What is QIESR?
The Queen’s Institute for Educational Scholarship and Research (QIESR) is a university-wide institute dedicated to advancing educational scholarship, discipline-based education research (DBER), and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).
QIESR formalizes and elevates Queen’s long-standing leadership in scholarly teaching by providing coordinated infrastructure, mentorship, and visibility for rigorous inquiry into teaching and learning across disciplines.
QIESR strengthens Queen’s academic mission by connecting research, teaching practice, and institutional priorities. It supports our Queen’s community in generating and mobilizing evidence that enhances student learning, informs curriculum design, and advances educational innovation.
QIESR ensures that educational scholarship at Queen’s is not peripheral or episodic, but intentional, supported, and sustained. It affirms that teaching excellence is a scholarly endeavour that warrants the same intellectual investment, recognition, and infrastructure as other forms of research.
By launching QIESR, Queen’s commits to a future where pedagogy and research are deeply connected, where educational innovation is evidence-based, and where teaching and learning are central to institutional excellence.
Upcoming Events
Sep
22
Tuesday
Inaugural Gathering: QIESR's Organizational Research & Behaviour (ORB) Nexus
Whether your interests include organizational learning, leadership development, professional education, workplace culture, or educational research, the ORB Nexus provides a welcoming interdisciplinary community committed to learning together.
Sep
23
Wednesday
Inaugural Gathering: QIESR's Teaching Practice and Innovation Nexus
Whether you are just beginning your educational scholarship journey or are an experienced researcher, this Nexus offers a welcoming interdisciplinary community dedicated to learning together.
Oct
01
Thursday
Inaugural Gathering: QIESR's Research Ethics Education Nexus
Whether you are involved in research ethics review, teach research ethics, support researchers, or are interested in advancing ethics education through scholarship, this Nexus offers a welcoming interdisciplinary community dedicated to learning together.