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Aina Tarabini, PI of the LEARNER project and professor and researcher at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), has been interviewed in the Spanish newspaper El País on early school leaving in Spain. In the interview, she argues that the visible figures are only the tip of the iceberg of much deeper inequalities, and that the real […]

Between 3 and 5 September 2025, the Mid Term International Conference “Rising Complexities in Education: Opportunities and Inequalities” took place in Vienna, organized by the Bourdieu Study Group of the British Sociological Association (BSA). The event examined the complexities, opportunities, and inequalities in education from a Bourdieusian perspective. Some members of the LEARNER project team shared contributions that reflect the project’s […]

During the 2024–2025 academic year, the LEARNER project has carried out an intensive phase of fieldwork, essential for gathering in-depth information on the experiences, meanings, and learning trajectories of students in the second year of compulsory secondary education in the autonomous communities of Catalonia, Madrid, and Extremadura. This process has generated key insights into various […]

Internship students collaborate in the Learner Project. As part of its collaborative and participatory approach, the Learner Project includes the participation of Estel Puigarnau, Aitana Peña, and Pau Arrando, internship students from the Sociology degree and the dual degree in Political Science at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). This collaboration allows students to apply […]

The Second Research Seminar of the LEARNER Project was held on November 28 and 29. 2024. “Learner Identity and Educational Trajectories in Secondary Education: Curricular Policies, Pedagogical Practices, and Social Contexts of Students” was the title of the second seminar of the Learner Project, focused on fostering theoretical reflection and an exchange of ideas around […]

The different LEARNER working teams meet every fifteen days to discuss readings, develop the analytical framework of the project, design the different methodological tools, and share empirical advances. Here, you can see a reading group held on 13/03/2024 at UAB to discuss the different components of the enactment of the curriculum.