Most important developments within Network 14
Enhanced Collaboration with ERG
Network 14 and the Emerging Researchers’ Group (ERG) have strengthened their partnership to support emerging researchers (ER). Our successful online events are now co-hosted by both groups. Two events were scheduled in 2024–25: one in November and another in April.
Handbook Contract Signed
The contract for our forthcoming Handbook on Communities, Families and Organisations in Educational Research was signed with Bloomsbury in February 2025. The volume is co-edited by the Network 14 Link Convenor (LC) Laurence Lasselle, former Network 14 LCs Joana Lúcio and Rocío García Carrión, and Network 14 Reviewer Melyssa Fuqua. The Handbook publication is anticipated in 2027.
ECER 2025 in Belgrade, Serbia
We were delighted to reconnect with colleagues and welcome new participants during our sessions at ECER2025. We were grateful for the fantastic efforts of the local organisation team and the EERA office.
Our highlights from ECER 2025 were:
Symposium
A two-part symposium chaired by Silvie Rita Kučerová (Network 14 Convenor) and Nicky Zunker, with Rita Nikolai as discussant: Understanding the Complex Dynamics of School Choice: Implications for Educational Inequality and Social Integration.
Panel Discussions
- When Space Meets Education: Theoretical, Epistemological and Practical Perspectives, chaired by Jelena Joksimovic.
- Multigrade Classrooms and National Schooling Systems: Spaces of Opportunities for Creativity and Innovation, chaired by Cath Gristy (Network 14 Convenor).
Poster Presentations
- Transitions From Higher Education To Low-Density Areas: Graduates’ Motivations for Returning and Impact on Their Home Communities by Sofia Marques da Silva (Network 14 Reviewer) and Sara Faria.
- The Ethnocentrism of the School Institution: Obstacle to School-Family Collaboration? Two Ethnographic Studies in Switzerland by Tania Ogay.
Presentations Linked to the Bloomsbury Handbook
- Researcher Positioning in Studies of Families, Communities and Schooling by Julia Melnikova, Hilde Hejertager Lund and Laurence Lasselle (Network 14 LC)
- Fostering Parental Involvement in Children’s Digital Learning: A Conceptual Model for Family-School Partnerships by Declan Qualter and Rachel Farrell
- Pull and Push Mechanisms in Forming a School's Community by Parental Choice: Cases of Demanded Rural Schools in Czechia by Silvie Rita Kučerová (Network 14 Convenor), Zdeněk Svoboda, Petr Meyer, and Jan Šmíd
- School-Community Relationships in Small and Rural Schools in Europe: Challenges and Perspectives from a European Comparative Analysis by Stefania Chipa, Giuseppina Cannella (Network 14 Convenor), and Giuseppina Rita Jose Mangione