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Promoting a research-policy nexus in the field of youth social inclusion: a case of a joint effort in the context of EUs 7 th Framework Projects UNESCO MOST Workshop, session3 Paris, UNESCO HQ, 25-26 March 2013 Academic researchers

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‘Promoting a research-policy nexus in the field of youth social inclusion: a case of a joint effort in the context of EU’s 7th Framework Projects’ UNESCO MOST Workshop, session3 Paris, UNESCO HQ, 25-26 March 2013

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Academic researchers often complain that policy makers

ignore their work

policy makers know they can be more convincing if their arguments are

‘evidence-based’ and reflect social reality as reported in academic research

Social scientists can tell policy makers

what works and what does not
what the impact of policies has been
what the outcomes of planned laws and policy measures are likely to be

Both parties have their own dilemmas to solve

to better bridging efforts between research, policy and practice

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Are looking for a balance between policy frameworks and

social practice

Follow European guidelines and national / regional / local

bjectives

Combine evidences from social practice with their political

ideas and agendas

their logic of common sense and personal mindsets reflect social contexts where they are embedded

Solve dilemma between the immediate and longer-term

effects of policy

instead of forwardlook, they often stick on ‘firefighting’

emerging forms of multi-stakeholder governance; notion of inclusive societies

a resource for bridging policy, practice and research

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Serve the home society as well as the strategic aims of the

Social Europe

Contribute to both response-mode and policy-driven

research

Academic excellence
Policy relevance

Data become information after they are interpreted within a

particular theoretical framework

social contexts matter

Challenge for social scientists

integrate the scientific ‘hard’ knowledge and extra-scientific (soft)

knowledge of policy-makers and interest groups

multiple translations

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EU Youth Strategy: European cooperation in the youth field

(2010-2018)

The EU ‘Strategic Research Roadmap’ 2011-2013

Incl a Youth Cluster of 5 research projects on youth social exclusion

funded from EU 7FP (2008-2011) 17 European countries (11 ‘old’ and 6 ‘new’ democracies) youth groups at the margins of society (with migrant background, from public care, homeless or at risk of homelessness) quantitative and qualitative methodologies

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Two experts (social scientists) were chosen by EC DG R&I to

lead the process

to evaluate the research projects in the formed cluster
to organize workshops of researchers for discussing research evidences

and policy implications

to carry out a policy conference for researchers meeting stakeholders
to draft an evidence-based policy review of research results.

The process was supervised by EC academic officer

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To discuss research evidences and policy solutions To give input to Policy Review

(A) Initial questions
What are the policy issues

policy issues policy issues policy issues that your project is dealing with?

What are the disadvantages of youth excluding them

disadvantages of youth excluding them disadvantages of youth excluding them disadvantages of youth excluding them from the society and the citizenship – in terms of the youth agency and the structure, e.g. policy gaps, dysfunctional practices, individual inabilities?

What are the expected policy outcomes

policy outcomes policy outcomes policy outcomes?

What are the new solutions

new solutions new solutions new solutions and good practices that could break the circle of disadvantages as evidences from your study (‘the evidences that matter’)?

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(B) Creation of synergy and common language

What did we learn from the scientific policy relevant advancements
f the Youth cluster projects?
What are the general factors creating disadvantages in youth?
What are the focuses needing policy interventions?
What are the positive messages from practice and policies?

The output

N N Negative egative egative egative and positive evidences of policies and practices and positive evidences of policies and practices and positive evidences of policies and practices and positive evidences of policies and practices of youth

n the margins of 17 European societies

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Objectives

to put research, policy and practice into dialogue
to reinforce the ‘common language’
to discuss the Policy Review (draft)

Participants came from

youth research, youth policy and youth practice

The main focus: social inclusion opportunities of youth with

biographical disadvantages

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Overviews the reasons of precariousness of socially excluded youth

and formulates the policy issues

Visualises the policy challenges needed to produce greater social

inclusion

Highlights policy implications for cross-border policy transfer Contributes with research-based recommendations

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Increase in formal support, protection and encouragement

to open up more opportunities for social inclusion of the excluded youth

Integration of policies and empowerment of their inclusive character

to improve the accessibility to education and labour market of the excluded youth

groups

Promotion of citizenship and participation of precarious youth

to empower youth agency and encourage solidarity between youth and society

The EU policy challenge The EU policy challenge The EU policy challenge The EU policy challenge lies in youth mainstreaming and youth budgeting

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European Commission (2012) ‘Social inclusion of youth on the

margins of society. Policy review of research results.’

Drafted by Dagmar Kutsar and Helena Helve. EC, 2012 http://ec.europa.eu/research/social-sciences/pdf/social-inclusion-of- youth_en.pdf

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Cluster of five research projects on the social inclusion of young people, financed by the SSH EU 7th FP

YiPPEE: ‘Young People from a Public Care Background: pathways to education in

Europe’. (UK, DK, HU, SE, SP)

CSEYHP: ‘Combating Social Exclusion among Young Homeless Populations: a

comparative investigation of homeless paths among local white, local ethnic groups and migrant young men and women, and appropriate reinsertion methods’. (UK, PT, CZ, NL)

EUMARGINS: ‘On the Margins of the European Community – Young adult immigrants in

seven European countries’ (NO, SE, UK, SP, EE, FR, IT).

EDUMIGROM: ‘Ethnic differences in education and diverging prospects for urban youth

in an enlarged Europe’ (HU, CZ, DK, FR, DE, RO, SK, SE, UK).

YOUNEX: ‘Youth, Unemployment, and Exclusion in Europe: A multidimensional approach

to understanding the conditions and prospects for social and political integration of young unemployed’. (CH, DE, IT, FR, SE, PL, PT). 11 countries of old democracies; 6 countries of new democracies main political approaches in Europe are represented