Research Networks and Collaborations

Educational Futures Seminar Series
The ESRC Educational Futures Seminar Series aims to explore how futures-oriented education research can contribute to the UK education system’s capacity to engage with the challenges of the 21st century. Further information can be found at http://edfuturesresearch.org

Childhood Seminar Series Alternative Discourses of Childhood

  • Seminar 1 - (De)territorialising the field - the focus and impact of government policy, educational research and practice. Held on 23rd June 2011 at Manchester Metropolitan University
  • Seminar 2 - Entangling the issues - theorising the condition of the child today. Held on 21st October 2011 at Birbeck College London.
  • Seminar 3 - Historical legacies: interdisciplinary concepts of objects, personhood and identity. Held on 18th January 2012 at The V & A Museum of Childhood.
  • Seminar 4 - Interdisciplinary ethical challenges - the 'state' of the society and world in which children are growing up. Held on 29th March 2012 at the University of Sheffield.
  • Seminar 5 - The Other Child: exploring the strangeness of infancy and early years. To be held on 23rd May 2012 at Salford University.

Summer Institute in Qualitative Research: Putting Theory to Work
18th to the 22nd July 2011
The second international Summer Institute in Qualitative Research was held last summer. The first international Summer Institute provided the opportunity to learn about current trends in theory and methodology, in dialogue with leading theorists.

Mathematics Education and Contemporary Theory
17th-19th July 2011
This conference explored the frontiers and possible futures of mathematics education through considering how theoretical resources enable alternative possibilities.

Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN)

International Centres for Applied Research in Education (ICARE)

Objects, Spaces and Learning International Symposium
A Symposium presented by ESRI, Manchester Metropolitan University and CREFI, Deakin University.
Wednesday 9 November 2011
The symposium brought together a group of international researchers working in contemporary ways with, and amidst, objects, spaces and learning. Each presenter offered their work through provocations intended to invite the audience into conversations.