The NICE Annual Research Symposium (2024)

The NICE annual Research Symposium aims to bring together Christian education scholars from around Australia and overseas to exchange scholarly research, insights and innovations, in order for our Christian education sector to flourish and grow. The 2024 research symposium will be a full-day, in-person event following the International Transforming Education Conference (ITEC), Nova Diem/A New Day, in Perth, WA.

The current education landscape is changing rapidly, presenting new complexities and challenges across education policy and practice, between generations and their changing social imaginaries, and across social and demographic divides. The 2024 Symposium, Educating for Hope in this Cultural Moment, presents an opportunity to consider how scholarship can explore and investigate the realities and challenges of this cultural moment, while attending to the source of our hope as the psalmist does:

Our symposium will bring together scholars and educators who are committed to advancing research on Christian education. We will explore three research areas key to current educational challenges, each through the lens of culture and hope.

Event Details:

Date: 18 July 2024

Time: 0900 – 1700 (AWST)

Venue: Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre

Contact: Julia.verdouw@nice.edu.au

Important dates in the submission process:
Call for abstracts, Registrations Open
15 Sept, 2023
Abstracts submitted electronically
Submission deadline
01 Mar, 2024
Receipt of abstract acknowledged by email
Acceptance notification
15 Mar, 2024
Applicants will be emailed directly
Program finalised by
30 April, 2024
Presenters will be emailed directly
Speaker Resources Pack
June, 2024 (TBA)
Research Symposium
18 July, 2024
Full day, 9.00 am to 5.00 pm (AWST)
Contact for further information
Julia Verdouw
julia.verdouw@nice.edu.au