Doctoral and Early Career Network

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 President (July 2022 – June 2024).



DEC Representatives

WERA DEC Representative

Amelia Yeo

National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University
amelia.yeo@nie.edu.sg

See all DEC Representatives from WERA Associations
American Education Research Association (AERA)

Andrea ‘Andii’ Layton

Pennsylvania State University-University Park
andrealayton25@gmail.com


Multidisciplinary Education Research Association / Asociación Multidisciplinar de Investigación Educativa (AMIE)

Garazi López de Aguileta

University of Wisconsin-Madison
lopezdeaguil@wisc.edu


National Association of Research and Graduate Studies on Education / Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-Graduação em Educação (ANPED)

Aline Sonobe

Federal University of Paraná
kazuko.as@gmail.com


British Education Research Association (BERA)

Gihan Ismail

University of Bath
gnmi201@bath.ac.uk


Cyprus Education Research Association / Kıbrıs Eğitim Araştırmaları Birliği
(CERA/KEAB) and Cyprus Educational Science
Association (CESA/KEB-DER)

Müge Beidoglu


beidoglu@yahoo.com


Consejo Mexicano de Investigación Educativa (COMIE)

Dr. Claudia Navarro Corona


navarro.corona@gmail.com


Education Association of South Africa (EASA)

Dr. Funke Omidire

University of Pretoria
funke.omidire@up.ac.za


European Educational Research Association (EERA)

Dr. Natasha Zibell

Melbourne Graduate School of Education
ziebelln@unimelb.edu.au


Educational Research Association of Singapore (ERAS)

Amelia Yeo

National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
amelia.yeo@nie.edu.sg


German Educational Research Association (GERA-Germany)

Johanna Ziemes

University of Duisberg-Essen
johanna.ziemes@uni-due.de


Hong Kong Education Research Association (HKERA)

Gordon Chak Pong

University of Hong Kong
gtsui13@connect.hku.hk


Japanese Education Research Association (JERA)

Misako Nukaga

University of Tokyo
nukaga@p.u-tokyo.ac.jp; misakonukaga@gmail.com


Korean Educational Research Association (KERA)

Dr. Hyun Seon (Irish) Ahn

Korea University
iris_ahn@korea.ac.kr


Polish Education Research Association

Joanna Pawłowska

The Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw
jpsd16@aps.edu.pl


Red de Investigación en Educación Chilena / Network of Researchers in Chilean Education

Paula Clasing

University of Michigan
paulaclas@gmail.com


Spanish Pedagogical Society / Sociedad Española de Pedagogía

Laura Camas

Universidad Complutense de Madrid
lauracamas@ucm.es


Peruvian Educational Research Society (Sociedad de Investigación Educativa Peruana) (SIEP)

Lucas Nestor Sempé

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