Panel Discussion
The Future of Research in and with the RAY Network: Content, Methodology, Actors
On Thursday 25 September, we will host a panel discussion titled ‘The Future of Research in and with the RAY Network: Content, Methodology, Actors’. The panel discussion will be live-streamed directly from our annual RAY Network Meeting in Copenhagen.
AIM and FOCUS
The panel ‘The Future of Research in and with the RAY Network: Content, Methodology, Actors’ will explore the future directions of research in the field of youth, non-formal education, and European youth programmes, with a particular focus on the role of the European youth research network RAY. Designed as an interactive and forward-looking conversation, the panel will bring together selected representatives from national and transnational RAY research partners and National Agencies to reflect on emerging trends, methodological transformations, and the evolving research ecosystem.
The panel will be structured around three interlinked pillars — Content, Methdology, and Actors — and will address the critical question: What kind of research will be needed, how will it be done, and by whom?
In addition to these pillars, a transversal discussion thread will consider the purpose and use of research in the near future: For whom is this research conducted? And how can it serve youth work practice, policy-making, and cross-sectoral collaboration?
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CONTEXT
The RAY Network – Research-based analysis of European youth programmes – is a self-governed European youth research network. Currently, 36 National Agencies of the Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps programmes and their research partners in 34 countries are involved.
The RAY Network was founded in 2008 with the aims to contribute to quality assurance and quality development in the implementation of the European youth programmes, to evidencebased & research-informed youth policy development in the youth field in Europe, to the recognition of non-formal education & learning in the youth field as well as to the dialogue between research, policy & practice in the youth field.
The RAY Network regularly conducts multilingual surveys with beneficiaries of the European youth programmes – the RAY Monitoring Surveys of Erasmus+ Youth and the European Solidarity Corps. The outcomes of the surveys as well as findings from the RAY thematic research strands support relevant stakeholders in the youth work field both on strategic and practical levels, inform policy- and decision making on national and European levels as well as support the implementation of the programmes.