Equality and inclusion

Hedvika has six years of experience in coordinating and implementing international research projects, from methodological design and fieldwork to analysis and reporting. At PPMI, she is responsible for project delivery, quality control and the management of large teams of experts in cross-country settings in the areas of gender, equality and social affairs. As an expert and policy analyst on gender, Hedvika contributes to various research activities and turns evidence into recommendations. She has worked with several EU institutions and bodies, such as the European Institute for Gender Equality, the European Commission and the European Parliament. Her aim is to position PPMI as a ‘go-to’ organisation for research-based advice aimed at integrating the perspective of gender equality and an intersectional approach into public policies and their management.

Luka Klimavičiūtė is a Research Manager with more than 6 years of experience delivering studies on employment, digitalisation and industrial policies. Her research typically focuses on quantitative methods: she has overseen a number of large-scale surveys, cost-benefit analyses, evaluations, impact assessments and a randomised control trial. Luka translates difficult concepts into easy-to-understand messages with the help of data visualisation tools. During her career, she has collaborated with the European Commission and its agencies, the UN, the World Bank, Oxford’s Migration Observatory, and Invest Lithuania.

Hanna has worked at PPMI since the beginning of 2011. Her main research interests and fields of work centre on education, children’s rights and well-being, migration, sustainable development, social inclusion and gender equality policies in Europe and beyond. She leads numerous studies covering education governance, educational assessment systems, school innovation and digital education, the professional development of teachers, inclusion and equity in education, education for sustainable development, and others. Hanna has led research projects commissioned by various Directorates-General of the European Commission, as well as the European Parliament, Eurofound, UNICEF, UNESCO and the ETF, covering various geographical regions including the EU, the Balkan countries, Eastern Partnership countries, the Caucasus and Central Asia, Africa. Hanna also currently serves as the Deputy Scientific Coordinator of the Network of experts on the social dimension of education and training (NESET), and the European Expert Network on Economics of Education (EENEE) – two key knowledge providers to the European Commission on various issues in education policy.

Cecilia Francisco Carcelén joined PPMI in 2020. Cecilia has six years of policy research experience in equality, gender and gender mainstreaming. At PPMI, she leads EU-wide projects on gender equality for EU clients, including the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) and the European Commission, focusing on policy analysis from a gender perspective and providing gender-responsive recommendations. Through her experience using various gender mainstreaming methods, Cecilia also specialises in developing tailored practical tools and learning products to support EU policymakers in adopting a gender and intersectional perspective in their work. Cecilia is a ‘Participatory Gender Audit’ (PGA) facilitator certified by the International Training Centre of the ILO. As a PGA facilitator, Cecilia has the know-how to support organisational change for gender equality.