The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) and EduCaixa will be hosting a two-day conference in Barcelona for international organisations committed to closing the poverty related achievement gap and ending educational inequality through the use of evidence:
- Day one: How evidence is leveraged and embedded in practice and policy partnerships.
- Day two: Programmes and approaches of promise which have been effectively used and scaled in multiple contexts.
Over both days there will be a series of workshops which will address practical challenges and approaches to evidence generation and use.
The agenda for the conference along with a programme of workshop sessions can be downloaded below.
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Agenda – ‘What works? Embedding evidence in education recovery’ – ENG
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Qué funciona en educación – ES
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Workshop sessions – ‘What works? Embedding evidence in education recovery’ – ENG
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Taller-Qué funciona en educación – ES
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Taller-Què funciona en educació – CAT
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Workshop Session – Gap Maps – ES
Chief Executive
Professor Becky Francis
Professor Becky Francis (FBA, FAcSS, PhD) is Chief Executive Officer of the Education Endowment Foundation.
Deputy General Manager, la Caixa Foundation
Elisa Durán
Elisa Durán is the Deputy General Manager of ”la Caixa” Foundation.
Head, Education Development Managment Unit, OECS Commission
Sisera Simon PMP, MEd., BSc
Sisera is the Head of Education Management Unit, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States Commission.
Evidence-based Education Manager, la Caixa Foundation
Maria Espinet
Maria Espinet is Director of EduCaixa, at the “la Caixa” Foundation in Spain.
University of Lisbon, President of Iniciativa Educação
Professor Nuno Crato
Nuno Crato, GCIH, GCIP, is President of Iniciativa Educação, university professor, researcher, applied mathematician, economist, educator, and writer.
Director, Fundació Flos i Calcat (Spain)
Daniel Gonzalez
Daniel the Director of Fundació Flos i Calcat.
Programme Leader, EduCaixa, la Caixa Foundation
Núria Vives Font
Núria Vives Font is a Programme Leader at EduCaixa, part of the “la Caixa” Foundation in Spain.
Chief Government Officer at Teach For All
Anna Molero
Anna leads Teach For All’s efforts to develop and grow meaningful partnerships with public sector organizations.
Head of Dissemination and Impact
Stuart Mathers
Stu leads the EEF’s Dissemination and Impact team.
Director of Impact
Chris Paterson
Chris is responsible for integrating and overseeing the EEF’s impact and mobilisation activities.
Senior researcher and evidence synthesis portfolio lead, Africa Centre for Evidence, University of Johannesburg
Laurenz Mahlanza-Langer
Laurenz is a senior researcher and the evidence synthesis portfolio lead for the Africa Centre for Evidence at the University of Johannesburg.
International Project Manager
Amy Faux
Amy manages EEF’s international partnerships, supporting the use of more and better evidence in education systems across the globe.
Evaluation Specialist and Education Lead, 3ie
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao
Constanza Gonzalez Parrao is an Evaluation Specialist at 3ie’s Synthesis and Reviews Office.
Senior Programme Manager
Amy Clark
Amy is a Senior Programme Manager on the EEF’s Programmes team.
Co-Director, Evidence for Learning
Danielle Toon
Danielle is responsible for Evidence for Learning‘s strategy, products, projects and partnerships.
Founder and CEO
Miquel de Paladella
Miquel de Paladella is the founder and CEO of UpSocial, a firm specialised in implementing and scaling innovative solutions to social problems.
Project Leader, Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD
Nóra Révai
Nóra Révai leads the OECD’s Strengthening the Impact of Education Research project and is an analyst in the AI and the Future of Skills project.
Head of Policy
Nick Worsley
Nick leads on the EEF’s policy development and liaison work.
Head of Pupil Premium Policy, Department for Education
Rachel Wilkinson,
Rachel Wilkinson is the Head of Pupil Premium Policy at the Department for Education (DfE).
Durham University, Professor of Education, Durham University
Professor Steve Higgins
Professor Steve Higgins is Professor of Education at Durham University.
Research Associate, School of Education, Durham University
Berenice Villanueva Aguilera
Berenice Villanueva Aguilera is a Research Associate at Durham University.
Teacher and Research Fellow, eBASE Africa
Aweh Akofu
Aweh is affiliated with eBASE Africa as a research assistant on basic education and access to household energy for cooking and reading using solar energy.
Early Pipeline Development Lead
Mia Travers-Hayward
Mia leads on the delivery of the early pipeline development project activity.
Secondary Teacher, Escola Virolai (Spain)
Cesc Masdéu
Cesc Masdéu is a Secondary Teacher at Escola Virolaiin Barcelona.
Associate Professor (Teaching), UCL Institute of Education
Greg Ross
Greg Ross is an Associate Professor (Teaching) at UCL Institute of Education.
Director of Innovative Policies and Practices, SUMMA
Dante Castillo-Canales
Dante Castillo is director of Innovative Education Policies and Practices at SUMMA.
Global Strategic Education Advisor, Youth, VVOB
Maud Seghers
Maud Seghers is a Global Strategic Education Advisor at VVOB – education for development.
Senior Programme Manager
Sarah Tillotson
Sarah manages a range of grants and leads the EEF’s work on two themes: Early Years and Language and Literacy.
Primary Teacher, Escola Virolai (Spain)
Carol de Britos
Carol is a primary teacher and head of Cicle Superior at Escola Virolai.
Ikerbasque and Ramón y Cajal Fellow, University of Deusto
Rocio Garcia Carrion
Dr. Rocío García-Carrión is Ikerbasque Research Fellow at University of Deusto.
Research and Development Program Manager, Queen Rania Foundation
Maysoon Masoud
Maysoon Masoud is a Research & Development Program Manager at Queen Rania Foundation in Jordan.
Programme Manager, Youth Impact
Colin Crossley
Colin is a programme manager at Youth Impact.
Senior Evaluation Manager – International
Christine Kelly
Christine is responsible for the management of EEF evaluations.
National Delivery Manager
Lizzie Swaffield
Lizzie leads the regional team and regional working, including the Research Schools Network at the EEF.
Regional Delivery Lead – East Midlands and the East of England
Siobhan Keddie
Siobhan is the EEF’s Regional Delivery Lead for the East Midlands and East of England.
Director, SUMMA
Javier González
Javier González is an economist specializing in education, inequality, social mobility, innovation and social development.
National Content and Engagement Manager
Alex Quigley
Alex leads the development and quality assurance of EEF tools, resources and training.
Senior Programme Manager
Kathryn Davies
She/HerKath is a Senior Programme Manager in the EEF’s Programmes team.
Maths Programme Manager, EduCaixa, la Caixa Foundation
Marta García-Matos
Marta García-Matos is a maths programme manager at the ”la Caixa” Foundation in Spain.
Head of Evidence Synthesis
Jonathan Kay
Jonathan is our Head of Evidence Synthesis.
Director of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP)
Professor Dr. Anantha Duraiappah
Anantha Duraiappah is the director of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP).
Chief Executive, Campbell Collaboration
Vivian Welch
Dr. Vivian Welch is editor-in-chief and acting CEO of the Campbell Collaboration.
Director – Synthesis and Reviews, 3ie
Birte Snilstveit
Birte leads a dynamic team dedicated to the production and use of synthesised evidence to inform policy in low-and middle-income countries.
CosmoCaixa Barcelona
Carrer d’Isaac Newton, 26, Barcelona
Catalonia 08022
Spain