Membership categories

Regular Member:

Individuals, who conduct research in „early childhood“ and who either have completed a) a doctorate or b) a Masters level education (or equivalent) and have at least 5 years of experience doing postgraduate research, can become regular members of the Society. Regular members are eligible to vote and can be elected into the Society’s committee (Membership fee: CHF 140 per calendar year)

Junior Member:

Individuals, who conduct research in „early childhood“, but do not have completed their doctorate, can become Junior Members. Junior Members are eligible to attend the Annual General Assembly, but are ineligible to vote and cannot be elected into the Society’s committee (Membership fee: CHF 40 per calendar year)

Associated Member:

Other interested individuals, who do not conduct research themselves (e.g. implementers, representatives of funding organizations etc.) have the option of becoming Associate Members of the Society. Associate Members are eligible to attend the Annual General Assembly, but are ineligible to vote and cannot be elected into the Society’s committee (Membership fee: CHF 140 per calendar year)

Membership Application

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• Are you a researcher in the field of early childhood?
• Do you want to be connected and part of a large interdisciplinary network?
• Do you want to be informed?
• Do you want to be visible?
• Do you want to have an impact?
• Do you want to support young scholars?

Membership fees

Full member                | 140 CHF

Junior member            | 40 CHF

Associated member    | 140 CHF

The description of the different membership categories can be found here. 

You can find information on the rights and responsibilities of individual society members in the statutes.