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The Australian Association for Research in Education invites qualified Faculties, Schools or Departments of Education to nominate a successful doctoral student for the annual “Ray Debus Award for Doctoral Research in Education". This award is intended as recognition of excellence in educational research by doctoral students and is seen by the Association as a way of recognising the high quality contribution made to educational knowledge by graduate students, and at the same time promoting d…

We invite our valued past and present members of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) to renew your AARE membership now to take advantage of a discount on your annual membership fee.  

The extraordinary work of our SIGs and the range of events scheduled across 2024-2025 point to the benefits of membership, as do last year’s successful AARE conference in Melbourne and this year’s Sydney conference in December. 

Membership is vital to ensure we can strengthen the work of t…

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Note: renewal discounts apply for members who renew before 30th June

You can purchase a book from the Local/Global Issues in Education series with your membership if you wish to do so.
Benefits of Membership

Discounted registration at th…

Honorary Life Members of the Australian Association for Research in EducationThe 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.
Call for 2024 Nominations by 11.59pm (AEST) Monday 28th October Eligibility CriteriaNominations for Honorary Life Membership will be calle…

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…

The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Executive Committee is seeking to fill a casual vacancy for the portfolio position of Research Development Coordinator.  The term of appointment will be to fulfil the current term through to the date of the 2024 Annual General Meeting.  

Please find attached a Position Description for the Research Development Coordinator.

The Executive Management Team is calling for Expressions of Interest (EOI) from AARE members to be appointed to fi…

Aim:The STEM Education Special Interest Group was created as a vehicle to promote teaching, learning and research in integrated STEM education. By “integrated” we mean the deliberate full or partial integration of any or all of the key components of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics with or without other areas such as The Arts.

We have the following aims:

To build a network researchers interested in integrated STEM education and stimulate debate and discussion;
To pursue opportu…

PurposeInaugurated in 2001, the Betty Watts Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research Award recognises an outstanding conference paper related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander education, presented at the Annual AARE Conference.  

The award is intended to recognise excellence in research by individual researchers or teams of researchers across all career stages.  

This award honours the memory of Emeritus Professor Betty Watts.  A former primary school teacher, Professor Watts was…

AARE ARC DECRA SEMINAR SERIES
Between 16 June and 9 August, a series of 4 (four) seminars were delivered via zoom about Australian Research Council (ARC) Discover Early Career Researcher Award (DECRA) scheme. This series included:

Workshop One 16 June
‘Thinking about applying: What makes a successful DECRA project?’

Workshop Two 4 July
‘Setting yourself up for DECRA success: What does the ARC expect?’

Workshop Three 26 July
‘Presenting yourself as a successful researcher: How to wri…

AARE is a proud Industry Partner of the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child.  The official launch of the Centre took place on the 21st September 2022. The event celebrated the Digital Child and set expectations about the values the Centre holds with the voices of children at its heart.

The Centre’s 2021 Annual Report is now available, charting its achievements in its establishment year, as it built the foundation for delivering its vision: Australian children, healthy, educated and…