Roland Tormey
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RLC D1 740 (Rolex Learning Center)
Station 20
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 23 63
Office:
RLC D1 740
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EPFL AVP-E CAPE
RLC D1 740 (Rolex Learning Center)
Station 20
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 23 63
Office:
RLC D1 740
EPFL
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CDH
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RLC D1 740 (Rolex Learning Center)
Station 20
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 23 63
Office:
RLC D1 740
EPFL
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Biography
I am a sociologist and educational scientist, researching and teaching on engineering education. My research focuses on diversity and equality issues in learning, the role of emotion in science and engineering learning, and engineering ethics education. My recent work includes co-authoring Facilitating Experiential Learning in Higher Education: Teaching and Supervising in Labs, Fieldwork, Studios, and Projects (2021), and co-editing The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education (2025).I also manage the Teaching Support Centre at EPFL.
My profile (text) is accessible here.
An extended interview (audio) about my work on engineering ethics education is available here.
An extended interview (audio) about emotion in education, teacher education and engineering education is here.
A shorter interview (audio) on emotion in learning is here.
Education
Doctorate
Sociology
Trinity College Dublin
1992-1999
Post Graduate Certificate
Environmental and Development Education
London South Bank University
1999-2000
Bachelor of Social Science
Sociology, Social Administration
University College Dublin
1989-1992
Bachelor of Science
Mathematics, Statistics
The Open University
2015-2024
Publications
Infoscience publications
MAIN PUBLICATIONS
"Jupyter-Notebook-as-Script": Investigating the Nature and Impact of Implicit Collaboration Scripts in Computational Notebooks
2025. 18th International Conference on Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL 2025), Helsinki, Finland, 2025-06-10 - 2025-06-13.Exploring the emotional dimension in engineering ethics case studies: the latent emotions and associated features
European Journal of Engineering Education. 2025. DOI : 10.1080/03043797.2025.2511120.Teaching ethical decision making to students as 21st-century professionals
The Routledge Handbook of Global Sustainability Education and Thinking for the 21st Century; Taylor and Francis, 2025. p. 736 - 753.Jupyter Analytics: A Toolkit for Collecting, Analyzing, and Visualizing Distributed Student Activity in Jupyter Notebooks
2025. The 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, 2025-02-26 - 2025-03-01. p. 172 - 178. DOI : 10.1145/3641554.3701971.The emotional journey of computer science students in team projects: the turbulences and the interplay between the academic emotions
2024. 52st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2024-09-02 - 2024-09-05. DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14254812.Mapping engineering ethics education
The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education; London: Routledge, 2024. p. 1 - 18.Interdisciplinary contributions to engineering ethics education
The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education; London, UK: Routledge, 2024. p. 143 - 148.Teaching ethics using case studies
The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education; Taylor and Francis, 2024. p. 363 - 377.Reason and emotion in engineering ethics education
The Routledge International Handbook of Engineering Ethics Education; 2024.The impact of varying levels of compassion in ethics education case studies on students' moral reasoning
Journal of Moral Education. 2024. DOI : 10.1080/03057240.2024.2411962.Learning Analytics Beyond Traditional Classrooms: Addressing the Tensions of Cognitive and Meta-Cognitive Goals in Exercise Sessions
2024. Nineteenth European Conference on Technology Enhanced Learning ECTEL 2024, Krems, Austria, 2024-09-16 - 2024-09-20.Emotions in engineering education: A configurative meta-synthesis systematic review
Journal Of Engineering Education. 2024. DOI : 10.1002/jee.20600.The impact of different methods of increasing the intensity of compassion in engineering ethics cases
2024. DOI : 10.1080/03043797.2024.2341758.“But of course i’m going to look happy” or “He needed to know I was angry”? Comparing use of emotional labour in teamwork in engineering and hospitality students
2024. EAPRIL 2023 Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland (UK), November 22 - 24, 2023. p. 131 - 143.EQUITY AND EXAMINATION TIME PRESSURE IN FIRST YEAR MATHEMATICS FOR ENGINEERS
2024. 52 Conference of the European Society for Engineering, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2024-09-02 - 2024-09-05. p. 916 - 925. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.14254730.Exploring Engineering Students' Perception of Sustainability and Ethics in Their Curriculum Across Disciplines
2024. IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON 2024), Kos, Greece, 2024-05-08 - 2024-05-11.SEFI SIG Workshop: Eager to further develop the field of engineering ethics education?
