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Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE) is dedicated to facilitating exchanges about work that challenges mainstream ideas regarding how young children learn and grow. In theory and in practice, RECE members question universal assumptions that mask the realities of local contexts and conditions.
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2026 RECE CONFERENCE: 

Ōtepoti Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand

The 32nd Annual RECE Conference will be held 20-24 November 2026.  

Registration is Open! Click here to register

Travel Scholarship Application: Click here for Form

Go to the 2026 RECE Conference - Ōtepoti Dunedin page for more information! 

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New Issue Published: International Critical Childhood Policy Studies (ICCPS) Journal 

Critical Issues Essays - Vol. 13 No. 1 (2026)

Announcing the first issue of 2026, featuring essays submitted for the Critical Issues section with introduction by Beth Blue Swadener. The issue includes eight essays that offer provocations through critical personal narratives. 

Access issue here: https://www.iccpsonlinejournal.org/index.php/childhoods/issue/view/38

Call Extended for Articles for Special Issue: International Critical Childhood Policy Studies (ICCPS) Journal 

Special Issue - How do we get to know moving with children? Co-edited by Shemine Gulamhusein (University of Victoria) and Nicole Land (Toronto Metropolitan University) 

This special issue of the International Critical Policy Studies Journal invites contributors to study, expand, and propose otherwise with the question how do we get to know movement with children? In particular, we are interested in thinking together about how we might attend to, craft, and sustain affirmative, responsive, and co-created relations, knowledges, and practices for moving with children.

Access full call and submission instructions here: https://www.iccpsonlinejournal.org/index.php/childhoods/announcement/view/29

Submissions accepted through August 28, 2026

Adjusted timeline: 

  • Editorial review and subsequent anonymized peer-review process (4 months)
  • Review decisions shared (December 22, 2026)
  • Revised manuscripts submitted (February 19, 2027)
  • Second editorial review and anonymized peer-re-review as needed (2 months)
  • Final acceptance decisions (April 2027)

  • Publication expected early summer 2027

Call for Essays (ongoing): NEW Critical Issues Section of the International Critical Childhood Policy Studies (ICCPS) Journal

Reflecting on the state of the world and impacts on young children, early childhood practitioners, researchers, and broader policy trends, now is the time to activate a section of the journal envisioned as a space for shorter opinion essays that address critical and time sensitive issues.

Authors are invited to submit short, blog-length (1,500-2,000 word) essays addressing issues directly affecting their work, children and programs they work with, and possibilities for positive change. Please see the full call and directions for submission for more information. 

RECE Graduate Student Writing Circle (ongoing - next up TBD)

Inviting recent postgraduate and graduate Students to connect and create a community in Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education (RECE). Please click here for more information on the Reconceptualizing Graduate Research Circle.

We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who has participated in our Reconceptualizing Graduate Research Circle (RGRC) in the past year. We are thrilled to have successfully organized multiple circles and have been overwhelmed with the positive response through numerous emails expressing interest. As we continue on this exciting global journey with RGRC please consider joining us!