Janus Moos: May 2007 Archives

Dear Collegue

On behalf of the organising committee it is with great pleasure, we invite you to participate in the 36th Congress of Nordic Educational Research Association, March 6 – 8, 2008 in Copenhagen. The Danish University of Education will host the Congress.The inspiring academic programme will offer you up-to-date inputs around the conference theme, which we are confident, will be relevant to most if not all colleagues. In addition, the social programme will offer you great opportunities to maintain and extend your networks. The programme will consist of keynote sessions, paper and poster sessions as well as symposiums. Furthermore there will be a pre-conference for Ph.D-students. And last, but not the least, Copenhagen will as always have plenty to offer you in terms of culture, entertainment, fun and good food. It is our great pleasure to welcome you to Copenhagen in March 2008.

John Krejsler
On behalf of the Organising Committee

Organizing Committee

Chair: John Krejsler, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology, Danish University of Education

Members:
From the Danish University of Education:

• Lejf Moos, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology
• Gorm Hansbøl, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Philosophy
• Katrin Hjort, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Sociology
• Kirsten Marie Bovbjerg, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology
• Niels Kryger, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology
• Charlotte Paludan, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology
• Kasper Kofod, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology

From the University of Copenhagen:

• Karen Borgnakke, Professor, Department of Media, Cognition and Communication

From the University of Roskilde:

• Henning Salling Olesen, Department of Psychology and Educational Studies

Invited Keynote Speakers

• Agnes van Zanten, Directrice de recherché au Centre National de Recherché Scientifique (CNRS-Sciences-Po), Paris
• Gita Steiner Khamsi, Ph.D., Professor of Education, Teachers College, Department of International and Transcultural Studies, Columbia University, New York
• Ove Kaj Petersen, Professor, International Center for Business and Politics, Copenhagen Business School
• Susan Wright, Professor, Department of Educational Anthropology, Danish University of Education
• Hannu Simola, Professor, Department of Education, University of Helsinki
• Staffan Larsson, Professor, Department of Behavioural Sciences, Linköping University

Congress theme

Is educational research in the Nordic countries being swallowed up by transnational goal-oriented economy discourses?

“Evidence based practice”, “Modus 2 research“, “more quantitative and internationally comparable research”, “more immediate utility of re-search to educational practice and to business”… These are but a few of the demands that signify a new goal-orientation of research strategies, which is gaining strong momentum in Nordic educational research.

Research strategies and grants have become increasingly dependent upon demands from outside the research community, where government strategic priorities and dependence upon external financing play major roles. These demands are often marshalled into standardized quality assurance denominators that build upon a vision of excellence and relevance that is closely connected to market thinking.

How does the new goal-orientation of research strategies express itself in educational research in the Nordic countries? Is it being experienced as fruitful or detrimental to dealing with the challenges of educational research and education? Does there exist a particular Nordic approach to these globalising tendencies? Or, are Nordic countries simply being swallowed up in these broader transnational tendencies?

The inspiration to the new research strategies has largely come from the USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand, and from trans-national agencies like the OECD, WTO (GATS), World Bank and EU, and often refers to the so-called knowledge economy discourse. It represents an increasing interest in universities, education and research from government and business. Research and education are conceived of in market terms and therefore under pressure to become competitive on the global research and education markets. On the one hand this represents globalisation. On the other hand it means standardization.

General Information

Congress Site
The Congress will be held at The Danish University of Education. The University is situated in the northern part of Copenhagen, next to the S train station Emdrup.

Congress Language
The official languages of the Congress are the Nordic languages and English. The Plenary sessions are in English. Parallel sessions and symposia can also be in the Nordic languages. No interpretation will be provided.

Programme and Registration

The Second Announcement will give further information about the Call for abstracts and the Preliminary Programme. It will also include a Congress Registration Form, which will be available via the Congress web site as well. The mailing shall be in September 2007.If you are interested in receiving further information about the Congress, please send your name and address to the Congress Secretariat:

CMS
Conference and Meeting Services
Kongensvej 21
DK-2000 Frederiksberg
Denmark

Telephone: +45 3833 8813
Fax: +45 3833 8713

E-mail:
NFPF2008@CMSCongress.com
or
NERA2008@CMSCongress.com

Congress website: www.cmscongress.com/nera2008/start.htm

Important Dates

• The 2nd Announcement and Registration Form will be mailed September 2007
• Deadline for Pre-registration at low fee: November 15, 2007
• Deadline for submission of abstracts December 1, 2007
• Deadline for Registration January 31, 2008
• Congress Days March 6 – 8, 2008

Download folder

You can download a folder with all this information here:

• First Announcement and Call for Papers (pdf - 612 KB)