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Invitation to NEXT-UP Living Lab Workshop: Emerging Insights on Youth Education–Employment Transitions [20.04]

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We warmly invite you to participate in the online NEXT-UP Living Lab workshop, where we will share initial research findings and engage stakeholders in a collaborative discussion on youth transitions from education to employment.

Date: 20 April

Time: 13:00–15:30 CET (14:00–16:30 Helsinki time)

Refistration: Please register by March, 31 to rceive the Zoom link:

https://tuni.zoom.us/meeting/register/EJTLyv9iTuauN1rIZEt4bg

This interactive workshop will feature short presentations from NEXT-UP research teams across Europe. Each presentation will be followed by a brief discussion to gather your perspectives on emerging challenges, risks, and opportunities shaping youth employability and graduate transitions.

Draft agenda

Helsinki time CET Topic Presenter
14:00–14:10 13:00–13:10 Welcome | What is a Living Lab? | Workshop format Yulia Shumilova, Tampere University
14:10–14:35 13:10–13:35 What do youth employability policies have in common? Renze Kolster, University of Twente
14:35–15:00 13:35–14:00 Education–labour market relations after COVID: adaptation, mismatch or transformation? Dian Liu, University of Stavanger
15:00–15:25 14:00–14:25 New adulthood? Managing transitions without traditional markers of independence Alexandra Seehaus, Autonomous University of Barcelona
15:25–15:50 14:25–14:50 Co-Designing Indicators for Graduate Transition to Employment: what should we measure? tbc, University of Aveiro
15:50–16:15 14:50–15:15 The future of skills: is digital the answer? Ivano Bison, University of Trento
16:15–16:30 15:15–15:30 Closing and next steps Yuzhuo Cai, Tampere University/Education University of Hong Kong

Your participation is essential to help interpret the findings, identify emerging trends, and contribute to the co-creation of future-oriented employability policies and practices.

About NEXT-UP and the Living Lab:

NEXT-UP is a Horizon Europe project examining youth education-to-work transitions in post-COVID-19 Europe. The Living Lab, coordinated by Tampere University, serves as a collaborative platform bringing together researchers, youth, educators, employers, and policy-makers to co-create evidence-based employability policies and practices.

Privacy notice summary: Your personal data (name, email, stakeholder category, country, and participation preferences) will be collected by Tampere University for the purpose of organising and reporting on the Horizon Europe NEXT-UP Living Lab activities.

  • Participation is voluntary, and you may withdraw at any time.
  • Data will be used only by the NEXT-UP project consortium, stored securely, and deleted after the project ends (July, 2028).
  • No sensitive personal data will be collected.
  • You have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of your data.

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