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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · 10d

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · 10d

Call for Papers 📣

ESAI Conference 2026 #esai2026 will take place from 28-30 May in the University of Galway @universityofgalway.bsky.social

The conference marks the 50th anniversary of the ‘Meeting of Scholars’. #CfP closes on 29th November! All details on our website: esai.ie/esai-confere...

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · 10d

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ESAI Conference 2026 – ESAI: Educational Studies Association of Ireland CLG

Almost fifty years ago, a group of innovative educators in Ireland convened a ‘Meeting of Scholars’ in Galway to discuss, explore and interrogate ideas about education and research in education. At the conference in 2026, ESAI will celebrate that initial meeting in the University of Galway and we invite submissions from Irish and international educational scholars, from across all academic disciplines in education.

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · May 4

We are delighted to have the opportunity to rejoin @weraedresearch.bsky.social and look forward to future collaboration! #edchatie

Joe O'Hara @joeoharadcu.bsky.social · Apr 28

Amazing energy at the @weraedresearch.bsky.social Council meeting in Denver, with over 30 member associations & institutions exploring global educational research. Delighted that the @esai-irl.bsky.social has rejoined, bringing the unique perspective of Irish scholarship to our community. #edchatie

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Picture of current President of the Educationa Studies Association of Ireland, Dr Mairin Glenn.

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Joe O'Hara @joeoharadcu.bsky.social · Apr 28

Amazing energy at the @weraedresearch.bsky.social Council meeting in Denver, with over 30 member associations & institutions exploring global educational research. Delighted that the @esai-irl.bsky.social has rejoined, bringing the unique perspective of Irish scholarship to our community. #edchatie

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Máirín Glenn @mairinglenn.bsky.social · Apr 28

What an honour and delight to be at the @weraedresearch.bsky.social Council meeting today representing @esai-irl.bsky.social!

Joe O'Hara @joeoharadcu.bsky.social · Apr 28

Amazing energy at the @weraedresearch.bsky.social Council meeting in Denver, with over 30 member associations & institutions exploring global educational research. Delighted that the @esai-irl.bsky.social has rejoined, bringing the unique perspective of Irish scholarship to our community. #edchatie

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 25

Dr Aimie Brennan @marinoinstitute.bsky.social summarises key messages to bridge the gap between research & practice #AERA2025:

1. Respecting teachers’ expertise & removing hierarchies.
2. Making research accessible via alternative outputs.
3. Approaching research as dialogue rather than output.

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 25

Dr Máirín Glenn @mairinglenn.bsky.social
explored the concept of teacher-as-researcher and the work of @infoneari.bsky.social in supporting teachers to engage in research on their own practice #aera2025

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 25

Dr Aideen Hunter & Dr Shauna McGill @ulsteruni.bsky.social discussed how the Hypatia project addresses numeracy education in FE programmes in NI. #aera2025

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 25

Prof Tony Hall @uniofgalway.bsky.social spoke about designing a national digital platform (TREX) for teacher professional learning #AERA2025

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 25

Congratulations to colleagues flying the #ESAI flag at #AERA2025 in Denver.

Our symposium took place this morning entitled ‘Innovative approaches to teacher professional development across the island of Ireland’

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Irish Educational Studies @iesjournal.bsky.social · Apr 14

Wonderful to be part of another annual meeting of @esai-irl.bsky.social last week!

Highlights included IES updates from our General Editor, Prof. Audrey Bryan, as well as the IES/Taylor & Francis conference reception 🥂 Until next year! #esai25

IES updates, given by Prof Audrey Bryan.

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Ciarán Collins @ciarancollins.bsky.social · Apr 17

Still mulling over the rich learning at #ESAI2025 in beautiful Athlone @esai-irl.bsky.social. This year, I had the pleasure of partaking in a fascinating roundtable discussion where attendees and presenters shared valuable insights on points of common interest. Thank you to the organisers

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 12

Dr Máirín Glenn brings conference 2025 to a close, thanking all presenters, chairs, speakers and attendees who helped to make #esai25 a success.

We hope to welcome everyone back to ESAI 2026 in Galway #esai26 on 28th to 30th of May. #SaveTheDate

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Sandra Ryan 🇵🇸🇺🇦 @sandra-ryan.bsky.social · Apr 12

Strong start to day 3 of #esai25 with two excellent papers from @miceducationfac.bsky.social MIC colleagues @ruthbourke.bsky.social Áine Lyne and @maeveliston.bsky.social

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Rhody-Ann Thorpe, PhD @rhodyannthorpe.com · Apr 12

Had an amazing time at The 2025 Edition of the ESAI Annual Conference @esai-irl.bsky.social in Athlone, Ireland. Very pleased to have presented my PhD Research in front of a very engaging audience. #esai25

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School of Human Development, DCU Institute of Education @schoolhumandev.bsky.social · Apr 12

📣Well done to our current & recently graduated doctoral students Isabel Machado Da Silva, Dr Maggie Green & Dr Ursula Murphy, who did us proud as #esai25!👏 @esai-irl.bsky.social

Huge congrats to Maggie who won the ESAI ECR Award & to Ursula who received a special commendation!👏

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Declan Fahie @declanfahie.bsky.social · Apr 12

It was such a pleasure to Chair this panel discussion. #esai25

ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 12

Sincere thanks to our panelists for sharing their personal journeys. We were honoured to have each of them contribute to the panel discussion “towards a more enlightened future” #esai25

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 12

Dr Máirín Glenn brings conference 2025 to a close, thanking all presenters, chairs, speakers and attendees who helped to make #esai25 a success.

We hope to welcome everyone back to ESAI 2026 in Galway #esai26 on 28th to 30th of May. #SaveTheDate

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 12

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Ursula Murphy for her paper “An analysis of Junior Cycle English teachers’ understandings & experiences of intercultural education using a critical literacy framework” supervised by Prof Audrey Bryan and Dr Jones Irwin @dcuioe.bsky.social

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 12

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The ECR panel also commended:
Dr Alan Sheehan for his paper on “The Assessment Machine-A Foucauldian Analysis of Pupils’ Perspectives of the Assessment Process” supervised by Prof Kathy Hall @UCC… and

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 12

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ECR Award winner, Maggie Green submitted an outstanding paper entitled “The Paradox of Visibility: The Educational Experiences of Autistic Trans and Nonbinary Students in the Republic of Ireland”.

This work was supervised by Neil Kenny & Anne Marie Kavanagh @dcuioe.bsky.social

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 12

Final session of the day, @aimiebrennan.bsky.social announces the winner of the ESAI ECR Award 2025!

CONGRATULATIONS to Maggie Green, EdD student @dcuioe.bsky.social for her thoughtful & excellently researched paper 🎉

Thanks to ECR review panel: Aimie Brennan, Elizabeth Oldham and Audrey Bryan

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ESAI @esai-irl.bsky.social · Apr 12

Sincere thanks to our panelists for sharing their personal journeys. We were honoured to have each of them contribute to the panel discussion “towards a more enlightened future” #esai25

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Education Matters @edmatters4all.bsky.social · Apr 11

Absorbing presentation from Sabrina @sfitzsimons2 & Elaine @ppdcuioe on Challenge-Based Learning. #esai25 @esai_irl

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