Vulnerable groups in education and training, ensuring inclusion and non-discrimination
Education and migration
Early school leaving, participation in education and training
Parental and stakeholders’ engagement, whole-school approach
Monitoring for equity and quality in education and training
Active citizenship and identity in education
Selected publications
Verhaest D., Lavrijsen J., Van Trier W., Nicaise I., Omey E. (2018). General education, vocational education and skill mismatches: short-run versus long-run effects, Oxford Economic Papers
Ünver Ö, Bircan T., Nicaise I. (2018). Perceived accessibility of childcare in Europe: a cross-country multilevel study, International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy, 12(5).
Lavrijsen J., Nicaise, I. (2017). Systemic obstacles to lifelong learning: the influence of the educational system design on learning attitudes, in: Studies in Continuing Education.
Lavrijsen J., Nicaise, I. (2017). Returns to vocational education over the life cycle: between immediate labour market preparation and lifelong employability, in: International Review of Education.
Lavrijsen J., Nicaise, I. (2016). Ascription, Achievement, and Perceived Equity of Educational Regimes: An Empirical Investigation, in: Social Sciences, 2016, 5 (64).
Lavrijsen J., Nicaise, I. (2016). Educational tracking, inequality and performance. New evidence using a differences-in-differences technique, Research in Comparative and International Education, August 2016.
Lavrijsen J., Nicaise, I. (2015). Social inequalities in early school leaving: The role of educational institutions and the socio-economic context, European Education, 47(4).
Lavrijsen J., Nicaise I. (2015). New empirical evidence on the effect of educational tracking on social inequalities in reading achievement, European Educational Research Journal, July 2015 (n° 3-4).
Poesen-Vandeputte, M., Nicaise, I. (2015). Rich schools, poor schools. Hidden resource inequalities between primary schools, Educational Research, 57(1).
Collado D., Lomos C., Nicaise, I. (2014). The effects of classroom socioeconomic composition on student’s civic knowledge in Chile, School Effectiveness and School Improvement, October 2014.