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Dear Collegues
We are honoured to host NERA's 38th Annual Congress, which will take place the 11-13 March, 2010 at Malmö University, the School of Teacher Education.
The five scholars we have invited as keynote speakers and/or participants of the panel discussion are all experts in the area of Citizenship Education.
A warm welcome to Malmö in March 2010!
On behalf of the Organising committee
Nanny Hartsmar, Chair
General Information
Organising Committee
- Nanny Hartsmar, Chair, Assistant Professor
- Bodil Liljefors-Persson, Associate Professor
- Claes Malmberg, Assistant Professor
- Inger Börjesson, Administration
- Bibi Eriksson, Administration
Congress Site
The Congress will be held at Orkanen (the Hurricane), Malmö University's new building that houses Teacher Education and the main library.
Congress language
The congress language is English. Abstracts are always in English. It is possible to present a paper in one of the Nordic languages but it must be clearly announced in the program. Presentations in the Nordic languages will be placed at the end of sessions.
Important Dates
September 2009 2nd announcement and call for papers will be mailed
- 2 November 2009 Deadline for submission of abstracts
- 15 November 2009 Deadline for pre-registration at reduced rate
- 31 January 2010 Deadline for registration
- 11-13 March 2010 Congress dates
Programme and Registration
Information regarding the conference will be updated and made available at: www.mah.se/NERAcongress2010
Congress Theme
Active citizenship in local, regional and global perspectives: Critical and interdisciplinary approaches.
NERA 2010 has a particular focus on active citizenship. Active citizenship and citizenship education have often been seen as having the potential to empower individuals, to both use opportunities to participate in public life at various levels, and to meet their civic obligations. The benefits of citizenship education and the development and exercise of active citizenship can thus be seen as the ability to consider differing perspectives and divergent values from individual to group level, from local to global level, and to take action on political and ethical decisions that are often controversial, concerning, for example, environmental issues and social justice.
How do people in various social and historical contexts define active citizenship and why? Who is participating in or being excluded from deciding on the definitions? In what ways do experiences of social and educational marginalisation or exclusion have an affect on the practise of active citizenship? We welcome educational research from different disciplines, giving perspectives on active citizenship and related topics such as diversity, ethnicity, environmental issues, identity issues, intercultural issues etc.
Invited Keynotes Speakers
- Tomas Englund, Professor of Education at Örebro University, Sweden.
- Victoria Wyszynski Thoresen, Associate Professor of Education at the Hedmark University College, Norway
- Bjarne Bruun Jensen, Professor and Programme Director in the Department of Curriculum Research at the Danish School of Education, University of Aarhus, Denmark
- Carole Hahn, Professor of Comparative Education and Social Studies Education, Division of Educational Studies Emory University, Atlanta, USA.
Invited Panel
- Lennart Olausson, Moderator, Professor, Vice-Chancellor at Malmö University
- Professor Alistair Ross, Professor of Education at London Metropolitan University
- Tomas Englund, Professor
- Victoria Wyszynski Thoresen, Associate professor
In this short article from Educational Researcher you can read about the work on establishing a 'World Education Research Association' (WERA). NERA is represented by Moira von Wrigt and Lejf Moos in this preliminary work: Education Research Representatives Resolve in Principle to Establish a World Education Research Association (pdf)
Nordisk förening för pedagogiska forskning (NFPF)
Annual Meeting 2008
Friday March 7, 16.45-17.45 in D169
- Election of chairperson for the meeting
- Election of secretary for the meeting
- Election of two members to check the minutes
- Approval of the meeting agenda
- Annual Reports for 2007:
- The Board's report
- Auditor's report
- Editor's report
- Closing the books 2007
- Acceptance of the work of the Board 2007
- Plans for 2008
- The Board's plan
- Editor's plan
- Budget for 2008 and member fees for 2009
- Election of Board, president and deputy members (Proposal of the election committee)
- Election of auditors and deputy (Proposal of the election committee)
- Election of members of the election committee (Proposal of the election committee)
- Any other Business
- Closing of the meeting
"From Teaching to Learning?", Göteborg
Main Conference: 10 - 12 September 2008
Pre-conference for Postgraduates and Young Researchers: 8 - 9 September 2008
Please find the Call for Proposals at the conference website www.ecer2008.eu
Submissions are to be handed in online via www.conftool.com/ecer2008. The new submission deadline is 20 February 2008.
EERA looks forward to receiving your proposals.
Lejf Moos, President NERA
The new goal-orientation of research strategiesThe School of Education at the University of Aarhus
Copenhagen
March 6-8, 2008
Is educational research in the Nordic countries being swallowed up
by transnational goal-oriented economy discourses?
Dear Collegue
On behalf of the organising committee it is with great pleasure that I invite you to participate in the 36th Congress of Nordic Educational Research Association. It will be held on March 6 – 8, 2008, in Copenhagen. The School of Education at the University of Aarhus will host the Congress at its campus, which is located in Copenhagen.The inspiring academic programme will offer you up-to-date inputs around the conference theme, which I am 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 my great pleasure to welcome you to Copenhagen in March 2008.
John Krejsler
On behalf of the Organising Committee
For more information please go to: www.cmscongress.com/nera2008/start.htm
The new goal-orientation of research strategiesThe Danish University of Education
Copenhagen
March 6-8, 2008
Is educational research in the Nordic countries being swallowed up
by transnational goal-oriented economy discourses?
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 EducationMembers:
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 SiteThe 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)
NFPF/NERA's Annual Meeting Friday March 15, 15-16.
For more information, please look here: www.ped.gu.se/biorn/nfpf/annual_meetings/turku_07/annual_meeting.html