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Organisation
Education and Society
Research Group
Main organisation:Education, Culture and Society
Lifecycle:1 Aug 2011 → Today
Organisation profile:
The Laboratory for Education and Society (LES) conducts research on three issues in our contemporary society. They examine how modern technologies shape our reality (virtuality and digitization), which paradoxes evoke increasing pluralism (cohesion and pluralisation), and what it means that our society is characterized by competence development (competition and professionalisation).
Keywords:Education
Disciplines:Social work, Other sociology, Other anthropology
Current researchers
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- Orhan Agirdag (Member)
- Mieke Berghmans (Member)
- Tuba Bircan (Member)
- Eva Brattinga (Member)
- Graziela Dekeyser (Member)
Projects
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- Diversity, Digitalization & Discipline in EducationFrom9 Feb 2026 → TodayFunding: BOF - mobility
- Rewriting Family Narratives through Psychological Discourse: The Cultural and Political Construction of “Problematic Parenting” in Contemporary ChinaFrom1 Nov 2025 → TodayFunding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- ChatEQUITY PIL: An AI-panacea for educational inequalityFrom1 Oct 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Educational Inequalities and Generative AI: A Focus on Language DiversityFrom1 Sep 2025 → TodayFunding: HORIZON.1.1 - European Research Council (ERC)
- A comparative study of contemporary upper secondary school philosophy education in Western and Latin American countriesFrom1 Jan 2025 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Hoe de Schoolcontext bijdraagt aan Lage Etnische Vooroordelen onder de Volgende Generatie: Onderzoek naar de Gezamenlijke Rollen van Scholen, Leraren en Leerlingen.From29 Nov 2024 → 31 Oct 2025Funding: BOF - postdoctoral mandates
- Tackling the EthNic Gap IN higher EducationFrom1 Oct 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Tackling the EthNic Gap IN higher Education (ENGINE).From1 Oct 2024 → TodayFunding: FWO Strategic Basic Research (SBO)
- Tackling the EthNic Gap IN higher Education (ENGINE).From1 Oct 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
- Play and Ethics: An Interpretive Framework and Heuristic Model for Ethics EducationFrom16 Apr 2024 → TodayFunding: Own budget, for example: patrimony, inscription fees, gifts
Publications
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- Response to Alexis Gibbs' Review of Philosophical Presentations of Raising Children: The Grammar of Upbringing(2020)Published in: Studies in philosophy and educationISSN: 0039-3746Issue: 3Volume: 39Pages: 345 - 348
- MOOCs as accelerators of social mobility? A systematic review(2018)Published in: Educational Technology and SocietyISSN: 1436-4522Issue: 1Volume: 21Pages: 1 - 11
- School leadership development and academic achievement: Effectiveness of the High Performing Schools programme(2023)Published in: International Journal of Educational ResearchISSN: 0883-0355Issue: 102248Volume: 122
- An empirical investigation of Spolsky's framework applied to family language policy(2022)Published in: International Journal of Bilingual Education and BilingualismISSN: 1367-0050Issue: 9Volume: 25Pages: 3228 - 3241
- The Association Between Perceived Discriminatory Climate in School and Student Performance in Math and Reading: A Cross-National Analysis Using PISA 2018(2022)Published in: Journal of Youth and AdolescenceISSN: 0047-2891Issue: 3Volume: 52Pages: 619 - 636
- The perceived role of Islamic religiosity in minorities’ educational success in Belgium(2016)Published in: Social CompassISSN: 0037-7686Issue: 4Volume: 63Pages: 529 - 546
- Immigrant students’ educational expectations: The role of religious affiliation and practice(2018)Published in: Journal of Beliefs & Values: Studies in Religion & EducationISSN: 1361-7672Issue: 1Volume: 39Pages: 86 - 104
- Pandemic Acceleration: Covid-19 and the emergency digitalization of European education(2022)Published in: European Educational Research JournalISSN: 1474-9041Issue: 5Volume: 21Pages: 1 - 24
- Can I take a look at your notes?: A phenomenological exploration of how university students experience note-taking using paper-based and paperless resources(2021)Published in: Educational Philosophy and TheoryISSN: 0013-1857Issue: 13Volume: 53Pages: 1334 - 1349
- In Defence of the School. A Public Issue(2013)Number of pages: 150