World Education Research Association

WERA ORGANIZED AND SPONSORED SUBSTANTIVE SYMPOSIA, SESSIONS, CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, WORKSHOPS AND RELATED MEETINGS FOCUSED ON THE LATEST FINDING, ISSUES, AND TRENDS IN EDUCATION RESEARCH. IN NOVEMBER 2023 WERA CONVENED THE 2023 WERA FOCAL MEETING IN SINGAPORE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION OF SINGAPORE (ERAS). THE FOCAL MEETING BROUGHT TOGETHER RESEARCHERS, POLICY LEADERS, AND PRACTITIONERS FROM 49 COUNTRIES TO PARTICIPATE IN APPROXIMATELY 136 PROGRAM SESSIONS INCLUDING: PAPER SESSIONS (96), SYMPOSIA (17), POSTER SESSIONS (1), AS WELL AS OTHER PERTINENT SESSIONS (21) FOCUSED ON ADVANCING EDUCATION RESEARCH WORLDWIDE. IN 2023, WERA ALSO SPONSORED SYMPOSIA OR GAVE INVITED PLENARY ADDRESSES AT INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS IN SOUTH AFRICA, USA, SPAIN, GREECE AND BRAZIL. ALL OF THESE MEETINGS WERE HELD IN COOPERATION WITH AND AT THE SITE OF MEETINGS OF MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS OR RELEVANT ROLE PLAYER CITES. IN ADDITION, WERA PRESENTED NUMEROUS VIRTUAL WORLDWIDE WEBINAR PRESENTATIONS AND HOSTED ONLINE WRITING SEMINARS. EARLY CAREER SCHOLARS ARE ALSO SUPPORTED THROUGH THE WERA MENTORING PROGRAMME AND DOCTORAL AND EARLY CAREER (DEC) NETWORK. THE WERA VISITING RESEARCH AWARD, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE WERA INSTITUTIONAL MEMBER, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EVALUATION OF EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT (IEA) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG WAS ALSO AWARDED IN 2023. FURTHERMORE, WERA SUPPORTED 17 INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORKS (IRNS) INVOLVING MORE THAN 70 SCHOLARS. THE WERA TASK FORCE, GLOBAL CHALLENGES AND EDUCATION, CONTINUED WITH INNOVATIONS THAT ENABLE POSITIVE EDUCATION OUTCOMES DESPITE SEVERE ADVERSITY AND PRESENTED SYMPOSIA IN THIS REGARD. A NEW WERA TASK FORCE, ENTITLED GLOBAL RESEARCH IN EXTENDED EDUCATION, WAS ESTABLISHED WHICH ORIGINATED FROM THE SUCCESSFUL WORK OF A PREVIOUS WERA IRN.