2024. SEFI 2024: Educating Responsible Engineers, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2024-09-02 - 2024-09-05. p. 2737 - 2740. DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.14260985.Study Success And Failure Of STEM Students And The Connection To Their Learning Habits
2023. 51st Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI), TU Dublin, Ireland, 2023-09-11 - 2023-09-45. p. 974 - 982. DOI : 10.21427/B3S8-Z680.Emotional labor experienced in team-projects: A comparison of engineering and hospitality students
2023.A multimodal measurement of the impact of deepfakes on the ethical reasoning and affective reactions of students
2023. 2023 SEFI Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, September 11-14, 2023.Compassion and Engineering Students’ Moral Reasoning: The Emotional Experience of Engineering Ethics Cases
Journal of Engineering Education. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/jee.20538.Emotions in Engineering Education
International Handbook of Engineering Education Research; New York: Routledge, 2023.Educating Engineering Students to Address Bias and Discrimination Within Their Project Teams
Science and engineering ethics. 2023. DOI : 10.1007/s11948-022-00426-w.The development, validation and use of an interprofessional project management questionnaire in engineering education
European Journal Of Engineering Education. 2023. DOI : 10.1080/03043797.2023.2171854.Are engineering teachers ready to leverage the power of play to teach transversal skills?
2023. European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) Annual Conference, Dublin, Ireland, September 11-14, 2023.Immersive professional activities as learning: Irish teachers learning from overseas volunteering in India
Professional Development In Education. 2023. DOI : 10.1080/19415257.2020.1770840.A Game-Based Approach to Develop Engineering Students’ Awareness About Artificial Intelligence Ethical Challenges
2022. 50th Annual Conference of The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI 2022), Barcelona, Spain, September 19-22, 2022. p. 2276 - 2281. DOI : 10.5821/conference-9788412322262.1283.A Canvas for the Ethical Design of Learning Experiences with Digital Tools
2022. 50th Annual Conference of The European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI 2022), Barcelona, Spain, September 19-22, 2022. p. 2282 - 2287. DOI : 10.5821/conference-9788412322262.1237.Gender, prior knowledge, and the impact of a flipped linear algebra course for engineers over multiple years
Journal of Engineering Education. 2022. DOI : 10.1002/jee.20467.Teaching under lockdown: the change in the social practice of teaching
Higher Education. 2022. DOI : 10.1007/s10734-022-00863-3.Theorizing the Emotional Quality of Teaching and Learning Relationships in STEM Faculty Development
Handbook of STEM Faculty Development; USA: Information Age Publishing, 2022.Which professional skills do students learn in engineering team-based projects?
European Journal of Engineering Education. 2022. DOI : 10.1080/03043797.2021.1920890.Emotions in Engineering Education: Preliminary Results from a Scoping Review
2021. Research in Engineering Education Symposium & Australasian Association for Engineering Education Conference 2021, Perth, Australia, December 5-8, 2021.Facilitating Experiential Learning in Higher Education Teaching and Supervising in Labs, Fieldwork, Studios, and Projects
Routledge.Rethinking student-teacher relationships in higher education: a multidimensional approach
Higher Education. 2021. DOI : 10.1007/s10734-021-00711-w.Teaching Transversal Skills in the Engineering Curriculum: the Need to Raise the Temperature
2020. SEFI 48th Annual Conference: Engaging Engineering Education, Enschede, the Netherlands (online), September 20-24, 2020. p. 906 - 917.Designing for impact: a conceptual framework for learning analytics as self-assessment tools
Assessment & Evaluation In Higher Education. 2020. DOI : 10.1080/02602938.2019.1680952.Developing interdisciplinary and intercultural skills in engineers through short-term field experiences
Informacios Tarsadalom. 2020. DOI : 10.22503/inftars.XX.2020.2.1.Emotions in engineering education: Towards a research agenda
2020. IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), Uppsala, SWEDEN, Oct 21-24, 2020. DOI : 10.1109/FIE44824.2020.9273951.Impact on the practice of students and teachers of a learning analytics dashboard
Sciences Po International Teaching and Learning Workshop 2019: “Integrating Pedagogical Diversity: Blended Learning and Educational Impact”, Paris, France, 26 & 27 June 2019.Developing teacher agency through dialogue
