The World Education Research Association (WERA) has announced the launch of seven new International Research Networks (IRNs). The WERA IRN initiative brings together global teams of researchers through virtual communication and other channels to collaborate in specific areas of international importance. The seven new networks join the current IRNs contributing to the vision of WERA. The purpose of IRNs is to synthesize knowledge, examine the state of research, and stimulate collaborations or otherwise identify promising directions in research areas of worldwide significance. IRNs are expected to produce substantive reports that integrate the state of the knowledge worldwide and set forth promising research directions.
The seven new IRNs will prove to be valuable additions to WERA’s growing body of international research networks. WERA is excited to see these newly formed IRNs enrich the field of education research and lead to worthwhile collaborations among scholars with shared research interests all over the world. International collaboration in education research brings much added value to the field. WERA looks forward to these networks connecting scholars on issues of international significance, while also serving as an important model for international research collaboration.
The seven new IRNs include:
IRN Title: Research on Doctoral Education in Educational Research
Convener/Co-Conveners: Sverker Lindblad, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Britt-Marie
Apelgren, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Gun-Britt Wärvik, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; Pam Denicolo, University of Reading, England; Alebachew Kemiso, University of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Thomas S. Popkewitz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
IRN Title: Education in the Anthropocene
Convener/Co-Conveners: Nathanaël Wallenhorst, Université Catholique de l’Ouest, France; Juliane Engel, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany; Anja Kraus, Stockholm University, Sweden; Denis Francesconi, University of Vienna, Austria and Mariagrazia Portera, University of Florence, Italy.
IRN Title: Digital Academic Leadership in the New Era
Convener/Co-Conveners: Chang Zhu, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; Marieta du Plessis
University of Western Cape, South Africa and Xuemei Yu, Shanghai University, China.
IRN Title: Researching (In)Equity in Primary Education – Actors, Structures, Current Dynamics
Convener/Co-Conveners: Sarah Désirée Lange, Technical University Chemnitz, Germany and Simone Seitz, Free University of Bolzano, Italy.
IRN Title: EMESER – Emotions in Environmental and Sustainability Education Research
Convener/Co-Conveners: Mandy Singer-Brodowski, Universität Regensburg, Germany; Julius
Grund, Freie Universität Berlin; Germany; Lisa Jones, University of Hull, UK and Johanna Lönngren, Umeå University, Sweden.
IRN Title: IE-B-SW – Inclusive Excellence and Bienvivance from School to Work
Convener/Co-Conveners: Bénédicte Gendron, University Paul-Valéry Montpellier, France; Paolo
Nardi, European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Brussels, Belgium and Michael Nettles, Morgan State University, USA.
IRN Title: Minority and Minoritised Teachers: Exploring Social Justice in Schools Around the World
Convener/Co-Conveners: Mary Gutman, Michlalah-Jerusalem College & Orot-Israel Academic College of Education, Israel; Lisa Rosen, University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Germany; Orit Avidov- Ungar, Achva Academic College, Israel; Nataliia Lazebna, University of Würzburg, Ukraine; Katerina Lut, University of Würzburg, Ukraine; Drorit Lengyel, University of Hamburg, Germany; Liliana Judith Mayer, National Council For Scientific and Technical Research, Argentina; Zbyněk Němec, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic; Hana Turner-Adams, University of Auckland, New Zealand; Carola Mantel, Pädagogische Hochschule Zug, Switzerland; Bing Xiao, Austin Peay State University, USA; Donna-Marie Cole, East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA and Naomi Kagawa, Shimane University, Japan.
ABOUT WERA:
Founded in 2009, WERA is an association of national, regional, international, and specialty research associations dedicated to advancing education research as a scientific and scholarly field. WERA’s initiatives are global in nature, transcending what any single association can accomplish in its own country, region, or area of specialization. For further information on WERA and its programmes, please visit the WERA Website.