The purpose of the Doctoral and Early Career Network (DEC) is to provide doctoral and early career scholars the opportunity to network with and meet each other, as well as to build relationships with expert researchers in the field of education. Dr. Bee Leng Chua is the Senior Mentor for the Doctoral and Early Career Network (DEC) and WERA Immediate Past President (July 2022 – June 2024).
If you would like to join and get involved with the WERA DEC Network, please fill in this short form.
Follow the WERA DEC Network LinkedIn page here.
DEC Representatives
WERA DEC Chair
Dr. Natasha Ziebell
University of Melbourne, Australia
ziebelln@unimelb.edu.au
DEC Representatives by Association
See full list of DEC Representatives
American Education Research Association (AERA)
Andrea ‘Andii’ Layton
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
andrealayton25@gmail.com
Multidisciplinary Education Research Association / Asociaciรณn Multidisciplinar de Investigaciรณn Educativa (AMIE)
Garazi Lรณpez de Aguileta
University of Wisconsin-Madison
lopezdeaguil@wisc.edu
National Association of Research and Graduate Studies on Education / Associaรงรฃo Nacional de Pesquisa e Pรณs-Graduaรงรฃo em Educaรงรฃo (ANPED)
Iasmin Mendes
Federal University of Paraรญba (UFPB)
iasminabmendes@gmail.com
Cyprus Education Research Association / Kฤฑbrฤฑs Eฤitim Araลtฤฑrmalarฤฑ Birliฤi
(CERA/KEAB) and Cyprus Educational Science
Association (CESA/KEB-DER)
Mรผge Beidoglu
Consejo Mexicano de Investigaciรณn Educativa (COMIE)
Dr. Claudia Navarro Corona
Education Association of South Africa (EASA)
Dr. Marisa Leask
University of Pretoria
marisa.leask@gmail.com
European Educational Research Association (EERA)
Dr. Natasha Ziebell
University of Melbourne
ziebelln@unimelb.edu.au
Educational Research Association of Singapore (ERAS)
Dr. Yvonne Seng
National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
beegek.seng@nie.edu.sg
German Educational Research Association (GERA-Germany)
Barbara Vollmer
Universitรคt Bamberg
barbara.vollmer@uni-bamberg.de
Hong Kong Education Research Association (HKERA)
Dr Gordon Tsui
University of Hong Kong
gtsui13@connect.hku.hk
Japanese Education Research Association (JERA)
Dr. Kazuaki Iwabuchi
University of Tokyo
kazuaki.iwabuchi@gmail.com
Korean Educational Research Association (KERA)
Dr. Hyun Seon (Irish) Ahn
Korea University
iris_ahn@korea.ac.kr
Polish Education Research Association
Joanna Pawลowska
The Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw
jpsd16@aps.edu.pl
Red de Investigaciรณn en Educaciรณn Chilena / Network of Researchers in Chilean Education
Paula Clasing
University of Michigan
paulaclas@gmail.com
Spanish Pedagogical Society / Sociedad Espaรฑola de Pedagogรญa
Laura Camas
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
lauracamas@ucm.es
Peruvian Educational Research Society (Sociedad de Investigaciรณn Educativa Peruana) (SIEP)
Lucas Nestor Sempรฉ
Queen Margaret University
lucas.sempe@gmail.com
Taiwan Education Research Association (TERA-Taiwan)
Dr Audrey Hsiao-Chi Ho
National Sun Yat-Sen University
hohc0709@gmail.com
Turkish Educational Research Association (TERA-Turkey)
Tuba Ozgun
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
tbzgnn@gmail.com
WERA 2023 Focal Meeting. Singapore, Singapore
WERA 2019 Focal Meeting. Tokyo, Japan
WERA 2018 World Congress. Cape Town, South Africa
WERA 2017 Focal Meeting. Hong Kong, Hong Kong
WERA 2016 Focal Meeting. Washington D.C., USA
WERA 2015 Focal Meeting. Budapest, Hungary
WERA 2014 Focal Meeting. Edinburgh, Scotland
