Work Plan
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The WP1’s Driving Force is uncovering strengths and challenges in higher education arena, at national and international level, through comparative and innovative research. The strategy envisaged for this work package consists in taking advantage of the HESPRI worldwide consortium to investigate higher education public policies problematics from 2000-onwards, within a comparative and innovative research framework with the aim of informing transformative and evidence-based educational policies and fostering culturally aware and sensitive transfers.
Najoua Mohib is a Professor in Education Sciences at at University of Strasbourg (France) and a researcher at the LISEC (Laboratoire interuniversitaire des sciences de l’éducation et de la communication). She is the director of the Master Program in Design, Education and Digital Technology. She coordinated several research and educational development international projects, published articles on topics of interest in French and international per-reviewed journals, and co-edited the volume La professionnalisation en débat: entre intentions et réalisations (Peter Lang, 2018) with Stéphane Guillon. Her research interests include comparative higher education policy, instructional design, transformational dynamics in education, and competency development. As part of the HESPRI Project, Najoua Nohib leads Work package 1 Challenges for Higher Education in the 21st century (CHEXXI).
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The WP2’s Driving Force is updating and adapting definitions of quality in higher education and producing a renewed, comprehensive set of methodologies and indicators for quality evaluation and assessment. The team conducting the research will (re)define and innovatively pilot and assess different criteria of quality in higher education, in order to be able to carve out benefits and risks, taking the path dependency into considerations. The innovative methodology and set of indicators for quality assessment and evaluation in higher education will be proposed for different levels of effectiveness and distinct dimensions of effectiveness (i.e., digitalisation, social equality and sustainability).
Edith Braun is Professor of Higher Education/ Techer Education at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen, Germany, and Vice Chairwoman of the German Association of Research in Higher Education. She leads several research and development projects in the field of study and teaching, with the perspective of preserving the strengths of the German higher education system while providing high-quality study opportunities for a changing composition of students and transformation of world. She studied psychology and earned a doctorate in education, and worked for years with sociologists. Her places of work have been at the Freie University of Berlin, DZHW in Hannover and INCHER in Kassel, as well as the Open University in the UK, and the University of Ottawa in Canada. In HESPRI she is taking responsibility as the chair of Work package 2 Evaluation and Assessment of Quality in Higher Education (ESSENCE).
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The WP3’s Driving Force is building consensus among academics and researchers, on the one hand, and policymakers, on the other hand, in order to embed interdisciplinarity in higher education policy. This WP will identify the framework for integrating the scientific associations, that will pilot a new communication methodology of research results relevant for policymakers and decision-makers in higher education. The WP will foster the engagement of relevant scientific groups in the higher policy debate and policymaking through a local meeting and discussion with higher education policymakers, exploring disciplinary and interdisciplinary vectors of communication, with the qualitative data analysis for subtle comparisons.
Dorina Roșca is a researcher whose work focuses on the economic, social, and political development of Eastern European countries. She is President of the Institut Européen d'Etudes du Développement (IEED), Paris, France, and Associate Researcher at Ladyss, UMR 7533 CNRS, France. Additionally, she has been honoured as a Fulbright Faculty Development Fellow. As part of the HESPRI Project, Dorina Rosca assumes the role of co-coordinator and leader of the Work package 3 Governing EducaTion: INterdisCIplinarity as a roadmap for lasTING and responsible policy (GET-INCITING), on behalf of IEED.
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The WP4’s driving Force is outlining a framework for evidence-based public policies in technology-enriched education and research, in order to effectively answer to the characteristics of industry profiles in the future, in an Open Science principles perspective. This WP embraces an innovative and interdisciplinary approach, and it is built around three main pillars, namely digitalisation, metaverse and open science, approached from three complementary angles: small-scale, interdisciplinary research initiatives, institutional (and inspirational) case-studies and systematic reviews and/or meta-analyses on technology-related effects in education, research and communicating research in universities, as evidence-based suggestions for policies in the field.
Nicoleta Laura Popa is Professor in Education Sciences at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iași (Romania), and her career and publications show a strong focus on educational innovation. Her recent work explores how technology shapes learning, particularly through digital citizenship, flipped approaches, and data-informed assessment. She recently co-authored a cross-national study exploring the factors that influence digital citizenship among higher education students. She is also engaged in transnational research projects promoting digital transformation and digital empowerment among educators at all education levels. She coordinates the HESPRI Project and leads Worck package 4 An Integrated FRAmework for a DIGitalised academia (INFRADIG)
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The main objectives of WP5 reflect the commitment to embrace cultural heterogeneity leading to improved policymaking in higher education. The specific objectives are to (i) promote HESPRI methodologies to the large public via a range of communication media, (ii) organise dissemination tours, and (iii) demonstrate the flexibility of HESPRI methodologies on local, regional and large scale. The WP will establish and implement the Plan for dissemination and exploitation including communication activities (the Dissemination Plan).
Sanda Caracentev is a lecturer in Anthropology (Communication and Transnationalism) specialising in transnational practices in migrant families and communication across borders. Her research interests are situated within migration studies and the anthropology of everyday life, focusing on connections people make despite physical distance, and the diverse communication channels used to keep in touch. At the American University of Moldova, she convenes the Communicating With Impact course and works as part of the team writing funding bids and coordinating projects. The team works on improving learning through digitisation through projects like LearnHigh, an immersive learning project funded by UNDP and delivered in partnership with IT industry specialists. In HESPRI, sheis the leader of the Work package 5 team in charge of Communication and Dissemination
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The WP6 addresses the management and coordination of the network. The WP aims to optimise the overall level of coordination and to manage the research activities and the secondments, guaranteeing a well-structured implementation. In addition to internal reporting procedures, internal communication, and overall monitoring, WP6 will develop and monitor the implementation of the Data Management Plan (DMP).