OCCAM PhD Projects
The ETN OCCAM involves 15 exceptional early-career researchers (ESRs). Their single projects are categorized in three thematic Working Groups following an overarching research plan. Each ESR is full-time employed by one of the consortium members. All ESRs receive a joint interdisciplinary, intersectorial, and international training that includes research visits and a secondment at different partner organizations.
Working Group 1: The Integrity of Educational Outcome Measures
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Edwin Cuellar
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The influence of item format and scoring on score comparability | More on ESR project no. 1 |
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Andrés Christiansen
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Does one size fit all? Evaluating the cross-cultural validity of constructs | More on ESR project no. 2 |
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Erika Majoros
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Linking recent and older IEA studies on mathematics and science | More on ESR project no. 3 |
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Olesya Gladushyna
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The integrity of test scores for national monitoring and comparative research | More on ESR project no. 4 |
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Andrés Strello
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Measuring educational inequality: competing normative foundations | More on ESR project no. 5 |
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Laura Raffaella Zieger
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Investigations on the scaling methodology used in PISA | More on ESR project no. 6 |
Working Group 2: Governance of Human and Financial Resources and Decision Making
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Pietro Sancassani
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Reforms of teacher professionalization/accountability | More on ESR project no. 7 |
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Wangqiong Ye
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Quality at the cost of equity? Performance management, school autonomy, and instructional quality | More on ESR project no. 8 |
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Emilie Franck
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Effectiveness of educational priority policies | More on ESR project no. 9 |
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Elisa Salinas
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Assessing the association between teacher workforce policies and student outcomes | More on ESR project no. 10 |
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Leah Natasha Glassow
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Teaching quality and school segregation: perpetuating inequalities | More on ESR project no. 11 |
Working Group 3: Educational Settings and Processes
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Jelena Veletić
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Transformational and instructional leadership as levers of learning | More on ESR project no. 12 |
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Evi-Evropi Konstantinidou
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The impact of generic and content-specific teaching practices | More on ESR project no. 13 |
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Silvan Häs
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Children from workless backgrounds and the mediating role of parents | More on ESR project no. 14 |
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Ana María Mejía Rodríguez
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Distal and proximal causes of student achievement | More on ESR project no. 15 |