ESAI Conference 2024 – a review ESAI Conference 2024 took place in Kildare from 4th to 6th April at Maynooth University. This was the largest conference on record with more than 400 delegates registered to attend. The theme...
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Conference 2024
The ESAI Annual Conference 2024, an important event for the educational research community in Ireland and beyond, will be held at Maynooth University Co. Kildare from 4th to 6th April 2024. We’re pleased to announce a call...
ESAI Annual Conference 2023 – a review
ESAI Conference 2023 took place in Belfast from March 30th to April 1st 2023 at Stranmillis University College . This was the first face-to-face conference since 2019 with over two hundred delegates in attendance. The...
Conference 2023
ESAI Conference 2023 took place in Belfast from March 30th to April 1st 2023 at Stranmillis University College. This was the first face-to-face conference since 2019 and ESAI looked forward to meeting all attendees and...
Conference 2022
Reconstructing Education: what matters? 7-8 April 2022 | Marino Institute of Education, Dublin During the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers and educators at all levels responded to the exceptional challenge of continuing education in...
Conference 2021
Possibilities in education: Reimagining Connections with People, Purpose and Place 25 – 26 March 2021 | Online ‘The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not to react’ – George Bernard...
Conference 2020
Opening Up Education: Options, Obstacles and Opportunities 3rd – 5th September | Online (hosted by Institute of Education, Dublin City University) “We cannot sow seeds with clenched fists. To sow we must open our...
Conference 2019 Booklet
Conference 2019 Information for Presenters
Technical Setup All presentation rooms are equipped with a laptop running Windows 7 and Office (PowerPoint) 2013, connected to either a VGA projector or LCD screen. These machines can access the internet via the...
Conference 2019 Locations
ESAI Conference 2019 will be held at two locations in County Sligo, Ireland. Thursday 11th April: St. Angela’s College Please see this link for GPS coordinates, maps, directions and helpful information about reaching St...
Conference 2019 Programme
To view the ESAI Conference 2019 programme as a separate PDF file, please click here.
Conference 2019 Keynote
The keynote speaker for ESAI Conference 2019 is Prof. Kathy Hall. Kathy Hall is Professor of Education at University College Cork. Co-authored books, Networks of Mind: Learning, Culture and Neuroscience (Routledge, 2014) and...
Conference 2019 Registration
Please note that all presenting authors must be current Individual Members of ESAI (or in the case of a graduate student, a current Associate Member). If you are not currently a member and accept our invitation to present at ESAI...
Conference 2019 Accommodation
The Radisson Blu Hotel () is the designated hotel for this year’s conference. The hotel has offered special conference rates for ESAI delegates. To avail of these rates, please phone the hotel reservations department (071...
Conference 2019
Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Conference 2019 ‘Education in Times of Change, Choice and Challenge’ St. Angela’s College and Radisson Blu Hotel, Sligo 11 – 13 April 2019
ESAI Honours Prof. John Coolahan
At the recent ESAI Conference 2018, the Educational Studies Association of Ireland was privileged to honour Prof. John Coolahan for his outstanding contributions to ESAI and to education. Prof. Coolahan was a founding member of...
Conference 2018 Book of Abstracts
To open the ESAI Conference 2018 Book of Abstracts as a separate PDF file, please click here.
Conference 2018 Programme
To view the ESAI Conference 2018 programme as a separate PDF file, please click here .
Conference 2018 Registration
Please note that all presenting authors must be Current Members of ESAI (or in the case of a graduate student, a current Associate Member). If you are not currently a member and accept our invitation to present at ESAI Conference...
Conference 2018
Educational Studies Association of Ireland – Conference 2018 Values and Purpose in Education 5 – 7 April, University College Dublin We all carry with us sets of values and beliefs developed throughout the course of...
Conference 2017 Book of Abstracts
Version 1 of the ESAI Conference 2017 Book of Abstracts is now available.
Conference 2017 Timetable
Version 2 (17 April 2017) of the timetable is now available (PDF format)
Conference 2017 Keynote
Keynote Address: Changing research. Working the spaces between policy and practice. From the checklists promoted by the ‘what works’ school of research, to the networks of the ‘knowledge mobilisation’ aficionados, to the...
Conference 2017 Registration
Please note that all presenting authors must be Current Members of ESAI (or in the case of a graduate student, a current Associate Member). If you are not currently a member and accept our invitation to present at ESAI Conference...
Conference 2017: Call for Papers
The Educational Studies Association of Ireland is pleased to announce that the abstract submission has now opened for ESAI Conference 2017. Deadline for submission of abstracts EXTENDED to Friday 10th March We welcome proposals...
ESAI Conference 2017
Changing Research: working the spaces between education policy and practice University College Cork: 20 April – 22 April 2017 The annual conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland will take place in Cork, 20...
Conference 2016
2016 ESAI Annual Meeting ‘Education as a Public Good’ Thursday 31st March-Saturday 2nd April 2016 National University of Ireland, Galway, and the Raddison Blu Hotel, Galway City In ESAI’s 41st Year and the 40th anniversary...
Conference 2016 Programme
Conference 2016 Book of Abstracts
Conference 2016 Key Dates
8th February 2016: Abstract Submission Deadline 22nd February 2016: Authors notified of outcome of submission 6th March 2016: Early Bird Deadline for Registration 18th March 2016: All Presenting Authors to be Registered 22nd...