EERA Network 14 & EERA ER Group: Emerging Researchers Online Event
- EERA Network 14 & EERA ER Group: Emerging Researchers Online Event
- 2 December 2025
- 2 – 3.30pm (UK time)
- To register to attend: here
Laurence Lasselle as Link-convenor of EERA Network 14 and Lisa Bugno as Link-convenor of EERA Emerging Researchers’ Group invite you to an online event for Emerging Researchers on 2 December from 2pm UK time.
EERA Network 14 is one of the 34 Networks of the European Educational Research Association and provides a forum for the development of research-informed knowledge in the field of Education, with a specific interest in the relationships between communities, families and schools.
The Emerging Researchers’ Group provides a space for discussion and collaboration with peers across Europe.
Join us for an online gathering of scholars to participate in an event in which:
- You will learn about the research from two of our peers: Joshua Almes from Brown University in the USA and Althea Bianca Dal Ben from the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy.
- You will learn a few presentation tips for the European Conference on Education Research (ECER) organised by the European Educational Research Association (EERA). ECER2026 will be in Tampere, Finland from 17 August 2026 to 21 August 2026. The deadline for submission is 31 January 2026.
This event aims to bring together our community of Emerging Researchers in a cosy and friendly environment. Emerging researchers will discuss research issues and experienced researchers will share their knowledge and support them.
Schedule of the event (all times in UK time)
- 2.00 – 2.10pm - Welcome and Introduction by Laurence Lasselle, EERA Network 14 Link-convenor and Lisa Bugno, ERC Link-convenor
- 2.10 – 2.25pm - First talk by Joshua Almes (Brown University, USA). He will talk about educational inequities through a spatial lens. He will be introduced by Laurence.
- 2.25 – 2.40pm - Second talk by Althea Bianca Dal Ben (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy). She will talk about some challenges involved in studying the long-term consequences of parental separation on educational opportunities. She will be introduced by Laurence.
- 2.40 – 3.00pm - Discussion - all
- 3.00 – 3.10pm - ECER & ERC submission process by Laurence and Lisa
- 3.10 – 3.25pm - Q&A session on the ECER & ERC submission process at ECER
- 3.25 – 3.30pm - Conclusion, Goodbye and Way forward!
General Activities
International Emerging Rural Scholars Summit in October 2024 - Laurence Lasselle as Network 14 LC contributed to the panel discussion on Working in Different Contexts: Researcher Mobility
Network 14 & ERG (online) Emerging Researchers events in November 2024 and April 2025
In November 2024, we learned about the research from two of our peers: Xi-Ning Wang from the University of St Andrews in the UK and Hanyue Zhong from the University of Melbourne in Australia. Lisa (ERC LC) and Laurence Lasselle (Network 14 LC) talked about the submission process of ERC and ECER 2025.
In April 2025, we learned about the research from two of our peers: Konstantin Anchikov from HSE University in Russia and Varun Mehta from Curtin University in Australia. Lisa (ERC LC) and Laurence Lasselle (Network 14 LC) gave a few presentation tips for ERC and ECER 2025.
Giusy Cannella (Network 14 Convenor): a new MOOC about Small and Rural Schools in Europe developed as part of INDIRE’s research activities (https://youtu.be/ZBqSg4BOHc4?feature=shared).
Dr Silvie Rita Kučerová (Network 14 Convenor), co-editor of a special issue of the Slovak journal Geografický časopis / Geographical Journal on the topic of 'Education and Schooling in Society: Spatial Accessibility and Social Justice'. A few Network 14 members work will be included in this SI.
Prof Loizos Symeou (Network 14 Convenor): - Parent and Guardians Associations and their Role in the Landscape of School-Family Relationships. Paper (Savva, M. & Symeou, L.) presented at the 5th International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology “Knowing Justice in the Anthropocene” (6-11 July 2025, Rabat, Morocco). - Designing, nurturing, and sustaining collaborative relationships between families and schools: experiences and suggestions of parents of disabled children. Paper (Damianidou, E. & Symeou, L.) presented at the 14th Biennial Conference of the European Research Network About Parents in Education (ERNAPE) “Educational Partnership between Families, Schools, and Communities: Weaving vibrant alliances to empower individuals and overcome collective vulnerabilities” (June 4-6, 2025, Department of Human Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy). - Inclusive Outdoor Education for Children in Early Childhood. Paper (Symeou, L., Papazachariou-Christoforou, M., Christoforou, Y., Englezou, D., Stylianou, E. & Anastasiades, T.) presented at the BERA Conference 2024 & WERA Focal Meeting (8-12 September 2024, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Publications
Two EERA blogs:
- Parental and Family Involvement in Children’s Digital Learning by Declan Qualter and Rachel Farrell
- Growing (with) EERA Network 14 by Joana Lúcio (former Network 14 LC)
A few Network 14 contributors participated in ERNAPE (Educational Partnership between Families, Schools, and Communities) in Verona, Italy in June 2025.
Fundraising campaign 'Let’s consciously and creatively manage Artificial Intelligence', related to the research project presented by Prof Emanuela Guarcello, Network 14 Reviewer, in Autumn 2024
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 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.
Dr Cath Gristy (Network 14 Convenor) and Dr. Begoña Vigo-Arrazola co-edited a SI of the International Journal of Education Research (IJER), which includes many NW14 members. It focussed on multigrade classrooms through an inclusion lens.
Future Plans
A few Network 14 contributors will participate in the international conference, “New Frontiers: Inter-disciplinary Research on Refugee Children and Youth” on refugees and asylum seekers with a special focus on the experience of children and youth at the University of Iceland this Autumn (31st October - 1 November).
Network 14 & ERG (online) Emerging Researchers event in November 2025 and April 2026.
Online event around the launch of the Elgar Handbook on Geographies of Education (an event is also planned at ECER 2026)
More around the Bloomsbury Handbook on Communities, Families, and Organisations in Educational Research at ECER 2026.
NW 14 runs a mailing list and invites researchers to join. To join the mailing list, send a blank message to nw14-subscribe(at)lists.eera-ecer.de