The Team

Project leader Jan Germen Janmaat is a professor of political socialisation at the Institute of Education (IOE), UCL’s Faculty of Education and Society. He is interested in how education, in all its many facets, influences civic values and political engagement and whether particular educational programs or institutional designs help to reduce inequalities in these outcomes. His work features in many journals spanning education, sociology and political science.

Co-investigator Professor Bryony Hoskins has a chair in Comparative Social Science at the University of Roehampton. She is a world leading expert on citizenship education specialising in inequalities and political socialisation across Europe and the Middle East. Her latest book is on Education, Democracy and Inequality: Political Engagement and Citizenship Education in Europe.

Research Fellow Adrian Arellano obtained his PhD in Political Science at the University of Michigan. His interests include the causes and consequences of political, social, and economic inequalities as well as research methodology. He has published in journals including Security Studies and International Studies Review.