The Swiss Society for Research in Education was set up in 1975 and now has some 500 members from all scientific disciplines that are relevant for education. It is a member of the Schweizerische Akademie für Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften/Académie Suisse des Sciences Humaines et Sociales/Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences (SAGW/ASSH) and the European Educational Research Association (EERA). The Society organises an annual congress and continues its activities through its 8 standing working parties over the rest of the year. The SSRE publishes a series of books under the general title of Explorationen (Peter Lang Publishing Group) as well as the periodical Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Bildungswissenschaften/Revue Suisse des Sciences de l’Education SZBW/RSSE. The aims of the society are:

• Consolidate educational research in the national and international academic field;
• bring together the educational researchers active in Switzerland and enhance interdisciplinary cooperation between them;
• establish the advancement of young academics (including an Academic Relief Award);
• support the cooperation with other research organizations on a national as well as an international level;
• promote cooperation between educational research, practice, administration and politics and represent the interests of educational research.

You can find more information at www.sgbf.ch/index_en.html

Meet and Greet on Thursday 24 August, in the lunch break from 12:00 to 13:30 in the Meet and Greet Corner of the Poster Area, 4th floor of Warehouse.

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