The European Educational Research Association (EERA) is an association of national and regional associations representing educational researchers in Europe. EERA aims to encourage collaboration amongst educational researchers in Europe, promote communication between educational researchers and international governmental organisations and disseminate and highlight state-of-the-art findings of educational research, primarily through the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) and its associated journal, the European Educational Research Journal (EERJ), the EERA Blog and the EERA Book Series - Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Educational Research.

History EERA was founded in June 1994 as a result of discussions among many national educational research associations and several major research institutes throughout Europe which identified the need for a European association to foster the exchange of ideas amongst European researchers, promote collaboration in research, improve research quality and offer independent advice on educational research and policies to European and national policy-makers, administrators and practitioners. From 1994 to 2007, EERA was constituted as a Charity under British Law and based in Glasgow, Scotland. Since 2008, EERA has been operating from its new office in Berlin, Germany, and is constituted as a non-profit organisation under German Law.

Objectives EERA aims to promote collaboration among educational researchers and their respective associations in Europe. It promotes communication between educational researchers and international governmental organisations, such as the EU, Council of Europe, OECD, and UNESCO. Furthermore, EERA seeks to disseminate the findings of educational research and to ensure that the contribution of educational research to policy and practice is recognized and desired.

Membership EERA is constituted as an association of associations (i.e. there are no individual members). Its membership is made up of more than 30 national and regional Educational Research Associations from all parts of wider Europe.

EERA member associations Albania - CDE Center for Democratic Education Armenia – Educational Research Armenian Centre Austria – Österreichische Gesellschaft für Forschung und Entwicklung im Bildungswesen Belarus – Belarus National Association "Innovations in Education" (IE) Belgium – Association Belge des Chercheurs en Education and Vlaams Forum voor Onderwijsonderzoek Cyprus – Cyprus Pedagogical Association, and Cyprus Educational Sciences Association Czech Republic – Česká asociace pedagogického výzkumu Denmark – Nordic Educational Research Association Estonia – Eesti Akadeemiline Pedagoogika Selts Finland – Finnish Educational Research Association and Nordic Educational Research Association France – Association des Enseignants et Chercheurs en Sciences de l'Education Germany – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft Greece – Hellenic Educational Society Hungary – Hungarian Educational Research Association Iceland – Nordic Educational Research Association Ireland – Educational Studies Association of Ireland Italy – Società Italiana di Pedagogia Kazakhstan – Kazakhstan Educational Research Association (KERA) Lithuania – Lithuanian Educational Research Association Luxembourg - University of Luxembourg Malta - Malta Educational Research Association Netherlands – Vereniging voor Onderwijs Research Norway – Nordic Educational Research Association Poland – Polskie Towarzystwo Pedagogiczne Portugal – Centro de Investigação, Difusão e Intervenção Educacional and Sociedade Portuguesa de Ciências da Educação Romania - University of Bucharest Russia - RERA, Educational Research Association Russia Serbia - DIOS Društvo istraživača u obrazovanju u Srbiji (Educational Research Association of Serbia-ERAS) Slovakia – Slovenskápedagogická spoločnosť Slovenia – Slovensko društvoraziskovalcev na področju edukacije Spain – Asociación Interuniversitaria de Investigación Pedagógica and Sociedad Española de Pedagogía Sweden – Nordic Educational Research Association Switzerland – Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Bildungsforschung Turkey – Eğitim Araştırmaları Birliği and Eğitim Yöneticileri ve Eğitim Deneticileri Derneği United Kingdom – British Educational Research Association and Scottish Educational Research Association Ukraine - UERA Ukrainian Educational Researchers Association

Organisation EERA is governed by Council and the Executive Board].

The executive board is made up of the President, the Treasurer and the Secretary General who are elected for a four-year term:

2022 Executive: Joe O'Hara, EERA President Maria P. Figueiredo, EERA Secretary General Andreas Hadjar, EERA Treasurer Petra Grell, Networks Representative on EERA Council

Council consists of the representatives of the member associations and the co-opted Council members – the Networks’ Representative on Council, the editor of EERJ and the Convener of the Emerging Researchers' Group.

Networks The academic work of EERA and especially the ECER conference is organised in networks. They are either discipline oriented or focus on certain research themes within educational research.

