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Professor Wiel Veugelers receives award from Association for Moral Education

Professor Wiel Veugelers recently received the Kuhmerker Career Award from the Association for Moral Education, for his work on citizenship education and moral development.


The Association for Moral Education (AME) was founded in 1976 to provide an interdisciplinary forum for professionals interested in the moral dimensions of educational theory and practice. Their Kuhmerker Career Award recognizes individuals who have made outstanding, long-term contributions to both the Association for Moral Education, in particular, and to the field of moral development, more broadly.


Professor Wiel Veugelers is professor of education at the University for Humanistic Studies. He studied developmental psychology at the University of Amsterdam. From 1979 till may 2015 he was working at the Graduate School of Teaching and Learning of the University of Amsterdam, recently as associate professor.

His research and teaching is in the areas of citizenship education, moral development, teachers’ pedagogical professionalism, educational change, networking between educational institutions, identity and citizenship development, youth studies and youth subcultures.


He has been supervising major research projects and phd studies in the areas of moral development, citizenship education, multicultural education, educational change, cooperation of educational institutes, and youth development. He has received research grants of the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); The Ministries of Education, Law and Social Affairs; the National Pedagogical Centres, The National Curriculum Development Institute, etc.

Professor Wiel Veugelers recently received the Kuhmerker Carrer Award from the Association for Moral Education, for his work on citizenship education and moral development.