Maria Falk Mikkelsen

Implementation of Danish School Reform is progressing slowly. Less than half of primary and lower secondary schools have not yet implemented the key initiatives in the school reform. The reform was initiated in 2014, but today many students do not have a school day with daily physical activities, instruction outside the classroom or other changes that reflect the reform intentions of providing students with more variation and better learning opportunities. Low degrees of implementation may be one of the reasons why the reform has had limited impact on students' academic performance and wellbeing up until now.

This project investigates how to increase labour market participation among vulnerable groups—primarily young people, seniors, immigrants and persons with disabilities—in the Nordic countries. The project deploys a novel approach to analyse potential employment barriers and aims to identify beneficial approaches to overcoming these barriers to facilitate cross-Nordic learning in this field.

A Hybrid Identity: Personal Experience as a Professional Tool