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Launching the Northern Networks – Event #1: Examining Inclusive Education
As we launch Northern Networks, the inaugural session will explore Inclusive Education and is set for 7:00 PM (BST) on October 21, 2024, held online. This event, hosted by ESAI, provides a great opportunity for...
Network for Educational Action Research in Ireland SIG: Meeting on Saturday 5th October
The Network for Educational Action Research in Ireland (NEARI) SIG will hold a NEARIMeet, open to everyone who has an interest in action research or self-study, on Saturday morning October 5th from 10:00 am. It will take place in...
Irish Educational Studies: Co-Editor and Reviews Editor Positions
Irish Educational Studies The Official journal of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) 1 x Co-Editor and 1 Reviews Editor Positions The Editorial Board of Irish Educational Studies invites applications for the...
ESAI Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award is the ESAI’s highest honour and is awarded to individuals who have distinguished themselves as highly esteemed scholars, who have a profound depth of understanding and knowledge in their...
ESAI Conference 2024 – A review
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...
ESAI Conference 2025
ESAI is delighted to announce that the ESAI Conference 2025 will take place in Athlone in the Sheraton Hotel. It will run on 10th, 11th and 12th April 2025. The call for papers will be issued in September 2024.
Irish Educational Studies Call for Papers: A Special Issue for Early Career Researchers (ECRs)
Re-claiming Innovation: Advancing Critical Perspectives in Educational Research A Special Issue for Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in Education Editors: Seán Henry, Rowena Anthea Azada-Palacios and Audrey Bryan In May 2022 the...
ESAI statement on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
The Educational Studies Association of Ireland is a voluntary, non-political body, dedicated to the advancement of educational research in Ireland. Our Association provides a forum for a wide diversity of perspectives on...
ESAI Symposium at AERA 2024
The 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) took place in Philadelphia, from 11-14 April 2024. Each year AERA invites international educational research associations to submit symposia to the...
SERA Conference 2024
The annual SERA Annual Conference will take place between the 27th – 29th November 2024, and it will be hosted by their colleagues at the University of Dundee. The three-day conference invites researchers and practitioners...
Critical and Feminist Research Policy Analysis (C&F) SIG: 1-day Mini-Conference
The Critical and Feminist Research Policy Analysis (C&F) SIG is holding a 1-day Mini Conference on the theme of ‘’Humanising Education: From Competition to Care and Justice, in Theory and Practice’’. It will take...
Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 – Prof Áine Hyland
ESAI is delighted to present the Lifetime Achievement Award 2024 to Professor Áine Hyland in recognition of almost five decades of engagement and leadership in the association. Áine Hyland is Emeritus Professor of Education and...
Second Keynote Speaker at ESAI Conference 2024
ESAI is delighted to announce that Professor Stephen McKinney, School of Education, University of Glasgow, will give the second keynote address at 11am on Friday April 5th. Stephen McKinney is a professor and the leader of the...
First keynote speaker at ESAI Conference 2024
ESAI is delighted to announce that Prof Sharon Todd is going to give the first keynote address at the ESAI Conference 4-6 April in Maynooth University. Sharon Todd is Professor of Education and member of the Centre for Public...
ESAI Celebrates International Women’s Day
On International Women’s Day on 8th March 2024, the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) would like to honour the wonderful contribution that our female former presidents have made both to the Association, and to...
ESAI Environmental Sustainability Statement
The Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) embraces and promotes environmental protection and sustainability in all of its activities. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in our planning for the ESAI...
ESAI Committee Vacancies
There are two places on the ESAI Committee to be filled by election at the forthcoming AGM on 4 April 2024. If you are interested in becoming a member of this vibrant team and have an appetite to contribute to the future growth...
ESAI Conference 2024 Schedule
The ESAI Conference Schedule is currently being finalised. We have an outline of the programme available here and the most current detailed version of the timetable is available for those who have registered for the conference...
Reminder: Closing date for Early Career Researcher Award is 15 March 2024
The closing date for submissions to the prestigious ESAI Early Career Researcher Award is 15 March 2024 and no submissions will be accepted after that date. The ESAI Early Career Researcher Award celebrates an outstanding...
Critical and Feminist Research Policy Analysis (C&F) SIG: Public Seminar 15 February 2024
The Critical and Feminist Research Policy Analysis (C&F) SIG is holding a public seminar entitled Ecopedagogies for SocioEnvironmental Justice and Planetary Sustainability with guest speaker Ass...
Educational Action Research SIG: NEARIMeet
The Educational Action Research (NEARI) SIG is convening a public meeting (NEARIMeet) for everyone interested in action research, practitioner research or teaching action research. The theme of the meeting is...
Registration for ESAI Conference 2024
Registration for the ESAI Conference 2024 (4 -6 April) at Maynooth University is available on the online conference management system (Conftool).
Irish Educational Studies – a great year in review
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Early Career Researcher Award 2024
The ESAI Early Career Researcher Award celebrates an outstanding conference paper and presentation by an early career researcher presented at the annual ESAI Conference. The ESAI has established this award to celebrate the...
Critical and Feminist Research Policy Analysis (C&F) SIG: Public Seminar
The Critical and Feminist (C&F) SIG is announcing a public seminar entitled CHILDREN FRAMING CHILDHOODS: WORKING-CLASS KIDS’ VISIONS OF CARE with guest-speaker, PROF WENDY LUTTRELL. This public seminar will take place...
Irish Educational Studies (IES): Welcome to the new members of the Editorial Board!
ESAI is delighted to welcome the incoming editorial team to our flagship international journal, Irish Educational Studies (IES). We extend a céad míle fáilte to the new General Editor of IES, Dr Audrey Bryan. ...
Critical and Feminist Research Policy Analysis (C&F) SIG: 2nd Public Seminar
The Critical and Feminist (C&F) SIG is announcing its second public seminar entitled Intersections of care and gender in academic cultures with guest-speaker, Professor Marie Pierre Moreau. This public seminar will take...
Submissions for ESAI Conference 2024
Please note that submissions are now closed. Registration is available at our online conference management system. The closing date for submission of proposals for the ESAI Conference 2024 was November 19th, 2023. Registration...
Network for Educational Action Research Ireland SIG – NEARI SIG
The Network for Educational Action Research Ireland SIG – NEARI SIG held their triannual NEARIMeet for practitioner-researchers recently in the Education Building in Maynooth University and online. The guest speaker was Prof...
