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Maurice de Greef is chair holder of the UNESCO Chair on Adult Education and researcher at the Brussels research centre for Innovation in Learning and Diversity (BILD) about the outcomes of education. He realized more than 150 studies in more than 200 communities throughout the world concerning the impact and success factors of education. Besides, he conducts studies focussing on societal cost beneft analysis of education. He coordinates local, regional and European projects in innovating learning-environments, strategic policy-making in education and developing strategies for approaching learners and realizing new courses in local settings. These research projects have a special focus on adult education, literacy, vocational education and training (VET), migrant education and increase of social inclusion. He is often key-note speaker on national and international conferences focussing on adult education, lifelong learning, literacy and social inclusion.
Education/Academic qualification
Educational Sciences, PhD, The influence of adult education on the increase of social inclusion
1 Jan 2008 → 12 Sept 2012
Award Date: 12 Sept 2012
External positions
Director, Artéduc
1 Jan 2011 → …
Keywords
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- adult education
- social inclusion
- literacy
- basic skills
- lifelong learning
- vocational education and training (VET)
- second language learning
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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EUPOM166: RESCALE: Reskill Employees by Stimulating Connection between Actors of Labour market & Education
Lombaerts, K., De Backer, F. & De Greef, M.
1/03/25 → 28/02/27
Project: Applied
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EUPOM103: ERASMUS+ KA-3 Support for Policy Reform: Validation of transversal skills across Europe
Lombaerts, K., De Backer, F., Thomas, V. M. & De Greef, M.
28/02/21 → 31/08/23
Project: Applied
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EUPOM34: LEKAE – Let Europe Know about Adult Education
De Donder, L., De Greef, M. & Hoffmeier, A.
1/10/15 → 30/09/18
Project: Fundamental
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EULLP33: ELINET:European Policy Network of National Literacy Organisations
1/02/14 → 31/12/15
Project: Fundamental
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Training design for social inclusion: The impact of sociodemographic factors on immigrant learners in Dutch adult education programs
Bolzonella, F., De Greef, M. & Segers, M., 13 Jul 2024, In: Social Psychology of Education. 27, 6, p. 3453-3490 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Measuring the Impact of Literacy Programs on Social Inclusion, Health and Labour Market Participation: A Study of a Dutch Program
De Greef, M., Segers, M., Nijhuis, J. & Heimens Visser, M., 22 Dec 2023, In: Andragogical Studies. 2023, 1, p. 97-123 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Should I stay or should I go now: Conditions of participation in literacy and adult basic education.
Becker-Kurz, B., Bickert, M., De Greef, M., Ehmig, S., Figuera-Gazo, P., Llanes-Ordóñez, J., Leck, J., Mallows, D., Mulliez, G., Schemmann, G., Schmidt-Herta, B., Sindemann, L. & Talhammer, V., 2023, New seeds for a world to come: Policies, practices and lives in adult education and learning. 10th ESREA Triennal Conference. Formenti, L., Galimberti, A. & Del Negro, G. (eds.). Milano: Ledizioni, p. 459-466 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper
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The impact of a renewed validation and guidance process on practitioners and their candidates: Results of the Austrian field trials of the European project TRANSVAL-EU.
De Greef, M., Fellinger, J. & Dzhengozova, M., 2023, Vienna: TRANSVAL-EU. 11 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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The impact of a renewed validation and guidance process on practitioners and their candidates: Results of the Belgian field trials of the European project TRANSVAL-EU
De Greef, M., Fellinger, J. & Dzhengozova, M., 2023, Vienna: TRANSVAL-EU. 11 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
Activities
- 1 Member of PhD committee
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SOCIAL EXCLUSION IN LATER LIFE (Event)
Sofie Van Regenmortel (Presenter), Liesbeth De Donder (Supervisor), Free De Backer (Chair), Gina Rossi (Jury), Maurice De Greef (Jury), Veerle Draulans (Jury) & Giovanni Lamura (Jury)
12 Sept 2017Activity: Membership › Member of PhD committee