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Why we must listen to migrant children: School belonging in a hostile environment
Across Europe, migration is increasingly politicised, creating challenging environments for migrants and their families. Thi Bogossian’s ethnographic research in a diverse English primary school reveals how education can act as an “oasis” of belonging for migrant children amid exclusionary politics.
The radical democratic imperative in educational policy research
This blog post is both inspired by, and intended as a rejoinder to, a symposium on educational policy research for which I acted as a discussant within the Curriculum Network during the ECER 2025 conference. The symposium: ‘Policy-Making for Plural Education Publics in Europe’, involved three quite diverse papers, which I must admit pressed me to conceptualise a coherence among them. Briefly, Lousie O’ Reilly and Majella Dempsey presented an analysis of the partnership model of curriculum-making in Ireland, charting both the overt and covert forces influencing a national curricular reform. Stavroula Philippou discussed the curriculum changes over time in home economics and health education...
Calling for AI-informed student activism in K-12 schools beyond learnification
Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming education worldwide, with governments, researchers, and students shaping its integration. Beyond policies and innovation, AI raises urgent questions of ethics, equity, and democracy—while offering opportunities to empower student leadership, amplify voices, and strengthen global collaboration.
Challenging the rise of transactional language in educational policy
Education reform deserves language that reflects its complexity. When policy borrows the vocabulary of markets and business, we risk reducing teaching to a transaction rather than a deeply human, transformative process.
Transformative learning in educational sustainability as collective resilience and resistance
In response to recent U.S. policy shifts that threaten equity and sustainability in higher education, Dr. Erin Redman reflects on transformative learning as a collective act of resilience and resistance.
We Are the Storytellers: Co-Creating Counternarratives with Black Caribbean Boys
Using multimodal and narrative methods, this research creates heterotopic spaces where young men reflect on race, justice, and belonging. It challenges dominant narratives while centring student voices as acts of resistance.
Making Sense of Data: AI-based NLP Tools for Education Research
While many educational researchers could benefit from the use of AI-based NLP tools for data analysis, what do they have to know about these tools, and how can they be used effectively and ethically?
Researching education in troubled times: Reflections ahead of ECER 2025 in Belgrade
As we look towards the upcoming ECER in Belgrade, Dr Philippe Gabriel reflects on the experience of being an educational researcher in times of change and upheaval.
Should genetics play a role in education?
With the advent of “educational genomics”, Dr Ben Williamson takes a closer look at the scientific networks that are conducting educational genomics research, the scientific claims they are making, and the methods and technologies that underpin their knowledge-making practices.
What European universities of applied science can learn from each other
European Universities of Applied Sciences are facing increading challenges. A research project investigates new paths for their strategic positioning, and how they can connect and learn from each other.
Why teacher educators stay – the power of PERMA in practice
The occupational wellbeing of all involved in education is important; however, the wellbeing of one cohort, higher-education-based Teacher Educators, is often overlooked. We take a closer look at how Seligman’s PERMA model can help – and how institutions can help.
How an ERC bursary opened the door to a transformative research experience
When I received the email confirming that I had been awarded an Emerging Researchers’ Conference (ERC) bursary, I became excited and, at the same time, slightly nervous. As a first-year PhD student in Educational Sciences, I was just beginning to look for my footing in the world of academic research. Indeed, the bursary provided me with the opportunity to attend the Emerging Researcher’s Conference (ERC) and the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) in August 2024 in Nicosia, Cyprus—an experience that would have been out of reach without this support.Why this experience matteredPresenting at a major international conference so early in my PhD journey was both empowering and...
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