Committees

The International Programme Committee (IPC) has nine members:

• Oh Nam Kwon, IGPME president, Seoul National University, South Korea
• Markku Hannula, PME49 Conference Chair, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Eeva Haataja, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Nicola Hodkowski, PME Board of Trustees, Digital Promise Global, USA
• Markus Hähkiöniemi, University of Jyväskylä, Finland
• Peter Hästö, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Jenni Ingram, PME Board of Trustees, University of Oxford, UK
• Heidi Krzywacki, PME Board of Trustees, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Anselm Strohmeier, PME Board of Trustees, Technical University of Munich, Germany

The Local Organizing Committee of PME 49 in Helsinki consists of: 

• Markku Hannula, Confernce Chair, University of Helsinki
• Mervi Asikainen, University of Eastern Finland
• Pirjo Autio, University of Helsinki
• Kim-Erik Berts, Åbo Academi University
• Anne-Maria Ernvall-Hytönen, University of Helsinki
• Eeva Haataja, University of Helsinki
• Minna Hannula-Sormunen, University of Turku
• Markus Hähkiöniemi, University of Jyväskylä
• Peter Hästö, University of Helsinki
• Pia Ilomanni, University of Helsinki
• Jonna Kangas, University of Helsinki
• Heidi Krzywacki, University of Helsinki
• Anu Laine, University of Helsinki
• Laura Niemi, University of Helsinki
• Hanna Viitala, University of Helsinki
• Mika Koponen, Tampere University  

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The International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (IGPME) is an autonomous body governed as provided for in its constitution. It is an official subgroup of the International Commission for Mathematical Instruction (ICMI) and came into existence at the Third International Congress on Mathematics Education (ICME-3) held in Karlsruhe, Germany in 1976. The conference in 2026 is the 49th Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 49). 

The Constitution of IGPME

The constitution of PME was adopted by the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on August 17, 1980 and changed at the AGM on July 24, 1987, on August 10, 1992, on August 2, 1994, on July 18, 1997, on July 14, 2005, on July 21, 2012.  PME decided to seek charitable organization status under UK law and the new constitution related to this change was accepted by the Annual General Meetings in 2018, 2019, and 2022. The name of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation (“the CIO”) is the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.  

The objectives of the CIO are to advance the field of mathematics education for the public benefit by:  

• Promoting and stimulating research.
• Organising regular educational conferences around the world.
• Supporting regional workshops around the world in general, and in under-represented regions of the world in particular.
• Collaborating with organisations with similar aims.
• Facilitating cross-disciplinary discussion and the sharing of information and research with an international emphasis.
• Helping scholars from different parts of the world establish collaborative networks to further our collective understanding of how to improve mathematics education in their respective countries.
• Providing grants to help bring scholars from under-represented regions of the world to our annual meeting.
• Disseminating our research for the benefit of improving mathematics education at the classroom, school, district, and national levels.
• Disseminating our research for the benefit of improving students' experiences with mathematics education at the classroom, school, district, and national levels.
• Disseminating our research for the benefit of improving the preparation of mathematics teachers at the university level around the world.
• Providing access to our research publications to the public.

See also .

Honorary Members of IGPME 

• Efraim Fischbein (deceased)
• Hans Freudenthal (deceased), and
• Joop Van Dormolen (deceased).