Exciting times for ESAI! There are some fantastic submissions to #esai2026. Best of luck to all who have submitted a proposal!

Good news! We received an incredible response to our Call for Papers for #esai2026 in Galway. Our Executive Committee have been busy reviewing all abstracts. Please keep an eye on your email for a response in the next week. 2026 will be an excellent celebration of the meeting of scholars 🎉

What an important topic to discuss and at such a pivotal time!

*Reminder* Less than 1 week left to submit to ESAI 2026. 📣 #CfP closes on 29 November. ESAI Conference 2026 #esai2026 will take place from 28-30 May in the University of Galway @universityofgalway.bsky.social All submission details are on our website: esai.ie/esai-confere...

Two proposals submitted to the @esai-irl.bsky.social 50th anniversary conference @uniofgalway.bsky.social #academicsky #edusky #educationalresearch

What a great opportunity this is for Early Career Researchers to shine ✨

ESAI Emerging Researchers’ Network – Call for Members The Educational Studies Association of Ireland is establishing a new Emerging Researchers’ Network (ERN). For all details around eligibility, please visit the ESAI website: esai.ie/esai-emergin...

Getting ready for the @weraedresearch.bsky.social - Council Meeting in João Pessoa. Over 30 delegates representing educational research associations and educational researchers from 6 continents are coming together to reflect on our focal meeting & guide the Association through the next period.

Delighted to be at the opening session of the @weraedresearch.bsky.social / ANPED focal meeting in João Pessoa , Brazil . Greatly looking forward to 5 days of engagement, discussion & a little fun! #educationalresearch

Looking forward to celebrating 50 years of ESAI in the University of Galway @univesityofgalway.bsky.social It will be wonderful to go back to where it all began!

@mairinglenn.bsky.social @pt-phone-home.bsky.social @declanfahie.bsky.social @maria-campbell3.bsky.social @justinrami.bsky.social @celinehealy.bsky.social @aimiebrennan.bsky.social @aoifelynam.bsky.social

Irish Educational Studies is seeking to fill 2 co-editor positions. The new Co-editors will work alongside the editorial team of the journal, lead by General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan. Check out further details here: esai.ie/irish-educat... Deadline: 5pm, Fri 12th September 2025.

The First Annual Educational Research Summit will take place on Tuesday, 18 November, at Croke Park Conference Centre. Researchers, policymakers and practitioners involved in research are invited to respond to the call for abstracts for this event. www.gov.ie/en/departmen... #teacher_research

SAVE THE DATE! NEARIMeet will be online 23 October at 18.00! #actionresearch #teacher-research #practitioner_research Book www.eventbrite.ie/e/1419147150... Read more at www.eari.ie/neari-networ... Theme: 'Teachers as Researchers' Guest speaker: Prof. Marilyn Cochran-Smith

SAVE THE DATE! NEARIMeet will be online 23 October at 18.00! #actionresearch #teacher-research #practitioner_research Book www.eventbrite.ie/e/1419147150... Read more at www.eari.ie/neari-networ... Theme: 'Teachers as Researchers' Guest speaker: Prof. Marilyn Cochran-Smith

Free WERA DEC Webinar – Tomorrow! Insights from Asia - where research leaders share strategies for impactful doctoral & early career research. 🌏 Learn, connect, and grow with a global community. 🔗 lnkd.in/d286XMmx #WERA #FreeWebinar #EdResearch 🔗 Register here: lnkd.in/d286XMmx

Much appreciated! For me, after #STER2025, I am wondering about ways we can support teachers in sharing their research. And how I specifically can help policymakers and other education stakeholders "see" and "use" that research and teacher expertise?

Excited to announce the keynote speaker for #STER2025 is Dane Stickney from Uni of Colorado Denver 🎉 Dane supports teacher development & conducts #YPAR research. At STER, Dane will introduce his new book & speak about his research on the sociopolitical gains from young people engaging in research

Register now to attend the Student Teacher Educational Research (#STER2025) Conference 📍Online ⏰ 17:00 📅 10 June 2025 🔗 Register ⬇️ www.eventbrite.ie/e/student-te...

Congratulations 🎉 🎉 to Joakim Arnøy @joakimarnoy.bsky.social on having his exciting paper on peace education published in EJOLTs. Read this timely & unmissable paper at web-cdn.org/s/1445/file/... #LivingEducationalTheory @mariehuxtable.bsky.social @jackwhitehead.bsky.social #peace_education

What an honour and delight to be at the @weraedresearch.bsky.social Council meeting today representing @esai-irl.bsky.social!

Prof Tony Hall @uniofgalway.bsky.social spoke about designing a national digital platform (TREX) for teacher professional learning #AERA2025

Dr Aideen Hunter & Dr Shauna McGill @ulsteruni.bsky.social discussed how the Hypatia project addresses numeracy education in FE programmes in NI. #aera2025

So many interesting sessions & a chance to meet with Irish & Int’l colleagues. #AERA2025 did not disappoint! Highlights for me: ESAI Symposium Dane Stickney’s book launch Fireside chat on Ethics Presidential address Best of luck to those presenting today!

