A Special interest Group (SIG) is a group of 15 or more AARE members with shared research interests. SIGs support networking with fellow researchers and are a benefit of their membership with AARE. SIGs undertake a diverse range of activities including organising events, discussion groups, research training, convening symposia, contributions to AARE news and the Australian Educational Researcher, etc. AARE members volunteer as SIG convenors. The SIGs Co-ordinator oversees all the SIGS and is an elected member on the AARE Executive.
SIGs are led by a Convenor and Co-Convenor(s) who are responsible for organizing the group’s activities and delegate responsibilities. All members of SIGs must be current financial members of AARE. Non-AARE members are strongly encouraged to join the Association to help support the infrastructure provided to SIGs by AARE.
Further information
| Special Interest Group |
Convenor/s |
| Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research |
Melitta Hogarth, Tracey Bunda |
| Arts Education Practice Research |
Kathryn Coleman |
| Assessment and Measurement |
Lenore Adie, Fabienne van der Kleij |
| Early Childhood |
Jo Bird, Monika Krajcovicova, Kathy Swinkels |
| Educational Leadership |
Jeffrey Brooks, Melanie Brooks, Joan-Mary Hinds, Nicola Sum |
| Educational Theory and Philosophy |
Steven Stolz, Maurizio Toscano |
| Environmental and Sustainability Education |
Amy Cutter-Mackenzie, Karen Malone, Helen Widdop Quinton |
| Gender, Sexualities & Cultural Studies |
Annette Bromdal, Leanne Coll, Lisa van Leent |
| Global Contexts for Education |
Rhonda Di Biase, Lesley Friend, Miriam Ham |
| Health and Physical Education |
Tony Rossi, Nicole Taylor, Benjamin Williams |
| History and Education |
Claire Golledge, Julie McLeod, Helen Proctor |
| Inclusive Education |
Linda Graham, Ilektra Spandagou, Ben Whitburn |
| Language and Literacy |
Sue Nichols |
| Middle Years of Schooling |
Anne Coffey, Tony Edwards, Katherine Main, Kerry Renwick |
| Motivation and Learning |
Emma Burns, Paul Richardson |
| Politics and Policy in Education |
Jessica Gerrard, Radhika Gorur, Ian Hardy, Glenn Savage |
| Poststructural Theory |
Lucinda McKnight, Melissa Wolfe |
| Professional and Higher Education |
Giedre Kligyte, Catherine Manathunga, Jan McLean, Alisa Percy |
| Qualitative Research Methodologies |
Louise Phillips, Michelle Ronksley-Pavia |
| Rural Education |
Melyssa Fuqua, Erica Southgate |
| Schools and Education Systems |
Angela Ferguson, Rebecca Libke |
| Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
Amanda Berry, Ann Osman |
| Social Justice |
Lilly Yazdanpanah, Tim Fish, Kristin Reimer, Julie Rowlands |
| Sociocultural Activity Theory |
John Cripps Clark, Gwen Gilmore, Jenny Martin |
| Sociology of Education |
Babak Dadvand, Christina Gowlett, Emma Rowe, Garth Stahl |
| Teacher Education and Research Innovation |
Angelina Ambrosetti, Thi Kim Anh Dang, Jeana Kriewaldt, Jon Quach |
| Teachers' Work and Lives |
Christine Grima-Farrell, Natasha Wardman |
| Technology and Learning |
Ulla Freihofner, Katherine McLay |
