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We extend our warm congratulations to the following AARE members on their recent appointment as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to the field of education.

Laureate Professor Jenny GORE, University of Newcastle (and AARE President elect)    
For significant service to tertiary education.

Professor Donna PENDERGAST, Griffith University 
For significant service to tertiary education.

The Social Justice SIG is pleased to announce the launch of its upcoming Social Justice Seminar Series, designed to provide international, interdisciplinary, and intersectional insight on addressing inequities, advocating for marginalized communities, and promoting inclusive practices within the context of education. We invite you to join us in this timely discussion from key experts in the field. 

Session 4 - Associate Professor Christina Ho (Associate Professor in Social and Political Science…

We invite our valued past and present members of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) to renew your AARE membership now to take advantage of a discount on your annual membership fee.  

The extraordinary work of our SIGs and the range of events scheduled across 2024-2025 point to the benefits of membership, as do last year’s successful AARE conference in Melbourne and this year’s Sydney conference in December. 

Membership is vital to ensure we can strengthen the work of t…

AARE has a range of publications and other material for members and general readers. These include:

Australian Educational Researcher: an international peer reviewed journal, published five times a year and edited by AARE and distributed online through Springer. This is a Thomson (ISI) indexed journal that is freely available to AARE members.

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Local/Global Issues in Education: this is a book series established in 2015, with Routledge. These books are available from our web shop at…

The AARE blog, EduResearch Matters, seeks to critically engage in contemporary educational debates. Education is the focus of significant media reporting and commentary as well as a key policy area. The Australian Association for Research in Education invites members of the Australian educational research community to contribute.

Blog Editor: Jenna Price

If you have any questions about the blog, or would like to contact any of our bloggers please email our Blog Editor Jenna Price on jenna@aare…

Purpose:The purpose of the Assessment and Measurement SIG is to provide a forum where AARE members with an interest in educational assessment and measurement can meet to discuss relevant research, theory and its implications for classroom practice, and assessment policy.

Research interests:Qualitative and quantitative approaches across all phases of education to:

classroom assessment, and
standardised assessment in education.
This includes:

approaches to formative and summative assessment inc…

Aim:The aim of this special interest group is to promote a forum for scholars working at the intersection of philosophical and educational thought. It places scholarship that is informed by philosophical traditions such as epistemology, ontology, phenomenology, ethics, and political philosophy in conversation with the central concepts, values, and assumptions that underpin educational practice, research, and policy. The educational philosophy and theory special interest group aims to gather rese…

Rationale:The research areas of gender, sexualities and cultural studies are brought together by an interest in the politics of everyday life. Broadly speaking, our interest lies in the everyday ways in which adults and young people embody, perform and express gendered and sexualised identities in varying contexts. Scholars in this SIG address the cultural politics that accrue in relation to identity work and explore how different practices and identifications shape experiences and interpretatio…

PurposeInaugurated in 2010, the Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Poster Award is intended to support the participation and inclusion of postgraduate and early career researchers in the educational research community. 

Between 2010 and 2023 the PG/ECR Poster Award was supported by the Australian Council of Deans of Education.

AwardFunding round: single round per annum

Applications: A digital copy of your poster must be submitted via the PG/ECR Poster Award Submission Form by 11:59pm on…

The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the European Educational Research Association (EERA).

This three year MOU allows for closer collaboration between AARE and EERA that will include mutual discounts for respective Association members to attend the conferences of the other Association and similar discounts for other activities of both organisations.

Both AARE President, Professor Martin Mills…