• Dissemination — present classroom innovations, research findings, and project results to an international audience of peers;
• Publication — every accepted paper becomes a citable proceedings publication with ISBN, ISSN, and DOI, archived open access;
• Indexing reach — proceedings covered by Scopus for 2020–2026 and indexed in Google Scholar;
• Partnership building — meet project managers and researchers for European and international education projects;
• Professional development — teachers gain exposure to current methodologies, from AI integration to assessment innovation;
• Flexibility — the hybrid format and listener track lower the barrier to participation for educators who cannot travel.

Frequently asked questions

Is New Perspectives in Science Education a journal?
No. It is an annual international conference. Its publications are the Conference Proceedings e-book volumes, which carry ISBN, ISSN, and DOI codes but are not a periodical journal.

Are the proceedings indexed in Scopus?
According to the official conference website, the proceedings are currently covered by Scopus for the period 2020–2026 (Scopus Source ID 21101272557), and each new volume is sent for review for inclusion in Scopus and Web of Science. Indexing of future volumes depends on the databases' evaluation decisions.

Can I get a DOI for my individual paper?
Yes — on authors' request, an individual DOI is assigned to a paper in addition to the proceedings volume DOI, resolving directly to the paper's page in the Conference Digital Library.

Can I attend without presenting?
Yes. The conference offers a listener registration for participants who want to attend sessions and network without submitting an abstract.

Is online participation possible?
Yes. Each edition includes an online day with synchronous presentations via the Conference Virtual Platform, plus asynchronous presentation options.

Where and when is the next edition?
The 16th edition is scheduled online on 10 March 2027 and onsite in Florence, Italy, on 11–12 March 2027 at the Grand Hotel Mediterraneo Congress Center. Confirm current details on the official site: conference.pixel-online.net/NPSE/.

Who do I contact?
The conference secretariat at science@pixel-online.net.

About this profile

This profile describes New Perspectives in Science Education as it actually exists: an annual international conference with published proceedings, not a journal. Facts are drawn from the official conference website (conference.pixel-online.net/NPSE/) and official edition announcements. Registration fees, deadlines, and indexing decisions change between editions; consult the official site for current figures. DEPTH-BATCH213

Editions over the years

The conference's edition numbering tells the story of a steadily growing event. The 13th edition took place in Florence on 14–15 March 2024 (with the online day on 13 March), hosted at the FH55 Grand Hotel Mediterraneo on Lungarno del Tempio. The 15th edition followed on 18 March 2026 online and 19–20 March 2026 onsite in Florence. The 16th edition is announced for 10 March 2027 online and 11–12 March 2027 in Florence at the Grand Hotel Mediterraneo Congress Center. The rhythm is consistent: one online day, then two full onsite days, every March, in the same city and the same congress venue — a stability that helps returning participants plan and that has allowed the conference to build a loyal international community year after year.

Each edition's call for papers follows a similar timeline — abstract submission in the winter, with deadlines typically extended once (for the 13th edition the abstract deadline was extended to 19 February 2024; for the 15th it closed on 5 March 2026) — and each edition produces its own proceedings e-book volume with fresh ISBN, ISSN, and DOI codes.

What a proceedings paper looks like

Papers in the NPSE proceedings are concise conference contributions rather than full journal articles. A typical paper presents a teaching innovation, a research study, a project result, or a reflective practice report: the problem or question, the context (a course, a school, a project), the method or intervention, the evidence of effect, and the lessons for other educators. Because the audience mixes researchers and practitioners, the most successful papers speak to both — grounding claims in evidence while keeping the classroom or project reality visible.

Authors should note the publication mechanics: papers are published open access in the Conference Digital Library, each with its own webpage, and an individual DOI is available on request. That makes NPSE papers easy to link from CVs, project websites, and institutional repositories. For early-career researchers and teacher-researchers, the proceedings offer a low-barrier, properly identified first publication; for project managers, they provide a citable dissemination output that funding programmes recognize.

