24-26 November 2026 European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL). Theme: The craft of collaborative construction of understanding. Venue: Cork
5 – 7 November 2026 CARN 2026 Annual Conference Theme: Towards a Just and Humane Society Venue: University of Humanistic Studies & the University of Applied Sciences in Utrecht, the Netherlands
25-26 June 2026 14th annual International Action Research Colloquium. Theme: Responsible Action Research Venue: Maynooth University (Queries to ActionResearchColloquium@mu.ie)

28-30 May 2026 Educational Studies Association of Ireland Conference. Theme: From Legacy to Futures: Celebrating ESAI’s First Meeting of Scholars and 50 Years of Irish Educational Research. Venue: University of Galway. (Details at https://esai.ie/esai-conference-2026/).

26 March 2026 Spring NEARIMeet. Theme: Action Research for Communities of Scholarship and Practice. Venue: Online. Book your place on Eventbrite or by email to info@eari.ie.

18 November 2025 The First Annual Educational Research Summit Venue: Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin.

23 October 2025 Autumn NEARIMeet Theme: Teachers as Researchers Venue: Online. Book your place on Eventbrite.

13-15 November 2025 CARN 2025 Annual Conference Theme: Digitalisation, Social Justice and Transforming Societies: Taking education, health, social work and other practices forward. Venue: University of Klagenfurt, Austria
June 26/27, 2025 13th International Action Research Colloquium. Theme: Action Research for Learning and Education. Venue: Maynooth University

March 20, 2025 Spring NEARIMeet. Theme: Educational Action Research for Schools. Venue: Online. Book your place via Eventbrite

April 10- 12, 2025 Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI), Theme: Building bridges and making connections: education for hope and transformation Venue: Sheraton Hotel, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

October 5th, 2024 Autumn NEARIMeet, Theme: Venue: Marino Institute of Education, Dublin. Book your place via Eventbrite here
October 24-26, 2024 CARN 2024 conference, Theme: TBA, Venue: Malmö University in Sweden

April 4 – 6, 2024 Educational Studies Association of Ireland, Theme: Education for more just societies: the roles of imagination, innovation and collaboration, Venue: Maynooth University, Co. Kildare, Ireland.

March 9, 2024 Spring NEARIMeet, Theme: Ethics in the current landscape of practitioner research, Venue: Online. Book your place via Eventbrite here or by email to info@eari.ie.

February 1, 2024 Participatory Action Research – Feminist Trailblazers & Good Troublemakers Podcast PAR FEM Season 2, Episode 5 – February 1, 2024

Dr. Maggie O’Neill – Arts-based, Walking, Biographical Participatory Action Research with Sex Workers, Forced Migrants, and Marginalized Women click here to listen
September 13, 2023 Autumn NEARIMeet, Theme: Developing our Action Research Scholarship through First-, Second- and Third-Person Inquiry and Practice Venue: Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education in Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare or Online. Book your place via Eventbrite in person here or to attend online here or by email to info@eari.ie.

May 31, 2023 Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN) and the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA)Theme: A study day focused on Youth Participatory Action Research Venue: Online Free registration : https://tinyurl.com/CarnStudyDay
October 26 to 28, 2023 CARN 2023 Annual Conference. Theme: Research in the Real World: Reaching out to people and communities Venue: The Friends’ Meeting House, Manchester, United Kingdom

June 28 -9, 2023 11th annual International Action Research Colloquium. Theme: Action Research for a Sustainable Future Venue: Technological University Dublin

June 1-2, 2023 ARNA Virtual Conference. Theme: Theme: PAR! A Virtual Celebration of Diverse Methodological Approaches in Participatory Action Research. Venue: Online

May 6 -13, 2023 CARN Virtual Conference Online.

April 1, 2023 Spring NEARIMeet, In-person and online, Theme: Education, Change and Democratic societies: New imperatives and creative responses Venue: Stranmillis University College, Belfast. Book via Eventbrite

March 31 – April 1, 2023 Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Conference Theme: Education, Change and Democratic societies: New imperatives and creative responses Venue: Stranmillis University College, Belfast.

January 26, 2023 Winter NEARIMeet Theme: Reflections on Educational Action Research Venue: UCD, Belfield, Dublin and online. Book via Eventbrite


