Educational inequalities are a growing concern across Europe. As societies undergo significant transformations, such as demographic shifts, economic changes, technological advancements, and increasing migration, ensuring equal access to quality education becomes more critical than ever. Due to these rapid changes, it is critical to look at educational inequalities across different educational contexts and models to understand how those contexts shape the development of inequalities and identify the existing mechanisms that help compensate for them.
This open seminar, organized as part of the Horizon Europe MapIE project by the Research Centre on Education, Assessment, and Learning (REAL, Tampere University), invites participants to explore how educational inequalities manifest in Central European and Nordic countries that fundamentally differ in their educational models.
The event will include an invited headline talk by Prof. Kajsa Yang Hansen and Senior Lecturer Victoria Rolfe (University of Gothenburg, Sweden), project presentations from the MapIE team and other related Horizon Europe projects on how they complement each other in addressing educational inequalities from different perspectives, and a panel discussion between leading international and national researchers in the field of educational assessment, representatives of the work life sector (Finnish teacher’s trade union OAJ), and policymakers from the Finland’s Ministry of Education and Culture. By bringing together different stakeholders and experts, this seminar aims to create a platform for dialogue and knowledge-sharing that bridges local and international perspectives.
Join us for a day full of insightful discussions!
Program:
9.00-9.30 Coffee & snacks
9.30-9.45 Opening words by the project's leader, Prof. Mari-Pauliina Vainikainen (Faculty of Education and Culture, TAU)
9.45-10.30 Headline talk by Prof. Kajsa Yang Hansen & Senior Lecturer Victoria Rolfe “Development of Educational Equity and School Segregation in Sweden” (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
10.30-10.45 Q&A
10.45-11.00 Publication of MapIE literature review (WP1)
11.00-12.00 Lunch at Tampere-talo (at own cost)
12:00 – 13:00 Project Presentations:
- MapIE project presentation
- Sister projects’ presentations - LINEup (Prof. Emmanuele Pavolini), LEARN (Prof. Risto Hotulainen), REVERS-ED (Dr. Garazi López de Aguileta), STRIDE (Prof. Lihong Huang)
- Summary of joint project contributions
13:00 – 13:45 Panel Discussion (Gyöngyvér Molnár, University of Szeged (Hungary); Tommi Karjalainen, Finland’s Ministry of Education; Niina Lahtinen, Finnish Teachers’ Trade Union OAJ; Assoc. Prof. Najat Ouakrim-Soivio, University of Jyväskylä; moderated by Prof. Mari-Pauliina Vainikainen)
13:45 – 14:00 Closing Remarks
14:00 Afternoon Coffee
Organiser
Research Centre for Education, Assessment and Learning, Faculty of Education and Culture, Tampere University https://www.researchreal.fi/
Further information
For inquiries, contact kateryna.zabolotna@tuni.fi.