European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction

The main goal of the SIGs is to improve communication between researchers active in a similar field.

EARLI's sister organisation EAPRIL was formally founded in 2009 to "make practice and research in lifelong learning interact, collaborate and benefit from each other's strength.

European professors in the field of learning and instruction, including Heinz Mandl, Erik De Corte, Erno Lehtinen, Neville Bennett, Pierro Boscolo and Roger Säljö, met often at the meetings of the American Educational Research Association which is where the first foundations for a European association were laid.

Some 140 researchers attended the first EARLI conference, including scientists such as Dick Snow, Robert Glaser, Lauren Resnick and Bill Mc Keachie.

Previous EARLI Presidents include notable researchers such as Stella Vosniadou[5] (1995–97), Monique Boekaerts[6] (1999–2001) and Roger Säljö (2005 - 2007).