Nordic Centre of Excellence in Education Justice through Education in the Nordic Countries (JustEd) Gunilla Holm University of Helsinki

How does education work to further justice in the Nordic states? We will critically examine how differences and similarities in Nordic educational policies, structures, cultures and practices come to matter for, teachers and students in terms of equity and equality.

‘One school for all’ – educated populations -- a democratic welfare state Societal and economic goals Changes in the Nordic understanding of why and how justice through education is attained Changes in educational structures, cultures as well as in teaching and learning practices Marginalization and diversity

Understand and re-think what the project of democratic, inclusive education for justice Social justice and justice; group rights – individual rights; human rights; children’s rights

Justice Equity Equality Inclusionary Respect Recognition Non-marginalized Fairness Individualized Ethical Excellent (see Goldfarb & Gunberg, 2002)

Guiding question How do systems, cultures and actors in education enable and constrain justice in the context of globalizing Nordic welfare states?

Theme 1. Governance, politics and marketization – changes in the Nordic understanding of justice through education. Marketization, evaluation and public accountability Globalization Privileges

Theme 2. Justice through educational practices? Analysing innovative cultures of teaching and learning in Nordic contexts. Policy impact on teaching and learning practices What works well? Video data and analysis Examples of other practice issues: Teaching in culturally diverse classrooms Policies, languages and home-language instruction

Theme 3. Enabling and constraining justice in education: agency, marginalization and diversity. The perspective of the young Intersections of marginalization markers Marginalization of minorities, immigrant students, poor students, students with disabilities or illnesses, sexual and gender minorities

The JustEd Excellence Platform 1. Excellence of research 2. Researcher education 3. Researcher mobility 4. Digital collaboration

1. Excellence of research Seven teams responsible for the research Books, edited books, other publications ongoing dialogue with politicians and policy- makers – JustEd panel Helsinki May 2013, Euroscience Open Forum 2014 Methodological diversity – visual methods

Theme 1. Governance, politics and marketization – changes in the Nordic understanding of justice through education. Theme leader Peter Dahler-Larsen, University of Copenhagen. The following research teams are in theme 1:

Team 1, team leader Hannu Simola, University of Helsinki: Politics and governance in justice through education Team 2, team leader Lisbeth Lundahl, Umeå University: Marketization and social inclusion in education

Theme 2. Justice through educational practices? Analysing innovative cultures of teaching and learning in Nordic contexts Theme leader Kirsti Klette, University of Oslo. The following teams are in theme 2:

Team 3, team leader Kirsti Klette, University of Oslo: Justice through educational practices? Analysing innovative cultures of teaching and learning in Nordic contexts Team 4, team leader Dennis Beach, University of Gothenburg: Analysing educational cultures and the construction of learner subjectivities

Theme 3. Enabling and Constraining Justice in Education: Agency, Marginalization and Diversity Theme leader Gunilla Holm, University of Helsinki. The following teams are in theme 3:

Team 5, team leader Gunilla Holm, University of Helsinki: Perceptions and Constructions of Marginalisation and Belonging in Education Team 6, team leader Elisabet Öhrn, University of Gothenburg: Agency, marginalisation and diversity: transitions of young people from various backgrounds. Team 7, team leader Ingolfur Johannesson, University of Iceland: Student Engagement and Current Practices in Upper Secondary Schools

The 15 partner universities and non- profit organizations Aalborg University, Oslo and Akershus University College, Østfold University College, Sciences Po, Stanford University, Umeå University, University of Gothenburg, University of Helsinki, University of Iceland, University of Melbourne, University of Oslo, University of Copenhagen, University of Torino, University of Turku, Finnish Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

International advisory group. Joseph Huber, Directorate of Democratic Citizenship and Participation, Council of Europe. Robert Lingard, professor, Institute of Social Science Research and School of Education, University of Queensland. Michele Schweisfurth, professor of International and Comparative Education, University of Glasgow. Editor of the journal Comparative Education and chair of the British Association of International and Comparative Education. James Stigler, professor of psychology, UCLA. He directed the TIMSS video studies ( ) and founded LessonLab Inc in Lois Weis, distinguished professor, University of Buffalo. She serves on the editorial board of 8 journals, is the editor of 3 book series, and has published 23 books.

2. Researcher education Summer schools 2014 in Helsinki “Methodological approaches to justice in education” 2015 in Oslo “Nordic model?” 2016 in Göteborg “Cultures of justice” 2017 in Odense “Actors in Nordic education”

Biannual conferences 2014 Gothenburg: “Politics, governance and markets creating justice in Nordic education?” 2016 Reykjavik: “Actors for justice?” 2018 Helsinki “Promoting justice through education!”

3. Researcher mobility Two visiting senior researchers per year Two post docs per year 1-2 visiting international researchers per year Visiting doctoral students Summer schools and conferences

4. Digital collaboration JustEd databank – a platform for the entire NCoE Digital communication Open access

Justice: equity and equality