Research
Network
The D-ChallengHE HUB is organised into interdisciplinary research groups (RN) that share the same interests, passions and research objectives through a fertile knowledge exchange and virtuous collaboration. The groups organise regular meetings between their members, are open to participation by all and play an essential role in animating the HE research observatory.
Each group has one or more coordinators that animate the discussion and collaboration within the group.
Research networks are focused sufficiently to motivate people and to enable them to work effectively on specific topics. They meet in a very smart workshop to favour active participation, intellectual debate and the exchange of ideas.
Currently, there are seven active groups. It is possible to promote new groups by sending a program of activities and indicating the promoters’ names and a short bio
The existing research groups are as follows:
RN.1 New Role of HEIs in Front of Globalisation and Global Crises. Values, Mission And Goals For The Future Of HEIs
RN Coordinators
Concetta Fonzo
Laura Evangelista
National Coordinator of the EQAVET National Reference Point for Italy. Senior researcher at INAPP, Head of the Research Group “Accreditation and Quality for VET”. She coordinates research projects related to the monitoring and the evaluation of the accreditation systems of VET providers in Italy, the implementation of quality arrangements in line with the principles and indicators defined at EU level.
Edita Lenkauskaitė
PhD researcher in Management, focusing on inter-organisational networks, European University Alliances, and meta-organisational sustainability and resilience. She is a Member of the Senate of Klaipėda University and the Senate Scientific Committee.
RN.2 Artificial Intelligence in HEIs
RN Coordinators
Federica de Stefani
RN.3 The Economic, Social And Ecological Sustainability Of Digital Transformation
RN Coordinators
Luana Ladu
RN.4 Curriculum design and mismatch job supply demand, skills for a changing society
RN Coordinators
Stefania Capogna (ad interim)
RN.5 Soft skills for HE students, innovating teaching models, tools for supporting teaching and learning (e-learning, traditional, gamification, AI, augmented reality: methodologies, competencies, etc.)
RN Coordinators
Vincenzo Scalcione
RN.6 Digital and emerging skills (green, STEM, inclusive…)
RN Coordinators
Marialuisa Villani
Marialuisa Villani is a Junior Assistant Professor at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Bologna. Her research focuses on the transformation of academic working conditions in Europe, with particular attention to early career researchers; educational inequalities in school and university choice processes, including the construction of educational aspirations and job expectations; and the NEET condition.
RN.7 Academic Research:
ethical and methodological issues, Computational challenges for humanity
RN Coordinators
Maria Chiara De Angelis
Social researcher specializing in public ethics. Her work centers on human flourishing and well-being, the ethical implications of digital culture, and the effects of digital innovation on people, educational systems, and organizations.
Astrid Favella
Political economy and education researcher.
After completing her doctoral thesis on the politics and policies of secondary education in Italy, her research now focuses on skill formation in VET; educational transitions to the workplace; alternative credentials and lately student mobilization for housing and finance. She is also a member of the Centre for Global Higher Education research group on higher education finance, UCL London.
Emiliane Rubat du Mèrac
RN.1 New Role of HEIs in Front of Globalisation and Global Crises. Values, Mission And Goals For The Future Of HEIs
RN Coordinators
Stefania Capogna
RN.3 The Economic, Social And Ecological Sustainability Of Digital Transformation
RN Coordinators
Julija Melkinova
Ligita Simanskiene
Erika Zuperkiene
RN.4 Curriculum design and mismatch job supply demand, skills for a changing society
RN Coordinators
Zan Dapcevic
Nina Gaube
Natalija Zunko
RN.5 Soft skills for HE students, innovating teaching models, tools for supporting teaching and learning (e-learning, traditional, gamification, AI, augmented reality: methodologies, competencies, etc.)
RN Coordinators
Dr Stefanos Armakolas
Fotis Lazarinis
Theodor Panagiotakopoulos
RN.6 Digital and emerging skills (green, STEM, inclusive…)
RN Coordinators
Dario Carrera
Michela Fiorese
Angela Macrì
RN.7 Academic Research:
ethical and methodological issues, Computational challenges for humanity
RN Coordinators
Maria Chiara De Angelis
Social researcher specializing in public ethics. Her work centers on human flourishing and well-being, the ethical implications of digital culture, and the effects of digital innovation on people, educational systems, and organizations.