Horizon Europe MapIE project

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MapIE - Mapping of Longitudinal data of Inequalities in Education is a 4-year Horizon Europe project coordinated by the Tampere University’s Research Centre for Education, Assessment and Learning (REAL). The research consortium consists of internationally acknowledged experts in large-scale educational assessment research from Centre for Educational Assessment at the University of Helsinki, Finnish Educational Evaluation Centre, Centre for Educational Measurement at the University of Oslo, University of Gothenburg, Goethe University of Frankfurt and University of Szeged.

The MapIE project aims at identifying and analysing longitudinal data both to understand how inequalities develop in different educational contexts and particularly to identify effective mechanisms and interventions to close achievement gaps. We aim at understanding how educational inequalities develop as an interplay of pupil-level predictors and the features of the local, regional and national policies and practices. MapIE focuses on the contextual differences between the Nordic and Central European countries that have structurally different education systems and thereby varying approaches to tracking and school selection, which are considered central system-level factors contributing to school segregation.

The project has seven interrelated work packages:

WP1 Project management
WP2 Literature review
WP3 Framework for data mapping
WP4 Data mapping and data management
WP5 Effective interventions and policies
WP6 Framework for future longitudinal studies
WP7 Dissemination, exploitation, communication

The main research outputs of our project are a systematic literature review published both for scientific audiences and the wider public, an open metadata database containing descriptions of a wide range of European longitudinal datasets identified in data mapping with links to original data where applicable, and empirical analyses of the accessed data that are published in a large number of publications and dissemination events for both scientific audiences and educational policy makers as well as authorities, schools and the public media. Finally, we create a public framework for studying educational inequalities longitudinally in future studies, acknowledging the role of local contexts but aiming for comparability at the European level.

The project is funded through HORIZON-CL2-2023-TRANSFORMATIONS-01-06 (1.3.2024 – 29.2.2028). The total amount of EU funding is 2 699 644,75€. The project description can be read in the Cordis database in https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101132474. You can find the project website here.