• to promote, share, disseminate, and co-operate on quality research on mathematics education for all levels particularly in Australasia.
  

• to provide permanent means for sharing of research results and concerns among all members through regular publications and conferences;
  

• to seek means of implementing research findings at all decision levels to the teaching of mathematics and to the preparation of teachers of mathematics; and
  

• to maintain liaison with other organisations with similar interests in mathematics education or educational research.
  

MERGA has an annual conference and a regular schedule of publications. These include refereed conference proceedings, two journals, a four-year review of mathematics education research in Australasia, publications arising from Special Interest Groups, and some sponsored monographs. Paper and electronic newsletters are distributed to members, and there is a moderated list for discussion and announcements.

Individual and institutional memberships of MERGA are available to people interested in mathematics education, to tertiary institutions, and to libraries.