1. Professional Learning and Development 2. Vocational Education and Training 3. Curriculum 4. Inclusive Education 5. Children and Youth at Risk and Urban Education 6. Open Learning: Media, Environments and Cultures 7. Social Justice and Intercultural Education 8. Research on Health Education 9. Assessment, Evaluation, Testing and Measurement 10. Teacher Education Research 11. Educational Effectiveness and Quality Assurance 12. LISnet - Library and Information Science Network 13. Philosophy of Education 14. Communities, families, and schooling in educational research 15. Research on Partnerships in Education 16. ICT in Education and Training 17. Histories of Education 18. Research in Sport Pedagogy 19. Ethnography 20. Research in Innovative Intercultural Learning Environments 21 Education and Psychoanalysis 22. Research in Higher Education 23. Policy Studies and Politics of Education 24. Mathematics Education Research 25. Research on Children's Rights in Education 26. Educational Leadership 27. Didactics - Learning and Teaching 28. Sociologies of Education 29. Research on Arts Education 30. Research on Environmental and Sustainability Education 31. Led – Network on Language and Education 32. Organizational Education 33 Gender and Education Emerging Researchers’ Group (former Postgraduate Network)

Emerging Researchers’ Group EERA actively promotes the work and professional development of early researchers and PhD students and has therefore established the Emerging Researchers´ Group (ERG).

The Emerging Researchers' Group seeks to:· provide a European research community for Emerging Researchers (including those undertaking a Doctorate) · provide a forum for dissemination of Early Career Research at the Emerging Researchers’ Conference.· offer support and guidance for article and poster production via the 'Best Paper Award' and 'Best Poster Award'· offer support for researchers from Central and Eastern Europe and other low-GDP countries to attend ECER and engage with peers through the bursary program· train researchers by offering Season Schools, such as the Summer School on Educational Methodology. Moreover, the ERG supports EERA networks in conducting season schools.

Best Paper Award YearAuthorsPaper2015Panagiota GkofaGreek Roma's Educational Pathways: Mapping Factors Leading to Success2014Iryna KushnirThe Role of the Bologna Process in Defining Europe2013Cora Lingling Xu’Identity and Cross-border Student Mobility: The Mainland China-Hong Kong Experience and Its Inverse-directional Parallel European Implications2012Triin LauriSchool choice policy – seeking to balance educational efficiency and equity: A comparative analysis of 20 European countries2011Anneli SchwartzStudent Responses to a Saviour Pedagogy: An Ethnographic Study2010Daniel FischerEducational Organisations as "Cultures of Consumption2009Konstanze Spohrer Deconstructing “Aspiration”: UK policy debates and European policy trends2008Katrin Kaufmann and Halit ÖztürkMigration background and participation in continuing education in Germany2007Nasser MansourReligious beliefs: A hidden variable in the performance of science teachers in the classroom2006Amanda Cook-Jones The Changing Role of the Teaching Assistant in the Primary School Sector

European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) EERA's most visible contribution to the dissemination of educational research is the annual European Conference on Educational Research (ECER).

The first ECER took place in Twente, Netherlands in 1992. Numbers of attendants have grown steadily since then. Usually ECER attracts over 2500 researchers from about 70 different countries. +ECER-Conferences since 1992YearPlaceCountryAttendees2022Yerevan & ECER+ OnlineArmenia 2021Geneva (Online)SwitzerlandOnline2020GlasgowScotlandCanceled2019Hamburg (2nd time)Germany2018BolzanoItaly2,9002017Copenhagen (2nd time)Denmark2016Dublin (2nd time)Ireland2015BudapestHungary2014PortoPortugal2013IstanbulTurkey2012CádizSpain2011BerlinGermany2010HelsinkiFinland2009ViennaAustria2008GothenburgSweden2007GhentBelgium2006GenevaSwitzerland2005DublinIreland2004CreteGreece2003HamburgGermany2002LisbonPortugal2001LilleFrance2000EdinburghScotland1999LahtiFinland1998LjublijanaSlovenia1997Frankfurt/MainGermany1996SevilleSpain1995BathEngland1992TwenteNetherlands

Other activities EERA supports advanced research and training for young researchers and established scholars by funding season schools, projects, seminars, workshops and roundtables of its networks. Since 2009 EERA has run a series of summer schools for emerging researchers.

European Educational Research Journal (EERJ) The European Educational Research Journal (EERJ)European Educational Research Journal (EERJ) is the official journal of the European Educational Research Association (EERA). It is an international peer-reviewed journal with an editorial board drawn from across Europe and representing leading scholars in the educational field. The EERJ Editor is a member of the EERA Council.

Book Series - Transdisciplinary Perspectives in Educational Research EERA, in partnership with Springer, publishes a book series focusing on presenting educational research in an innovative, transdisciplinary format. Drawing on extensively on the work of the 33 EERA Networks, the book series seeks to explore issues of importance in educational research in a manner that highlights the potential contribution of distinctive European research approach to the development of the field. The first five titles have been published as of 2022 and cover the following areas:

Partnerships in Education Wellbeing and Schooling Children's Rights from International Educational Perspectives Gender and Education in Politics, Policy and Practice Storied Doctorates

EERA Blog In 2020 EERA launched the 'EERA Blog' a forum dedicated to disseminating educational research in a more accessible yet still academically rigorous manner. Submissions are invited from across Europe and beyond.

Partnerships EERA is an active member of a number of international research networks including the WERA (World Education Research Association), ISE (Initiative for Science in Europe) and EASSH (European Alliance for Social Sciences and Humanities)

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