Past, present and future of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) and European Conference on Educational Research: Roundtable with former EERA presidents and secretary generals about the significance of the EERA and its future

Abstract

Participants in this roundtable were Prof. Sverker Lindblad, President (1999–2001), Prof. Ingrid Gogolin, President (2004–2009), Prof. Martin Lawn, Secretary General (1999–2001), Prof. Lisbeth Lundal, Secretary General (2006–2008) and Marit Honerod Hoveid (Current Secretary General), who acted as chair. In this roundtable some aspects of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) as an umbrella organisation for educational research in Europe were discussed. From the outset of the association in 1994 some of the following goals were outlined for the organisation: