A panel discussion: the European Educational Research Association’s role in Europe – now and in the near future

Abstract

The panel discussion at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) in September 2014: ‘EERA’s role in Europe – now and in the near future’ with the authors of this report, took as its point of departure the article ‘EERA: a participant or an agent in European research policy?’ (Moos and Wubbels, 2014). In this article, we stated that the European Educational Research Association (EERA) is an agent in the Europeanization and internalization process, working – intentionally or not and willingly or not – on harmonizing educational research internationally, all over Europe and in the European Union (EU). Furthermore, the EERA has been working on influencing research politics internationally, in Europe, in the EU and at the national levels for the past decade. The links between global development and local practices in universities and schools have become tighter over the past two or three decades through transnational agencies such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the EU. They are important players in the