We discussed how the EECERA conference had once again been a great experience, making new connections, deepening burgeoning ones and sharing the experience with trusted fellow PhD students. Each of the keynote speakers gave great food for thought.
I feed back on my first very positive meeting with the contact person in the English research county on the 12th September. We discussed potential research settings (and will meet again 18.10.16 to discuss progress). She proceeded to find one setting with a large number of 2YO and a couple of settings with just 2 and 6 children of this age group. I have started the data collection in the first research setting, and arranged to meet with the other two settings but they know we may only conduct informal conversations as opposed to the whole research process. The limiting factor being children of the right age group and number of parents willing or able to take part.
Frustratingly, I am still waiting to hear back from my contact person in Sweden, but I am not pursuing this at the moment as it may in fact be more interesting to pursue or develop my new contacts from EECERA Dublin; academics from Kiel in Germany. Although they work with older pre school children they are also beginning to work with younger children as well. They work specifically from a democratic and children’s rights perspective.
I am planning to go ahead with Finland early next year as planned
