Alternative Education
The Alternative Education SIG takes the broadest approach to ‘alternative’ that we can. We are interested in all forms of out of school educational provision and with ‘alternative’...
Special Interest Groups
SIG activities and events take place across the UK and members can be involved by attending SIG meetings and events or through participation in the SIG online communities.
The current SIGs are listed below. You can find out more details, including the names of the SIG convenors, by clicking on these links.
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Artificial and Human Intelligence
Over the last 30 years, the academic study of intelligence has been in a process of decline, but recently this has changed dramatically. The main catalyst for this change has been the growth of...
Arts Based Educational Research
Arts Based Educational Research (ABER) uses ideas, methods, techniques, and processes from the arts to help understand and improve education.
BERA Teacher Network
The BERA Teacher Network is an inclusive community of educators from early years, primary, and secondary schools and further, adult and vocational education in the UK. The network serves as a...
British Curriculum Forum
The British Curriculum Forum aims to bring together all those with an interest in collaborative curriculum, research and development. Through events, awards and grants, the BCF supports...
Careers and Employability
The Careers and Employability SIG serves to connect and foster networking opportunities and research collaborations across educational sectors. The SIG was created to supported collaboration and...
Children and Childhoods
The aim of Children and Childhoods SIG is to explicate, develop, and enhance understandings of children and young people and their childhoods. This includes: how childhoods are shaped socially,...
Comparative and International Education
Exploring and promoting an international and comparative approach to education
Creativities in Education
Exploring and promoting creativity in education
Curriculum, Assessment and Pedagogy
To encourage and support research and other scholarly activity in the inter-related areas of curriculum, assessment and pedagogy across the 4 nations of the UK and internationally.
Digital Education
The purpose of the Digital Education SIG is to provide a meeting place for BERA members interested in the application and impact of new technologies in education across both curricular and...
Early Career Researcher Network
The BERA Early Career Researcher (ECR) Network aims to offer support to those who are in the process of completing their masters or doctorate in education, as well as those who have completed...
Early Childhood Education and Care
Shaping Futures, Illuminating Possibilities: Advancing Early Childhood Education and Care through Research and Practice
Education for Environmental Sustainability
A forum for academics, practitioners and policy makers to engage critically with the nature and purpose of EfES including curriculum, pedagogies, practice and policy.
Educational Effectiveness and Improvement
Providing a forum for sharing, developing and disseminating research that explores, informs and improves outcomes in education.
Educational Leadership
A meeting place for the critical exploration of educational leadership – research, policy and practice - in the pursuit of social justice.
Educational Research and Educational Policy-Making
This SIG is interested in the relationship between research and policy in education
English in Education
The English in Education SIG is a forum for researchers to investigate what is a broad and complex area of knowledge: our starting point is the school subject of English, but we embrace many...
Higher Education
All things higher education research, policy, and practice.
History
A home for those who are passionate about diverse areas of research in history and sharing this with scholars and practitioners within and beyond their community.
Inclusive Education
The Inclusive Education SIG provides a forum for critical discussion about all aspects of Inclusive education. Our concerns are with the substantive, methodological and ethical aspects of research...
Independent Researchers’ Forum
The BERA Independent Researchers' forum is designed to support anyone in the field of educational research who is operating outside of academic institutions. The role of the Forum includes...
Literacy and Language
Supporting the development of languages and literacies in a multilingual world
Mathematics Education
An inclusive community for conversations about mathematics education research
Mental Health, Wellbeing and Education
Working together for a whole-education approach to mental health and wellbeing
Nature, Outdoor Learning and Play
The aim of this SIG is to provide a focus for the wealth of outdoor learning research taking place in the UK, and beyond. We aim for this SIG to work closely with existing SIGs and to encourage...
Neurodivergent Researchers Network
The BERA Neurodivergent Researchers Network is a new initiative launched by the British Educational Research Association (BERA). The network is intended to provide a platform for neurodivergent...
Philosophy of Education
The Philosophy of Education SIG supports the development and dissemination of philosophical research in education and its interdisciplinary links.
Physical Education and Sports Pedagogy
Supporting practitioners to enhance experiences for children and young people in a range of school, community and family settings.
Post-Compulsory and Lifelong Learning
The sector of post-compulsory education and lifelong learning is a wide and diverse one, covering areas such as the study of 14-19 education and training, further and higher education, adult...
Practitioner Research
Embracing the diversity of practitioner researchers
Race, Ethnicity and Education
The Race, Ethnicity and Education Special Interest Group challenges systems of oppression that demean and threaten to erase educators and learners of Global South heritage, through discussion and...
Religions, Values and Education
Building Bridges of Faith and Values: Cultivating Religious and Moral Education for All
Research Methodologies
Exploring research methodology to provide ethical, evidence-based research for implementation in educational contexts
Sexualities and Gender
The Sexualities & Gender SIG provides a forum to critically engage with how gender and sexuality research matters in the inter-disciplinary field of education and how this research can inform...
Social Justice
The Social Justice SIG promotes dialogue on educational policies and practices at all levels in terms of supporting or inhibiting social justice.
Social Theory and Education
The Social Theory and Education SIG aims to support and develop theoretically informed educational research.
Socio-Cultural and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
Fostering Insight and Innovation in Socio-Cultural and Cultural-Historical Activity Theory
STEAM Education Research
Promoting rich learning in and across the sciences, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics
Teacher Education and Development
This SIG covers research in initial teacher education, continuing professional development and teachers’ careers.
Youth Studies and Informal Education
The special interest of the SIG is in research and scholarship relating to theory, policy and practice issues in Youth Studies and Youth and Community Work. These include: youth transitions and...
