The affairs of the Society are managed by an Executive Committee, appointed by the members at the AGM. PESA rules allow for some functions to be delegated to one of more sub-Executive Committees, currently noted as ‘Portfolios’ and listed below.
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PresidentMarek Tesar The University of Auckland, New Zealand Dr Marek Tesar is an Associate Professor and the Associate Dean International at the Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Auckland. He is Editor-in-Chief of Policy Futures in Education (SAGE), Deputy Editor of PESA’s flagship and leading academic journal in the field, Educational Philosophy and Theory (T&F), and Deputy Editor of another of PESA’s journals, Access: Contemporary Issues in Education. He also serves as one of the Editors on Educational Philosophy and Theory: Editor’s Choice (T&F) and New Directions in the Philosophy of Education (Routledge). His research is focused on philosophical methods, childhood studies and early childhood education, with expertise in the philosophy of education and philosophical thinking around ontologies and the ethics of researching these notions. https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/m-tesar PESA Portfolios – Society Rules, Archive and Doctoral Scholarships Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |
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Vice-PresidentSonja Arndt Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/857664-sonja-arndt PESA Portfolios – Editorial Development Group |
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SecretaryAndrew Madjar The University of Auckland, New Zealand https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/a-madjar Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. PESA Portfolios – Postgraduate Representative |
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TreasurerRachel Buchanan The University of Newcastle, Australia https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/rachel-buchanan PESA Portfolios – Postgraduates, PESA Website, Social Media, |
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Immediate Past PresidentLiz Jackson The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong https://repository.eduhk.hk/en/persons/liz-jackson PESA Portfolios – PESA publicity; Conferences; Social Media |
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PESA Agora Editor/ManagerTina Besley Distinguished Professor, Beijing Normal University, PRC China / Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Auckland https://fe.bnu.edu.cn/t002-ti-1-351-23.htm PESA Portfolios – Research Grants, Conference/Symposia/Seminar Grants, PESAAgora |
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Editor-in-Chief, Educational Philosophy and TheoryMichael A. Peters, FRSNZ Beijing Normal University, China / Emeritus Professor, University of Illinois' /Senior Research Fellow (Hon)Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Auckland http://michaeladrianpeters.com/ Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. PESA Portfolios - EPAT, Archives |
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Bernadette Farrell University of Canterbury, New Zealand https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/education-and-health/contact-us/people/bernadette-farrell.html
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Daniella Forster The University of Newcastle, Australia https://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/daniella-forster
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Ruyu Hung National Chiayi University, Taiwan http://web.ncyu.edu.tw/~hungruyu/ Contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. PESA Portfolios – Membership, Book Awards, Editorial Development Group, |
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Carl Mika The University of Waikato, New Zealand |
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Taylor Webb |
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PESA Portfolios outside Executive |
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Indigenous Philosophy Group - Carl Mika |
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Doctoral Scholarships - John Ozolins, Tina Besley, Sonja Arndt, Marek Tesar |
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