The Visiting Researcher Awards form part of WERA’s capacity building initiatives. These awards are in collaboration with our Association and Institution Members.
Submissions for the WERA Visiting Researcher Awards are now closed. Please stay tuned for the upcoming call.
Awardees
2025 (IEA-University of Hamburg)
Cherry Zin Oo, Myanmar Imperial College, Myanmar
This WERA Visiting Researcher Award 2025 is hosted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and the Research Center “Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS”) at the University of Hamburg.
2025 (CAE, NIE-Nanyang Technological University)
Phan Thi Tra Khuc, Dong A University, Danang, Vietnam
This WERA Visiting Researcher Award 2025 is hosted by the National Institute of Education (NIE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
2024 (CAE, NIE-Nanyang Technological University)
Stefan Johansson, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
This WERA Visiting Researcher Award 2024 is hosted by the National Institute of Education (NIE) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
2024 (IEA-University of Pretoria)
Jaekyung Lee, University at Buffalo, SUNY, USA
This WERA Visiting Researcher Award 2024 is hosted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), the Centre for the Study of Resilience (CSR), and the Centre for Evaluation and Assessment (CEA) at the University of Pretoria (UP).
2024 (IEA-University of Hamburg)
Yufang Ruan, UNESCO, Paris, France
This WERA Visiting Researcher Award 2024 is hosted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and the Research Center “Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS”) at the University of Hamburg.
2023
Mafalda Leal Campos, Center of Research in Education, Portugal
The WERA Visiting Researcher Award 2023 was hosted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) and the Research Center “Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS”) at the University of Hamburg.
2022
Dr. Ioulia Televantou, Lecturer in Quantitative Research in Methods in Social Sciences, European University Cyprus
The WERA Visiting Researcher Award 2022 was hosted by The International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA), and the Research Center “Literacy in Diversity Settings (LiDS”) at the University of Hamburg.
2019
Celeste-Marié Combrinck, University of Pretoria, South Africa
The WERA Visiting Researcher Award 2019 was hosted by the IEA Research and Analysis (RandA) Unit in Hamburg, Germany, and the Diversity in Education Research Lab (DiVER) at the University of Hamburg.