ECER 2023 in Glasgow was our first fully in-person conference since Hamburg in 2019 saw a return to pre-pandemic numbers of submissions. Proposals were shared between a team of 24 reviewers. Two of our reviewers retired this year and two new reviewers joined the team. The 145 submissions required 290 reviews, and so most reviewers looked at 10-12 papers including one symposium. The programme was subject to the usual last-minute changes because of attendee constraints or late withdrawals. We also had to make late room changes because one room became unusable at the start of the conference week. Nevertheless, attendees reported that the programme remained coherent and easy to navigate and were pleased that most of the Network 23 sessions were in the same building and refreshments for breaks between sessions were nearby.
Overall, the conference was once again a great opportunity to discuss research and ideas at the forefront of the education policy field and nurture contacts between education policy researchers. We thanked Anne Larson who stepped down as a convenor at the conference. Anne has been a supportive and hardworking colleague who has done much to support the work of the network during her time as convenor. Following the conference we welcomed Anna Traianou and Tae-Hee Choi as convenors.