Projects
POLIMIN – Politiche per minori e famiglie
POLIMIN supports the implementation of Italy’s National Plans on family, childhood, adolescence and the protection of minors by producing evidence on local policies, services…
COMPITI@CASA
The Covid-19 pandemic has deepened existing educational inequalities, disproportionately affecting children already at risk of social exclusion. The shift to distance learning widened the…
HOMER – How to Make College More Affordable
Public institutions use different measures to help low-income households cover the costs of their children’s post-secondary education. One such approach is the use of…
DUST - Distopie – Utopie – Spazi in Transizione
DUST addresses the critical issue of young people at risk of social marginalisation, who have lost the willingness to aspire and envision a better…
PUOI - Percorsi Opportunità Istruzione
In Italy, there are strong inequalities in the educational opportunities of boys and girls belonging to families with low incomes. Since the 1990s, in…
WILL-TO
Children growing up in families with low economic resources face a higher risk of not being able to achieve their educational goals or even…
Riesco - Resilience and savings for education in the post-Covid period
Numerous studies have highlighted that in Italy, as in other countries, the economic conditions of the family of origin significantly influence the likelihood of…
Study supporting the Impact assessment of an EU initiative introducing the European Disability Card
The study is being carried out by Ernst & Young (EY), Valdani, Vicari & Associati (VVA), Open Evidence and FBK-IRVAPP on behalf of the…
DATA2LEARN@EDU - Data-Driven Learning Organizations in the Education Domain
Despite some promising results in higher education, in other educational contexts learning analytics did not achieve the same level of adoption. Primary and secondary…
The impact of professional title gender declination in the legal profession
The impact of gender declination of the professional title in the legal profession: a case study among the professional orders in the Province of…
Monitoring Framework on effective coverage and adequacy of social protection – proposals for refining indicators
Over the last decades, European welfare states have gone through substantial changes to adapt to several structural changes, including population ageing, technological change and…
Arcipelago Educativo
Learning gaps between students from different social backgrounds emerge from the earliest years of schooling and can, if not countered, translate into real inequalities…
SENSES - Evaluation of an experiential school intervention to counter stereotypes towards persons with visual disabilities
According to a recent ISTAT report, there are more than 300,000 pupils with disabilities attending Italian schools. Their incidence stands at 3.6% of the…
WILL
Family wealth affects children's education. Wealth provides families with several advantages, ranging from being able to rely on secure resources to purchase extracurricular resources…
Reconciling paid work and family responsibilities: The role of “service vouchers” in the Province of Trento
“Buoni di Servizio” is a programme implemented by the Province of Trento, co-founded by the European Social Fund, which sets up a ‘service voucher’…
The longitudinal household survey on living condition in the Province of Trento
L’indagine sulle condizioni di vita delle famiglie trentine è uno studio panel prospettico articolato attualmente in 10 rilevazioni. Le rilevazioni sono state effettuate dall’Istituto…