EECERA Narratives #4 – Tracy McElheron

By Tracy McElheron Maynooth University, Ireland EECERA Narrative – How we grow together   I think I need to provide some personal context to really convey the significance of attending EECERA 2025 for me this summer.  Without turning this into an online CV, it’s important to state that I have been in practice, working directly…

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EECERA Narratives #3: Valerie Sollars

By Valerie Sollars- University of Malta, Malta* 1998: My initial encounter with EECERA. I found myself attending the EECERA conference in Santiago de Compostela. Although relatively close to Malta, it took three flights and twelve hours to reach Santiago de Compostela – from noon to midnight for the outbound journey and 6 a.m. to 6…

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EECERA Narratives #2: Gerry Mulhearn

By Gerry Mulhearn- Charles Sturt University, Australia Membership of EECERA for over twenty years has been a major influence both professionally and personally for me. Many aspects of  EECERA  have contributed – the journal, SIGs, and identifying mutual interests and contexts, but most of all attending many annual conferences. Living in Australia and working in…

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EECERA Narratives #1 – Michel Vandenbroeck

By Michel Vandenbroeck– Emeritus Professor, Ghent University, Belgium Michel presenting at EECERA 2017 in Bologna. In 1986, I started to work at the Centre for Innovation in Early Childhood (VBJK) in Belgium. The center emerged from a collaboration between the universities of Ghent, Brussels and Louvain and was situated in the Ghent University. Our main…

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Guest Post: Introducing the EECERA Narratives Blog Series

Any views expressed in this post are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official stance of their affiliated institution or EECERA. ECCERA Narratives – How we grow together By Irene Gunning- EECERA Board of Trustees We’re launching a new EECERA blog, and we’d love you to be part of it.  As…

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