Thanks to Dane Stickney for the invite to his book launch at Uni of Colorado Denver. If you’re interested in PAR or student voice, these books are for you! Read more here: transformativestudentvoice.net Great to meet students & teachers whose experiences are included! 👏 #AERA2025

Dr Aimie Brennan @marinoinstitute.bsky.social summarises key messages to bridge the gap between research & practice #AERA2025: 1. Respecting teachers’ expertise & removing hierarchies. 2. Making research accessible via alternative outputs. 3. Approaching research as dialogue rather than output.

Dr Máirín Glenn @mairinglenn.bsky.social explored the concept of teacher-as-researcher and the work of @infoneari.bsky.social in supporting teachers to engage in research on their own practice #aera2025

Congratulations to colleagues flying the #ESAI flag at #AERA2025 in Denver. Our symposium took place this morning entitled ‘Innovative approaches to teacher professional development across the island of Ireland’

Great article in today’s Irish Independent by Tanya Sweeney on the work of Primary School teachers. Lovely to read such a tribute to their work.

More fabulous @miceducationfac.bsky.social MIC colleagues sharing their research at #esai25

Warmest congratulations to Kathy!

Following our AGM this week, we say goodbye and sincere thanks to members of the executive Dr Gavin Murphy @tcddublin and Dr Aideen Hunter @UlsterUni We congratulate Dr Aoife Lynam @tcddublin and Dr Thérèse Farrell @DCU on their election to the committee #esai25

Dr Máirín Glenn brings conference 2025 to a close, thanking all presenters, chairs, speakers and attendees who helped to make #esai25 a success. We hope to welcome everyone back to ESAI 2026 in Galway #esai26 on 28th to 30th of May. #SaveTheDate

And there was a well-deserved standing ovation from the audience for this wonderful session!

Some fantastic papers presented today on social justice, teacher education and STEAM #esai25

Thank you to @esai-irl.bsky.social for the space to present on anti-racism in initial teacher education and to learn from fellow presenters today

Great to present on my ongoing PhD research at the @esai-irl.bsky.social ECR strand this afternoon. Thank you to Céline Healy for chairing. A great chance to engage in dialogue about our studies and share ideas and insights. @siobhanweekes.bsky.social

It's always so interesting to listen to Prof Elaine Keane and Katie Kaufmann talk about their research into teacher diversity @esai-irl.bsky.social

Delighted to be at the ESAI conference in Athlone representing SERA. First keynote Prof Tom O’Donoghue #SERA

The first keynote of #esai25 has just started. 12:00-13:00 Hoey 1 (first floor) Prof Tom O’Donoghue will speak about the Importance of Maintaining Bridges to the Wisdom Generated in the Relatively Recent Past as we seek a Positive Education Future

Day One of #ESAI2025 is underway here at the Sheraton Hotel, Athlone! Dr Máirín Glenn will officially open the conference shortly. Looking forward to a thought-provoking few days exploring ‘Building bridges and making connections: education for hope and transformation.’ @esai-irl.bsky.social

Fabulously interesting symposium from TUS today at #ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social

Looking forward to this! I recognise many names on the schedule… good luck all! #EdChatIE

Preparations are in full swing as #esai25 approaches this week! We look forward to 3 fantastic days 🎉 Best of luck to all those involved in the 185+ papers, 7 symposia, 14 posters, 4 SIG presentations, 2 keynotes, 1 panel & our new ‘round table & performance’ formats! #edchatie

Exciting times ahead for NEARI! We are preparing for our special showcase event on Fri at #ESAI25 in Athlone where we will tell all our Educational Action Research SIG! Visit our Educational Action Research SIG stand at the ESAI EXPO too & have a chat with us! @esai-irl.bsky.social #actionresearch

Just one week to go to #esai25 We are looking forward to welcoming everyone! The detailed schedule is a available on ConfTool

Exciting news! The date is set for STER Conference 2025 #STER2025 📅 21 May 2025 ⏰ 17:00 📍 Online 🔗 To Present: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... #Education students & graduates (up to Masters level) are welcome to present and/or attend and enjoy!

We're delighted to welcome @ojcollective.bsky.social to Bluesky. Take a look at their website www.openjournalscollective.org, which soft launches today. There is also a blog post blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci... #scholcomm #AcademicChatter #libraries #openaccess

Thanks to @infoneari.bsky.social for the invitation to speak about ‘Educational Action Research in Schools’. Enjoyed the conversation about the challenges & benefits of supporting teachers to engage in #ActionResearch with Dane Stickney, Uni of Colorado, Caitriona McDonagh & @CARN_intl 🙌

Thanks to @infoneari.bsky.social for an interesting evening's discussion of educational action research - quite thought-provoking on ethical issues.