Research Collaborators
Welcome to our Research Collaborators page! Below are the following partners who are interested in future research collaborations with potential partners and their areas of interest.
| Contact Person | Rú Ávila Rodriguez |
| ru@iglyo.org | |
| Location | Chaussée de Boondael 6, Brussels B-1050, Belgium |
| Website | www.iglyo.org |
| Research Experience Areas | • Inclusion of LGBTQI youth in education • Mental health of LGBTQI youth • Hate speech and hate crimes against LGBTQI youth • Anti-gender narratives • Homelessness among LGBTQI youth • LGBTQI inclusion in Sports |
| Notable Research Projects | • IGLYO LGBTQI Inclusive Education Map, Index & Report 2025 • Colourful Childhoods: Empowering LGBTIQ children in vulnerable contexts to combat gender-based violence across Europe (CERV-2021-DAPHNE) |
| Interest in Erasmus+ Collaborations | Yes – Open to approach in all areas listed above |
| Other Research Collaborations | Open to approach |
| Contact Person | Bernie Grummell |
| Bernie.Grummell@mu.ie | |
| Location | Department of Adult & Community Education, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland |
| Website | maynoothuniversity.ie/adult-and-community-education |
| Research Experience Areas | • Widening Participation in Education, Employment and Community • Transformative Learning, Democracy and Engaged Citizenship |
| Notable Research Projects | • SEED – Capacity building for Sustainable community-basEd Enterprise Development (Erasmus+, 2025-2027) • TUTOR – Teachers’ upskilling aiming at a holistic inclusivity in learning (Erasmus+, 2022-2025) • DEW: Digital Entrepreneurship for Women (Erasmus+, 2021-2023) • IETTAC – Innovations in Education for Transnational and Transversal Active Citizenship (Erasmus+, 2021-2024) • Create2Evaluate (Erasmus+, 2020-2022) |
| Interest in Erasmus+ Collaborations | • Widening Participation in Education, Employment and Community • Transformative Learning, Democracy and Engaged Citizenship |
| Other Research Collaborations | Open to approach |
| Contact Person | Giorgos Alexopoulos |
| alexopoulos.g@symplexis.eu | |
| Location | Katechaki 7, 11525 – Athens, Greece |
| Website | symplexis.eu |
| Research Experience Areas | • Inclusivity • Intersectionality • LGBTQAI • Migration • Disability • Mental & physical health • Youth • Human rights • Sustainability • Green, social and digital transition |
| Notable Research Projects | • InSupport – Enhancing interagency support for victims of sexual violence (CERV) • DISMANTLE – Improving police response to discrimination, racism and intolerance (CERV) • CHASE – Combating online hate speech by engaging online media (CERV) • Language Buddy – Supporting language learning of migrant children and young adults (AMIF) • Care Divide – Bridging the gender divide in informal long-term care (CERV) • Memory Keepers – Youth ambassadors raising awareness of the Roma Holocaust (CERV) |
| Interest in Erasmus+ Collaborations | All areas listed in Research Experience (Inclusivity, Intersectionality, LGBTQAI, Migration, Disability, Mental & physical health, Youth, Human rights, Sustainability, Green, social and digital transition) |
| Other Research Collaborations | Yes – Horizon, CERV, AMIF (and Erasmus+ all categories) |
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