Network Activities

We have been working with co-researchers on an EU funded COST action group through our special edition and in the funded Network Project. A session at next years conference wil try and extend that collaboration and explore how further COST Action projects can be developed with Network members. At the conference we had a collaboration with colleagues from Egypt and Australia on praxis orientated ways of addressing gender inequalities in STEM (work which has been funded by the British Council and is sponsored by UNESCO). We are exploring how we might draw upon this project to generate network specific activities.

The link convenor and the two deputy link convenors have continued to meet monthly throughout the year to plan the special edition, the network proposal and to generate ideas about how to develop the network. We had a survey to generate new reviewers. This was important as many of the existing reviewing team were unable to participate this year. A long standing plan to publish a special issue on Gendered-Intersectional approaches is now coming to fruition. We also have plans to develop a cross-network edited collection (in book form) on the use of critical realism in Educational Research.

We plan to involve ECR's and a wider network group to get involved in activities beyond attending the conference. In addition a question was raised regarding the place of LGBTQI+ and within the annual meeting. The focus of our Special Call relates to how this might work and what a new title would look like. It inspired us to generate a conference special call considering the definition for gender in the contemporary education, educational research and policy.