The research centre combines high-quality research with relevant solutions to key societal challenges relating to processes of inclusion and exclusion in education and pedagogical practice.

Throughout our lifetimes, each of us is part of a variety of social relations and communities, all characterised by processes of inclusion and exclusion. This is a fundamental condition of human relationships, but in education and pedagogical practice it is a complex of problems in itself as pedagogy particularly concerns working with the possibilities of participation, development and learning in and within communities.

In the context of education and pedagogy, inclusion is concerned with reducing barriers to participation in communities, reducing exclusion and creating a framework that allows equal access to and opportunities for learning and well-being.

With UCN's research in inclusion and exclusion in education and pedagogy, we intend to create a significant national research centre that concerns schools, early childcare education, teaching, and pedagogy in a broad sense. It is our mission to make our research meaningful, impact-oriented and valuable to both scientific communities, children, young people and adults, professional practitioners and to policy makers and other stakeholders.

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