August AIESEP Newsletter

Hello AIESEP Friends,

As many scholars in the Northern Hemisphere are enjoying a brief respite over summer we wanted to send a quick newsletter to keep you up to speed with AIESEP. The board is looking forward to another year of specialist seminars, conferences, and on-line gatherings.

In the next 11 months, we will welcome the AIESEP family to Australia for a specialist seminar in December and another specialist seminar in February in Switzerland. In June, we will gather in Taipei Taiwan for the 2026 World Congress which includes not only a fantastic conference, but also the 2^nd annual PhD Summer School as well as elections for the board of directors. These in-person gatherings are complimented by on-line sessions of the AIESEP Connect which will start again in the fall. You can follow updates on our LinkedIn.

Here are some updates:

1. In December 2025 AIESEP will host a specialist seminar titled: “Body politics in and through movement” It will be held at Edith Cowan University, SW campus, Bunbury/Goomburrup country, Western Australia. The exact dates for the conference are December 8-10, 2025. The call for proposals is now open! You can submit abstracts for review here. The registration is open for this specialist seminar, and you can register here. The local organizing committee recently hosted an AIESEP Connect session that talks about body politics you can view the recording here.

2. The 2026 AIESEP World Congress will be held in Taipei, Taiwan. This joint bid from National Taiwan Normal University and the University of Melbourne, Australia is set to bring scholars from across the globe together June 15^th to 19^th, 2026. There is a dedicated conference website up http://www.2026aiesep.org/ and you can see some videos about where we are headed! The call for abstracts will open soon and abstracts will be due November 4^th, 2025.

3. AIESEP will host its second PhD summer school in Taipei which will be combined with the main conference. Applications are open now and there is a brief blog post about the summer school here. Applications will be due October 31^st. If you are a PhD student -or know of one- who will still be completing their studies at this time, please check out this great opportunity. Here is a link to the application. We will record a podcast with further details in September. Finally, stay tuned for some VERY exciting news about the future of the PhD Summer School!

4. The AIESEP 2027 conference has been awarded to Fontys University in Eindhoven, Netherlands! Some of you may have attended a specialist seminar there in 2018. The AIESEP board is working with Fontys to set the dates and times, but it will be held in the summer of 2027. More information to follow.

5. We are excited to announce an AIESEP Specialist Seminar in Lausanne, Switzerland February 5-6^th 2026. It will be hosted at the Haute École Pédagogique du Canton de Vaude! The theme for the specialist seminar is: Future Matters: Reimagining Physical Education for a Changing World. Mark your calendars now! More information and registration links will follow.

6. Bids are open to host the 2028 AIESEP Conference. These bids are due to Tristan Wallhead by January 31^st 2026. You can find the application form here.

7. AIESEP is on LinkedIn. You can find the most up to date postings on our LinkedIn profile as well as by following the AIESEP Blog.  LinkedIn is also the best place to find links to our AIESEP connect session registrations.

8. Make your AIESEP Member Profile: As an AIESEP member you can now create your own personal member profile! You can use it to connect with other members, read or post articles, blogs and recorded presentations, or maybe to provide updates on projects or look for that person during the last AIESEP conference who gave that inspiring paper. Make your AIESEP member profile NOW. Go to the Member’s Corner on the AIESEP website and click on Community or directly by clicking here.

9. AIESEP is now accepting donations to support future developing country scholars. We have created a page on the website that shares information about how to donate and how your donation makes a differencehttps://aiesep.org/donation/

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Sincerely,

Risto Marttinen

Secretary General AIESEP

Associate Professor

George Mason University

rmarttin@gmu.edu