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...
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Applications invited for General Editor / Joint General Editors for Irish Educational Studies
The Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI, www.esai.ie) invites applications for the position of General Editor of Irish Educational Studies (IES), the official journal of ESAI. Applications for Joint General...
Keynote speakers at ESAI Conference 2023
ESAI welcomes three keynote speakers to its Annual Conference, March 30th to April 1st 2023 at Stranmillis University College, Belfast. Joanne Hughes is Professor of Education in the School of Social Sciences, Education and...
ESAI Conference Registration 2023
Conference Registration Registration for ESAI Conference 2023 is available through the online submission system. Rates are as follows: Conference fee: €90 Conference for Early Career Researchers: €45 Conference &...
Call for proposals
Call for Proposals 2023 – now closed All abstracts should be submitted via our online abstract submission system. The system will close on Friday, 6 January 2023. Please note information about (1) Structure of Abstracts...
Call for proposals for new ESAI Special Interest Groups (SIGs)
The Educational Studies Association of Ireland is pleased to launch a new Call for Proposals to form Special Interest Groups (SIGs) with a view to supporting current and future practitioners and researchers of education in...
Announcing the venue for ESAI Conference 2023!
ESAI is delighted to announce that the ESAI Conference 2023 will take place in Belfast from March 30th to April 1st 2023 at Stranmillis University College. This will be the first face-to-face conference since 2019 and we look...
Scottish Educational Research Association Annual Conference
The SERA Annual Conference (23-25 November 2022) will be hosted at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS), Ayr Campus. ESAI members are invited to share their insights under the theme of Reconnecting educational...
Dates for ESAI Conference 2023 have been announced!
ESAI would like to announce that ESAI Conference 2023 will take place from 30 March to 1 April 2023.
ESAI Early Career Researcher Award (ECR) 2022
ESAI is delighted to introduce the inaugural ESAI ECR Award 2022. ESAI recognises the significant contribution that early career researchers make to educational knowledge and practice, both here at home on the island of Ireland...
ESAI Lifetime Achievement Award 2022: Elizabeth Oldham
ESAI is delighted to present the Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 to Elizabeth Oldham for her contribution to the Association and the wider field of research in education. Elizabeth Oldham was brought up in England by Irish...
Irish Educational Studies Post-ESAI Conference 2022 Virtual Workshop 20 April 2022
There will be a special Virtual Workshop on Irish Educational Studies on 20 April 2022 at 10.00 am. This is a special post-ESAI Conference 2022 event. Contact conference@esai.ie to book a place. 2021-2022 marked another very...
ESAI Conference 7 & 8 April 2022
Registration is still open for ESAI Conference 2022 here. If you experience any difficulties logging in to the conference, please contact us at conference@esai.ie.
ESAI donation to Irish Red Cross
The ESAI Executive Committee is delighted to announce that it will donate proceeds from ESAI Conference 2022 to the Irish Red Cross. The Irish Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. They are part of a...
Election to ESAI Executive 2022
There are three places on the ESAI Executive to be filled by election at the forthcoming AGM on 7 April 2022. If you are interested in becoming a member of this vibrant team and have an appetite to contribute to the future growth...
ESAI AGM 2022
ESAI 2022 Agenda for Annual General Meeting The ESAI AGM 2022 takes place on Thursday, 7 April 2022 (online) at 4. 00 pm. The Agenda for the AGM is available to download here.
ESAI Statement on the attack against the people of Ukraine
The Educational Studies Association of Ireland denounces the unprovoked and unjust use of military force by the Russian Government against the people of Ukraine. We express our profound sorrow at the tragic events in...
Irish Educational Studies pleased to announce appointment of leading international scholars to Editorial Board during record-breaking period for the journal
Irish Educational Studies (IES) is delighted to announce the appointment of new associate editors to the editorial board of the journal. 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 have seen remarkable growth in the journal’s international...
ESAI Early Career Researcher (ECR) Award
ESAI is delighted to announce the launch of the new Early Career Researcher (ECR) award this year. The ESAI ECR Award celebrates an outstanding conference paper and presentation by an early career researcher presented at the...
Registration for ESAI Conference 2022
Registration for ESAI Conference 2022 is now open. The event is being hosted by Marino Institute of Education, Dublin and will take place online. Please register here. The theme is Reconstructing Education: what matters? and...
Keynote Speaker at ESAI Conference 2022
ESAI is delighted to welcome Prof. Kari Smith as keynote speaker at ESAI Conference 2022 ( 7-8 April). Kari Smith is a Professor (Ph.D.) of Education at the Department of Teacher Education, Norwegian University of Science and...
Online abstract submission system for ESAI Conference 2022
The online abstract submission system for the ESAI Conference 2022 is now closed.
The international profile of Irish Educational Studies, the journal of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland, goes from strength to strength in its 40th Year
First published in 1981, Irish Educational Studies is now celebrating its 40th year, and the publisher, Taylor & Francis/Routledge, the Editors and ESAI Executive are delighted to report that the international profile of...
ESAI Conference 2022: Call for Proposals
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...
Call for Abstracts for ESAI Symposium at AERA 2022
AERA Annual Meeting 2022 San Diego, CA, April 22-25, 2022. Each year the American Educational Research Association (AERA) invites international educational research associations to submit symposia to the AERA annual...
ESAI donation to CAMARA (Kinia)
The ESAI Executive Committee are delighted to announce their generous donation to CAMARA (Kinia). Kinia brings together Camara Ireland, TechSpace and the Ireland-focused programmes of Suas Educational Development. Collectively...
Double special issue of Irish Educational Studies (IES) on the impact of COVID-19 in Ireland and Internationally
Irish Educational Studies is pleased to print the special issue, "COVID-19 and Education: Positioning the pandemic; facing the future". The largest-ever issue of the journal, it will feature 30 papers examining a wide range of...
ESAI Lifetime Achievement Award 2021: Professor Donal Mulcahy
ESAI is delighted to announce that the ESAI Lifetime Achievement Award 2021 is Donal Mulcahy. D. G. Mulcahy, CSU Professor Emeritus in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Central Connecticut State University, and...
Update from the Scottish Educational Research Association (SERA)
Our colleagues at SERA are pleased to announce a packed programme of #SERAConnects events for the month of May. Please feel free to register for any, or all, of these.
Special Interest Groups (SIGs) at ESAI
ESAI is delighted to support five Special Interest Groups (SIGs). The SIGs have been established with a view to supporting current and future practitioners and researchers of education in Ireland. The...
