Each year AARE is invited to send a representative symposia to the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
Purpose: Such symposia are intended to showcase the quality of Australian education research and the selected symposium team should see themselves as ambassadors of AARE.
Details of the funding
Funding round: annual for each conference
Applications due: varies, please refer to the call for applications notice
Status of funding round: open
Amount: Up to $1,000 per presenting group if virtual or up to $5,000 if attending face to face.
Number available: One per relevant conference
Participants receiving the funding must be financial members of AARE at the time of receiving the reimbursement. Payment will happen after the conference has been held.
Previous successful applicants
BERA 2024
Symposium title: 'Navigating Middle Leadership: Insights from Australia, New Zealand, and Malaysia'
Presenting and non-presenting authors
Donnie Adams, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne
Pauline Thompson, Faculty of Education, University of Melbourne
Camilla Highfield, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland
AERA 2024
Symposium title: 'Indigenous success in higher education'
Presenting and non-presenting authors
Professor Peter Anderson, Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University
Dr Thu Pham, Indigenous Research Unit, Griffith University
Dr Angela Baeza, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Levon Blue, Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology
Melanie Saward, Creative Writing, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Congcong Xing, Queensland University of Technology
Rhetta Chappell, Relational Insights Data Lab (RIDL), Griffith University
Photo: Martin Mills (QUT, Honorary Life Member and former President of AARE), Julie McLeod (UniMelb and President of AARE) with symposium presenters Thu Pham (Griffith University), Peter Anderson (Griffith University) and Angela Baeza Pena (Carumba Institute, Queensland University of Technology).
AERA 2023
Symposium title: 'Dreams for Digital Spaces: What Shapes the Worlds of Children, Educators and Researchers?'
Presenting and non-presenting authors
Chair
Professor Daniel T. Hickey, Indiana University
Discussant
Professor Dan X. Harris, RMIT University
Presenters
Introduction
Sarah Healy, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
Kathryn Coleman, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
Amanda Belton, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
Paper 1: The role of imaginaries in (co)creating digital futures with children
Aleesha Rodriguez, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, Queensland University of Technology
Rebecca Ng, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, University of Wollongong
Paper 2: Can AI be an ethical collaborator in educational research?
Sarah Healy, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
Amanda Belton, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform, The University of Melbourne
Karen Thomson, Melbourne Data Analytics Platform, The University of Melbourne
Paper 3: The metaverse as a virtual site of research
Kathryn Coleman, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
Amanda Belton, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
Jessica Laraine Williams, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
Neda Sajadi, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, The University of Melbourne
Paper 4: Pandemic Parenting in the Metaverse
Xinyu Zhao, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, Deakin University
Jessica Laraine Williams, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, Deakin University
Sarah Healy, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, Deakin University
Rebekah Willett, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child, University of Wisconsin–Madison
AERA 2021
Symposium title: 'Framing a program of research with/for/of the digital child in a digital era'
Presenting and non-presenting authors
Chair
Professor Susan Danby, Queensland University of Technology
Discussant
Professor Annette Woods, Queensland University of Technology
Presenters
Introduction
Professor Susan Danby, Queensland University of Technology
Paper 1: Fostering critical media literacy with young children
Professor Michael Dezuanni, Queensland University of Technology -
Ms. Amanda Levido, PhD candidate, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
Paper 2: Children, Videogames, Self-Determination and Wellbeing
Professor Daniel Johnson, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Peta Wyeth, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Selen Türkay, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Kellie Vella, Queensland University of Technology
Dr Mitchell McEwan, Queensland University of Technology
Paper 3: Designing a Technology Space for young children: A design-based project
Dr Christina Chalmers, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Annette Woods, Queensland University of Technology
AERA 2019
Symposium title: ‘Children, Young People, Spirituality and Religion: Education and Diversity’
Lead: Mary Lou Rasmussen
Papers:
Paper 1: What’s the relationship between sexual freedom, religious freedom, and education: The perspectives of Australia’s Gen Zs
Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen, Australian National University, Associate Professor Andrew Singleton, Deakin University, Dr Anna Halafoff, Deakin University, Professor Emeritus Gary Bouma, Monash University
Paper 2: Beyond the Sacred and the Secular: Mapping the diverse the worldviews of Australia’s teenagers
Associate Professor Andrew Singleton, Deakin University, Professor Mary Lou Rasmussen, Australian National University, Dr Anna Halafoff, Deakin University, =Professor Emeritus Gary Bouma, Monash University
Paper 3: Everyday Material and Visual Cultures of Religion: Faith-Based Belonging Beyond Ideology
Professor Anna Hickey-Moody, RMIT,
Discussant:
Professor Valarie Harwood, University of Sydney
