Professor Andy Green

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  • Summary:
    • Andy Green's main field of research is the comparative (historical and sociological) study of education and training systems, their origins and social and economic consequences. He has a long-standing interest in education and state formation and has directed major cross-country comparative research projects on:
      • skills formation and economic competitiveness in Europe and Asia
      • funding and regulation of lifelong learning
      • Convergences and Divergences in European education and training systems
      • education, inequality and social cohesion
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  • Research Projects:
    • Director of ESRC research centre on Learning and Life Chances in Knowledge Economies and Societies (LLAKES)
  • Postgraduate Research:
    • Comparative Education
      State Formation
      Skills and Competitiveness
  • Professional Activities:
    • Academician of Academy of Social Sciences
      Member of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR)
      Advisor to the Special Implementation Unit of the Greek Government's Public Administration Reform 2007-2013.
      Editorial board member of:
      Comparative and International Education Review;
      Globalization, Societies and Education;
      Journal of Education and Work;
      KEDI Journal of Educational Policy;
      History of Education Review;
      Forum
  • Personal Country Knowledge:
    • Education systems and social and economic outcomes in western Europe and East Asia (Japan, South Korea, Singapore)
  • Languages Spoken:
    • French (intermediate)
  • Languages Written:
    • French (intermediate)
  • Research Students:
    • • Jan Bamford. International joint degree programmes.
      • Ann Doyle. Comparative study of education and inequality in England and France.
      • Helen Everett. Faith schools (ESRC Scholarship).
 

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Publications

  • Green, A. and Janmaat, J.G. (2011) Regimes of Social Cohesion: Societies and the Crisis of Globalisation. Palgrave, Basingstoke.
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  • Green, A. (2011) 'Lifelong Learning, Equality and Social Cohesion', European Journal of Education 46, 2, 228-248.
  • Green, A., Janmaat, J.G. and Cheng, H. (2011) 'Social Cohesion: Converging and Diverging Trends', National Institute Economic Review 215, 7-23.
  • Green, A., Mostafa, T. and Preston, J. (2010) The Chimera of Competitiveness: Varieties of Capitalism and the Economic Crisis. LLAKES Research Paper. Institute of Education, London.
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  • Green, A., Janmaat, G. and Han, C (2009) 'Regimes of Social Cohesion', LLAKES Centre Research Paper, Institute of Education LLAKES Centre Research Paper 1,
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  • Green, A. (2009) 'Education, Inequality and the Erosion of Social Cohesion', Forum 51, 1, pp.5-8.
  • Green, A. (2008) 'Le Modèle de l'Ėcole Unique, l'Ėgalité et la Chouette de Minerva', Revue Française de Pédagogie 164, pp. 15-26. .
  • Green, A., Little, A., Kamat, S., Oketch, M. and Vickers, E. (2007) Education and Development in a Global Era: Strategies for 'Successful Globalisation. DFID.
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  • Green, A., Preston, J. and Janmaat, G. (2006) Education, Equality and Social Cohesion: A Comparative Analysis. Palgrave.
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  • Green, A. (2002) Centenary Lecture: Education, Globalisation and the Role of Comparative Research. London; Institute of Education.
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