Teaching And Teacher Education. 2019. DOI : 10.1016/j.tate.2019.03.014.The Teaching Toolkit: design of a one-day pedagogical workshop for engineering graduate teaching assistants
European Journal of Engineering Education. 2019. DOI : 10.1080/03043797.2019.1584606.Flipped classroom in Linear Algebra
SFDN Conference 2019, Zurich, Switzerland, 2019-02-22.The Impact of Gender on Engineering Students' Group Work Experiences
International Journal Of Engineering Education. 2019.Impact of a learning analytics dashboard on the practice of students and teachers
2019. SEFI 47th Annual Conference. European Society of Engineering Education. "Varietas delectat...Complexity is the new normality", Budapest, Hungary, September 16-19, 2019.Short-term field study programmes for developing interdisciplinary skills in engineering education
2019. SEFI 47th Annual Conference. European Society of Engineering Education. "Varietas delectat...Complexity is the new normality"", Budapest, Hungary, September 16-19, 2019.How do science and engineering students approach revisions? A self-regulated learning tool for supporting the transition from secondary to higher education
2018. 46th Annual Conference of the European Society for Engineering Education, Danish Technical University (DTU), Copenhagen, Danemark, September 17-21, 2018.Does gender-sensitive teacher training have a place in Engineering Education? Assessing pedagogical training as a step towards gender-inclusive curricula
2018. 46th SEFI Conference, Technical University, Copenhagen, Danemark, 17-21 September 2018. p. 976 - 983.Chapter 13: Training and Development Needs for a 21st Century Academic
Global Perspectives on Teaching Excellence: A new era for higher education; Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2018.How do students perceive academic success in secondary schools and in higher education?
2018. SFDN Conference 2018, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2018-02-02.Computational Thinking and Thinking Computationally
Dia-logos, Ramon Llull's Method of Thought and Artistic Practice; Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2018.Fostering 21st Century Skills through Interdisciplinary Learning Experiences
2018. 46th SEFI Annual Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark.Does gender-sensitive teacher training have a place in Engineering Education?
2018. 46th SEFI Annual Conference 2018: Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Engineering Education Excellence, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 17-21, 2018.Creating a Smart Learning Space: Learning with and learning from student-generated data about learning
2017. 45th SEFI Annual Conference, Azorez, Portugal, 18-21 September 2017.Apprendre à étudier - Guide à l'usage des étudiants en sciences et en ingénierie
PPUR.Curriculum co-design using participatory rapid prototyping tools
2017. 45th SEFI Conference, Azores, Portugal, September 18-21, 2017.Supporting Teacher Decision-Making Through Appropriate Feedback
Grand Challenge Problems in Technology-Enhanced Learning II: MOOCs and Beyond: Perspectives for Research, Practice, and Policy Making Developed at the Alpine Rendez-Vous in Villard-de-Lans; Heidelberg: Springer, 2016. p. 21 - 24.Ready to face the world?Lessons learnt from applying a Multi-Professional Shared Learning Test tofirst year Engineering and Science students at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne, Switzerland.
International Consortium for Educational Development (ICED) Conference 2016 Ethics, Care and Quality in Educational Development, Cape Town, South Africa, November 22-25, 2016.Increasing the Perspectives of Engineering Undergraduates on Societal Issues through an Interdisciplinary Program
International Journal of Engineering Education. 2016.Undergraduate group projects: Challenges and learning experiences
2015. DOI : 10.5339/qproc.2015.elc2014.19.The Formal and Hidden Curricula of Ethics in Engineering Education
2015. 43rd Annual SEFI Conference, Orleans, France, June 29 - July 2, 2015.Conscientious Behaviour, Flexibility and Learning in Massive Open On-Line Courses
2015. World Conference on Educational Sciences, Malta, Febuary 2014. p. 519 - 525. DOI : 10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.04.686.Sleepers’ lag - study on motion and attention
2014. 4th Internation Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, March 24-28, 2014. p. 36 - 43. DOI : 10.1145/2567574.2567581.Critical Thinking and Development Education: How do we develop meta-cognitive capacities?
