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The award of Honorary Life Membership recognises current members of AARE who have demonstrated a long-term commitment to AARE as evidenced by long term membership of, and active participation in, the Association, and who have made a substantial contribution to educational research.  

AARE Members are encouraged to review the award criteria and the AARE website and submit nominations to Annette Woods, AARE Secretary via email secretary@aare.edu.au by 12 noon Monday 30th October 2023.

New book release now available.

Purchase your copy from Melbourne University Press: Raewyn Connell: Research, Politics, Social Change by Raewyn Connell. 

The book is a selection from the author's writing from the 1970s to the 2010s, intended to show how knowledge about major social issues develops and deepens.

The selection includes five themes important in the author's work: 

1. Understanding masculinities
2. The concept of gender
3. The ruling class in Australia
4. Social…

Notice of the 53rd Annual General MeetingNotice is hereby given that the fifty-third Annual General Meeting of members of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) will be held as follows:

Date: Wednesday 29th November 2023

Time: 5.30pm AEDT

Location: In person: Carrillo Ganter Theatre (B02), Level B1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre (Building 158), University of Melbourne MAP

The AGM is open to all financial members of the Association.

All members who wish to attend are asked to…

PurposeInaugurated in 2010, the Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Poster Award is intended to support the participation and inclusion of postgraduate and early career researchers in the educational research community. 

Between 2010 and 2023 the PG/ECR Poster Award was supported by the Australian Council of Deans of Education.

AwardFunding round: single round per annum

Applications: A digital copy of your poster must be submitted via the PG/ECR Poster Award Submission Form by 11:59pm on…

Call for expressions of interest – BERA 2023

AARE is pleased to announce that it has again been invited to host a symposium as part of the program at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Conference taking place at Aston University Birmingham, Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 September 2023.

AARE proudly invites members to submit expressions of interest to present a symposium at this conference.

Expression of interest submissions

Expressions of interest must include the following inf…

The AARE Conference Standing Committee met this morning and made the difficult decision to postpone the AARE 50th Anniversary Conference and Celebrations until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

While we are disappointed that we will not be able to come together to share our research and collegiality in person, AARE will continue to support its special interest groups to conduct online workshops, seminars and networking events.

We will be working with SIG convenors to prepare a program of even…

FYI – NAEEA (National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia) Conference – 5th and 6th December, University of South Australia, Adelaide

On behalf of the National Association of Enabling Educators of Australia (NAEEA) organising committee, we invite you to consider attending the NAEEA 2022 Conference. This conference follows on three days after the AARE conference finishes, so why not stay in Adelaide for a few extra days and attend both conferences? 

With a highly relevant and top…

We are very pleased to announce that the Conference Awards program for 2023 is now open.

This year, there are 6 awards available.  The due date for all award submissions will be August 31, 2023.

The Betty Watts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Award has returned to its original status as an award for excellence in research related to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander education.  This award is open for individual researchers or teams of researchers who present a paper a…

AARE has several special awards for exceptional achievements by members. The following awards were presented at this year’s annual conference in Adelaide. 

A special thank you to all judges who served on the Awards Panels and Selection Committees this year.

Distinguished Contribution Awards 2022 
Radford Lecture
To honour Dr William C Radford’s long record of commitment to promoting research in education and his contribution to the development of the Australian Association for Research i…