For project managers: dissemination and partnership value

A distinctive feature of NPSE is how explicitly it serves the education project community — the managers and partners of European and international cooperation projects in science education. For them, the conference does three jobs at once. First, it is a dissemination channel: project results presented and published in the proceedings count as public dissemination outputs. Second, it is a partner-search venue: with teachers, researchers, and project managers from many countries in one place (physically or virtually), new consortia are routinely seeded in the corridors and social events. Third, it is a reality check: presenting project outputs to classroom practitioners quickly reveals which innovations survive contact with real schools.

Pixel itself is an education and training institution deeply embedded in European project work, and that orientation shapes the conference culture — pragmatic, multilingual in practice, and welcoming to contributions from outside the traditional academic career track.

Practical notes for attending in Florence

The onsite event takes place at the Grand Hotel Mediterraneo Congress Center on Lungarno del Tempio in Florence — a congress hotel on the Arno within reach of the historic centre. March in Florence is early spring: mild days, cool evenings, and the city's museums and streets relatively quiet before the Easter crowds. Participants typically fly into Florence Airport (Amerigo Vespucci) or Pisa International Airport, with rail connections from Rome and Milan for those combining the trip with other business.

The two onsite days are full programmes — paper sessions, poster sessions, Q&A, and networking — followed by social events that the organizers treat as part of the programme rather than an afterthought. For presenters, the practical advice is standard for international conferences: check the presentation format and time limits in advance, prepare for questions from a mixed researcher–practitioner audience, and bring contact details — the networking is where much of the value lies.

Online participation done properly

The conference's hybrid model predates the pandemic-era norm and has been refined over many editions. Synchronous online presentations are delivered live on the dedicated online day via the Conference Virtual Platform, with Q&A; asynchronous presentations allow contributors who cannot attend live to have their work presented and discussed. Online listeners get access to the virtual sessions, and online presenters' papers appear in the proceedings on exactly the same terms as onsite papers — there is no second-class publication track for virtual contributions.

For educators in time zones far from Central Europe or with limited travel budgets, the online track makes the conference genuinely global; for institutions, it offers a low-cost way to give several staff members their first international conference experience.

Tips for first-time presenters

• Read the scope, then position your work. With topics from preschool science to AI integration, the programme committee values clear statements of which conversation your paper joins;
• Write for two audiences. Researchers will probe your evidence; teachers will ask "would this work in my classroom?" — address both;
• Mind the deadlines. Abstract, full-paper, and registration deadlines are published on the official site and are enforced to keep the proceedings on schedule;
• Request your individual DOI. It costs nothing and makes your paper independently citable and linkable;
• Plan to network. Identify in advance the project managers, researchers, or teacher networks you want to meet, and use the social events deliberately;
• Follow up after Florence. The proceedings paper is the start of the visibility, not the end — deposit it in your institutional repository and link it from your project pages.

The conference's place in science-education publishing

Science-education researchers publish in a well-established set of journals, but journals are slow and selective; conferences like NPSE fill the complementary niche of rapid, inclusive, community-facing dissemination. The proceedings' Scopus coverage for 2020–2026 gives the volumes a discoverability that many conference proceedings lack, while the open-access digital library ensures that a teacher in any country can read a paper without a subscription. For the field as a whole, the conference functions as an annual census of what science educators are actually trying — a practitioner-weighted counterpart to the research literature, and a useful first stop for anyone mapping current innovation in science teaching.

After the conference: making the publication work for you

The proceedings paper's value compounds when authors actively use it. Deposit the paper in your institutional repository and link it from your personal and project web pages; reference it in subsequent journal articles as the first public record of the work; and cite it in project final reports as a dissemination output. Because the Conference Digital Library is open access and Google Scholar indexes the proceedings, a well-titled NPSE paper is often the most discoverable version of a teaching innovation — the one a teacher searching for classroom ideas will actually find. Authors who requested an individual DOI should use that DOI link everywhere, since it resolves directly to the paper rather than to the volume.