November 2025 Newsletter & Abstracts Extended to Nov 18th

Hello AIESEP Friends,

The deadline to submit abstracts for AIESEP 2026 has been extended to November 18^th! Below you will find some information about what’s happening with AIESEP.

You can follow all AIESEP updates on our LinkedIn, this is also where you can find AIESEP Connect event links.

Here are some updates:

1. The first three Keynotes for AIESEP 2026 have been announced. The keynote speakers are listed below, and each upcoming newsletter will highlight the bios and keynote topics.

Professor Tim Fletcher (Brock University, Canada)

Professor Amy Ha (The Education University of Hong Kong)

Professor Hsiao-Lan Chen (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)

2. The call for abstracts for the 2026 AIESEP World Congress Taipei, Taiwan is open. Abstracts are due November 18^th and the conference will run June 15^th to 19^th, 2026. The conference website is live https://2026aiesep.org/ and will continue being updated! You can submit symposium sessions here, and oral and poster presentations here. Abstracts are limited to 350 words and this page explains the structure they should be submitted in. Basic travel information can be found here, and visa information can be found here. We recorded a podcast about Taiwan with a student from NTNU, you can find the podcast here (episode 384 in Playing with Research in Health and Physical Education Podcast), and the companion blog, with hyperlinks to all the recommendations can be found here.

3. Want to host a pre-conference in Taipei? The call is open until Jan 31^st https://2026aiesep.org/page/23 The pre-conference will take place Monday June 15^th

4. Want to run for an AIESEP Board Position? Elections will take place at the World Congress in Taipei. The call for nominations will be launched in early 2026, but you can click here to see if you’re eligible.

5. AIESEP has opened the call for the Developing Country Scholar Award, and the Early Career Scholar Award (first three years post PhD completion). Both require a submission of an abstract to AIESEP 2026 as a first author and thus will be due when the abstracts close Nov 18^th.

6. AIESEP PhD summer school in Taipei. The summer school received 55 applications this year from 22 countries. The selection committee is hard at work making tough decisions in a very competitive pool of applicants. The future of AIESEP looks strong! The Spectrum Institute for Teaching and Learning (SITL) has sponsored the next 10-years of the PhD Summer School through a generous donation. Check out more about SITL on their website https://spectrumofteachingstyles.org/

7. The registration is still open for the Australia specialist seminar, and you can register here. You can find a detailed schedule and information on the keynotes here.

8. The AIESEP Specialist Seminar in Lausanne, Switzerland February 5-6^th 2026 has opened registration. The specialist seminar is limited to 60 people and 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. Here is a link to the website which has daily schedules and a registration link. Four UNESCO chairs will be present as special guests.

9. Save the date: The next AIESEP Connect session will be about the GOPE! Country Cards. It will take place on 21^stNovember at 1pm Lisbon time. There will not be a AIESEP Connect in December.

Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 313 095 275 592 40

Passcode: KS6sw3Vd

You can watch the last Connect about the new Primary PE SIG here or listen to the audio here.

10. An update from the Spectrum Institute: The Spectrum Institute for Teaching and Learning is now reopening applications for our Research Grant. Each year, we sponsor research in four funding categories focused on the theoretical constructs of the Spectrum of Teaching Styles. Studies may be conducted in any school subject-matter area (e.g., physical education, elementary classroom, secondary mathematics, etc.). The Research Grant amounts are $5,000, $15,000, and $25,000. The selection of the research grant recipients is a competitive process. For requirements and application process, visitorg. We look forward to awarding our next round of Research Grant Winners, and you could be one of them!

11. The AIESEP 2027 conference has released dates. The conference will run July 12-16^th, 2027 and will be hosted by Fontys University in Eindhoven, Netherlands! More information to follow.

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

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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 difference https://aiesep.org/donation/

Finally, as we build out our new website, emails and newsletters will come from info@aiesep.org so please add this to your “safe sender list” and check your filters for past messages. And, finally, if you’re still reading and enjoyed this newsletter, please consider sending this to a colleague and tell them about our association!

Sincerely,

Risto Marttinen

Secretary General AIESEP

Associate Professor

George Mason University

rmarttin@gmu.edu