The biennial main meeting of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI) was held in Thessaloniki, Greece, from August 22-26, 2023. For the first time since 2020, the conference could take place in presence again. With more than 2,500 participants from all over the world, the conference under the motto "Education as a Hope in Uncertain Times" enabled a fruitful exchange and discourse on the latest research topics in the field of educational science, educational research and psychology.

The Department of Vocational and Business Education at the University of Kassel was represented at the conference with a total of five contributions:

• "How do trainee teacher's relationship with their mentor explain how trainees experience their work?" (Paper Presentation, Prof. Dr. Michael Goller together with Dr. Elisabeth Maué, PD Dr. Caroline Bonnes as well as Prof. Dr. Tobias Kärner).
• Discussion of the symposium "Teachers' and school staff members' agency, expertise and ties to colleagues" (Discussion, Prof. Dr. Michael Goller)
• "An exploratory study: Perspectives of mentors on longterm internships at school" (Round Table Presentation, Dr. Carina Caruso together with Prof. Dr. Michael Goller)
• "Do student teachers' FIT choice motives explain how they study during teacher education?" (Paper Presentation, Prof. Dr. Michael Goller together with Dr. Carina Caruso, Dr. Heidi Hyytinen, Dr. Katja Vähäsantanen and Dr. Jani Ursin)
• "Intensive longitudinal methods - The way forward in researching professional learning" (SIG14 Invited Symposium, Prof. Dr. Michael Goller together with Prof. Dr. Maaike Endedijk as well as Prof. Dr. Andreas Rausch).

For further information on this year's EARLI conference in Greece, please visit the conference homepage.