EDU-LAB

European youth in education and in transition to the labour market

In progress

Details

EDU-LAB is a European research project focused on understanding and improving the pathways and transitions of young people (aged 15–30) in education and training (E&T) and their entry into the labour market. With an emphasis on equity and inclusion, the project examines participation, progression, and completion rates in secondary and tertiary education as well as vocational training. By analysing policies, investments, and systemic factors across the European Education Area, EDU-LAB aims to identify effective strategies to promote inclusion, reduce early school leaving, and boost work-based learning opportunities.
 

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Specific research objectives

  1. To develop a complex multi-perspective theoretical model of pathways and transitions of young people in GE and PVET and to employment.

  2. To develop a comprehensive assessment matrix to measure the efficiency and efficacy of policies and investments effectively and reliably at different levels of education governance and management.

  3. To conduct a secondary analysis of quantitative data in EEA countries (statistics and past surveys) and use its analytical outcomes to inform the research themes addressed by the model proposed in research objectives 1 and 2.

  4. To gain in-depth knowledge of young people’s views, experiences and expectations towards education, training, and early labour market pathways and transitions by conducting 12 qualitative case studies in 7 European countries.

  5. To synthesise the knowledge produced by EDU-LAB’s research programme and use it to elaborate practical recommendations and policy briefs targeted at specific groups of stakeholders at the local, national and international levels.

 

Research Team Leaders

Prof. Marina Timoteo – Principal investigator/Team leader
Dr. Dorel Manitiu – Deputy team leader

 

Project consortium

Economica Institute of Economic Research (Austria) – coordinator

University of Graz (Austria)

Tampere University (Finland)

University of Bamberg (Germany)

Evaluation Agency Baden-Württemberg (Germany)

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)

AlmaLaurea Interuniversity Consortium (Italy)

AAB College (Kosovo)

Maria Grzegorzewska University (Poland)

CeiED at the Lusófona University (Portugal)

Birmingham City University (United Kingdom)

 

Implementation period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2027

 

Funding
Horizon Europe Programme

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Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the authors only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. The European Union nor the European Research Executive Agency can be held responsible for them.