Development Education in Policy and Practice; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. p. 65 - 80.Approaches to learning, metacognition and personality; an exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis
Procedia Social and Behavioural Sciences. 2014. DOI : 10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.01.611.The centre cannot hold: untangling two different trajectories of the 'approaches to learning'framework
Teaching in Higher Education. 2014. DOI : 10.1080/13562517.2013.827648.Student motion and it's potential as a classroom performance metric
3rd International Workshop on Teaching Analytics (IWTA), Paphos, Cyprus, September 17-21, 2013.Does emotional intelligence predict student teachers' performance?
Teaching and Teacher Education. 2013. DOI : 10.1016/j.tate.2013.04.008.Teacher educators’ perspectives on the implementation of beginning teacher standards for physical education in Ireland: developing and regulating the profession?
European Journal of Teacher Education. 2013. DOI : 10.1080/02619768.2012.696191.A question of knowledge
Education that Matters: Teachers, Critical Pedagogy and Development Education and Local and Global Level; Oxford: Peter Lang, 2013.Developing Emotionally Competent Teachers; Emotional Intelligence and Pre-Service Teacher Education
Oxford: Peter Lang.Irish post-primary students' attitudes towards ethnic minorities
Irish Educational Studies. 2012. DOI : 10.1080/03323315.2012.676234.Assessing Emotional Intelligence and Its Impact in Caring Professions: The Value of a Mixed-Methods Approach in Emotional Intelligence Work with Teachers
Emotional Intelligence - New Perspectives and Applications; Rijeka, Croatia: InTech, 2012. p. 215 - 238.Beginning teacher standards for physical education: Promoting a democratic ideal?
Teaching and Teacher Education. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.tate.2011.08.001.The gendering of global citizenship: findings from a large-scale quantitative study on global citizenship education experiences
Gender and Education. 2012. DOI : 10.1080/09540253.2011.646960.How emotionally intelligent are pre-service teachers?
Teaching and Teacher Education. 2012. DOI : 10.1016/j.tate.2012.02.007.Women, Higher Education and Career Choice; Women's experiences of higher education and career choice in Ireland and Uganda
Saarbrucken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing.Teaching Global Perspectives: Introducing Student Teachers to Development Education
Dublin: Liffey Press.Teacher education, emotional competencies and development education
Procedia - Social and Behavioural Sciences. 2010. DOI : 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.352.The silent politics of educational disadvantage and the National Anti-poverty Strategy
Irish Educational Studies. 2010. DOI : 10.1080/03323311003779076.Working in the action/research nexus for education for sustainable development; two case studies from Ireland
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 2008.Re-imagining the traditional lecture: an action research approach to teaching student teachers to ‘do’ philosophy
Teaching in Higher Education. 2008. DOI : 10.1080/13562510802045337.Education and Poverty
Welfare Policy and Poverty; Dublin: Institute for Public Administration, 2007. p. 169 - 200.The construction of national identity through primary school history: the Irish case
British Journal of Sociology of Education. 2006.Teaching & PhD
Teaching
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Science and Engineering Teaching and Learning - FALL
This course develops teaching skills through the introduction of research-informed approaches and the opportunity to practice strategies appropriate for higher education science and technology contexts (exercises, labs, projects and traditional courses).
Science and Engineering Teaching and Learning - SPRING
This course develops teaching skills through the introduction of research-informed approaches and the opportunity to practice strategies appropriate for higher education science and technology contexts (exercises, labs, projects and traditional courses).
How people learn: Designing Learning Tools I
General Aim: To enable participants to understand the ways in which professionals learn their profession - with a particular focus on learning in scientific and engineering domains.
General Description of Material:The ability for individuals and organisations to learn is often regarded as central to their survival and success in the contemporary world. But how do professionals (like engi
How people learn: Designing Learning Tools II
The students will understand the cognitive and social factors which affect learning - particularly in science and engineering. They will be able to use social research techniques as part of the design process to understand end users.