How to Join EERA

Existing National or Regional Associations of Educational Research who wish to join the EERA are invited to contact the EERA President (or the Council Member responsible for advising associations on membership). Only general educational research association will be considered as members.
A general educational research association is defined as an association which addresses the broad field of educational research drawing on multiple forms of enquiry.

A full application for membership will include:

• a letter of motivation for bringing forward the application
• a copy of the constitution of the prospective member association (in English)
• information on membership eg criteria for membership, number of academic researchers, number of education professionals
• evidence of research activity eg details of Association research seminars, research funding and journal(s); list of research publications of office holders
• list of contacts like President, Treasurer, Office Staff and the nominated contact person for EERA/future representative of the Association in the EERA Council plus their period of office
• web address of the Association
• a 5 - 10 line paragraph on the Association for inclusion on the EERA website.

The EERA Council will assign a “reviewer” from a neighbouring association represented in EERA council to comment on the application.
The Applicants will have the opportunity to present their case to the EERA council meeting after the ECER conference. While Council welcomes if associations follow the invitation to present to Council it is not seen as pre-requisite for accepting a membership application.

If a country has no national association of general educational research so far, institutions (i.e. University with education department) may be accepted as candidate members as well. Such institutions will need to demonstrate how they plan to build up an association of educational research. EERA will provide support for researchers who wish to build up a new association in educational research.  

Once an Association for educational research of that country becomes member, membership of the corporate person representing the “candidate membership” ceases. A ‘candidate member’ can be exempted from the duty to pay membership dues for a period of up to four years; the full particulars are decided by the EERA Council.