Consortium
We are a transnational, interdisciplinary consortium with extensive experience conducting research in school settings and a long-standing commitment to understanding young people’s perspectives. Our team brings deep expertise in the sociocultural contexts and local conditions of the countries we work in. With strong networks across education, civil society, and policymaking, we translate research into action—shaping effective, relevant policies that meet real-world needs.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Dimokritos Kavadias
Professor, Principal Investigator / Coordinator
The main coordination of the G-EPIC project takes place at the VUB. The team is made up of members of the Political Science Department which brings together a broad spectrum of leading researchers in topics.
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Agnès Hubert
Senior Advisor / Coordinator
Gender 5+ is an independent feminist think tank based in Brussels which mission is to address women's rights issues. G5+ team will be responsible of developing a Communication, dissemination and exploitation plan aimed at making information about the project easy to find, accessible and targeted towards a wide and diverse audience.
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Gema García-Albacete
Associate Professor
The department of Social Sciences at the UC3M is strongly committed to interdisciplinary research and teaching at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, combining expertise in Political Sciences, Sociology, and Economic History.
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Christian Christrup Kjeldsen
Associate Professor, Deputy head of school (DPU) and director for research, Centre director The National Centre for School Research
The Danish School of Education (DPU), Aarhus University, is the hub of education and educational research in Denmark. It constitutes one of the largest education research environments in Europe.
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Simone Abendschön
Project partner, leader part & co-coordinator WP 2justu
The department of political science consists of nine professorships and belongs to the major ones of its kind in Germany. Research at our department is conducted by our professors and researchers who are working for individual as well as numerous external founded projects.
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Bryony Hoskins
Professor
The Faculty of Business and Law of the University of Roehampton form a friendly, inspired and diverse community of students and staff who believe that businesses and legal professionals should act with a social conscience - values embedded in our teaching and research.
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Irena Smetackova
PhD, Associate Professor, Head of department
The Faculty of Education, part of Charles University, focuses on educational and school psychology, developmental psychology, and cognitive psychology. Also, the research projects are orientated in these areas.
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