Research trends on the social dimension of education and training (July 2023 – December 2023)

This document presents the most prominent topics in education research globally (with a higher representation of Europe and the US) in the last half a year (July 2023 – December 2023) and provides a summary of important themes and issues to inspire future European Commission work in the social dimension of education and training.

This summary highlights specific focus areas that are covered by recently published research articles and may be relevant to the European Commission’s programme 2023/20241 and the Directorate General for Education, Youth, Sport, And Culture (DG EAC) Strategic Plan2 2020-2024, and European Education Area3 focus topics.