PIONEERED - Pioneering Policies & Practices Tackling Educational Inequalities - FHSE

As a Horizon2020 project, PIONEERED is a consortium of 13 European universities mapping & studying pioneering policies and practices that undo inequalities.

The project at a glance

Start date:

01 Mar 2021
Duration in months:

36
Funding:

EU
Principal Investigator(s):

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hadjar

Dr. Juliette E Torabian

Dr Aigul Alieva (external)

Dr Solvejg Jobst (external)

Dr Andreas Erziger (external)

Prof. Dr Istvan Toth (external)

Dr Hanna Siarova (external)

Prof. Dr Emer Smyth (external)

Prof. Dr Irena Kogan (external)

Prof. Dr Sabine Bollig (external)

Prof. Dr Jan Skrobanek (external)

Prof. Dr Auli Toom (external)

Prof. Dr Susana Vasques (external)

About

Educational inequalities – i. e. systematic disadvantages and advantages in access to and uptake of education related to individual characteristics such as social background, gender, disability, or immigration history – remain deeply ingrained in European education systems. A profound reduction in educational inequalities implies raising the educational levels of individuals (from among disadvantaged groups) and the society as a whole, thus improving individual life chances and overall socio-economic and political sustainability of Europe.

To achieve this, the Research and Innovation Action PIONEERED project is devoted to study how to reverse the trend of educational inequalities across European Horizon 2020 Member States. Partners from nine countries – Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain and Switzerland – have been chosen on the basis of their expertise on the study topic and on educational systems across Europe and in the selected countries. Of particular interest is the contrast between the more inequality-prone countries of Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg and Switzerland with the less inequality-prone countries of Finland, Norway, Lithuania, Ireland and Spain.

The project is led by University of Luxembourg and is designed to provide research-informed policy measures and to identify pioneering policies and practices to enhance access to, uptake and completion of education both in formal and informal educational settings and at different stages of education.

PIONEERED’s recommendations will be tailored to different stakeholders (i. e. engaging both researchers, political stakeholders and end users) and formulated at different levels (i. e. national, regional policy level as well as institutional, classroom, and individual level) to meet their different needs.

Overall, the PIONEERED outcomes will contribute to the educational success of all students, and, in particular, of students from vulnerable groups who are perceived as being at risk of leaving school early, and future unemployment, while taking into account trajectories, intersectionalities and formal as well as informal education.

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