About
Tanja Schroot holds a Ph.D. in Sociology (2021) from the University in Turin, Italy, where she also conducted her post-doc research on the development of lifelong learning key competences of teachers, educators and students with migratory background in primary and secondary school, as well as in non-formal educational settings.
She has recently been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship at Oslo Metropolitan University, where she will study professional training opportunities and lifelong learning practices for female migrant healthcare workers in Scandinavian institutions as part of the SCILLED project (Strategies for Competence Integration and Lifelong Learning in European Destinations).
Her principal research interests are located at the intersection of migration and educational studies. Latest publications focus on the geographical and social mobility patterns of migrant women from Central and Eastern European countries and how these interact with education and socio-professional integration.
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Strategies for Achieving Equity and Inclusion in Education, Training and Learning in Democratic Europe (STRIDE)
STRIDE will provide a new, comprehensive and comparative knowledge-base on effective education reforms, policy initiatives and interventions aimed at reducing inequalities in education, training and learning outcomes in Europe.
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Strategies for Competence Integration and Lifelong Learning in European Destinations. Female Migrant Healthcare Workers in Scandinavia (SCILLED)
SCILLED will study professional development and lifelong learning among female migrant healthcare workers in Scandinavia.
Completed research projects
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Key Inclusive Development Strategies for Life-Long Learning (KIDS4ALLL)
KIDS4ALLL aims to pilot an innovative action that will experiment a learning method and learning environment in formal, non-formal and informal educational contexts to address the integration challenges of migrant children.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Schroot, Tanja
(2025).
Working, Living and Aging with the Elderly:
Domestic Care Workers and their Lifelong
Learning Practices. The Case of Romanian
Women in Italy.
Mondi Migranti.
https://doi.org/10.3280/MM2025-001006
