The Policymaking Working Group advocates for service-learning on a regional, national, European and international level, and develops actions to promote the service-learning pedagogy to policymakers.
MEMBERS
- Coordinator - Berta Paz Lourido (University of the Balearic Islands, Spain)
- Coordinator - Wolfgang Stark (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
- James Kennedy (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
- Rolf Laven (Academy of Fine Arts & University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria)
- Nives Mikelić Preradović (University of Zagreb, Croatia)
- Pedro Jesús Ruiz-Montero (University of Granada, Spain)
ACTIVITIES
Institutionalization of service-learning in European higher education
The Policymaking Working Group has been a key actor in the development of the Green Paper on the Institutionalization of Service-Learning in Higher Education, in collaboration with the European Observatory of Service-Learning in Higher Education. The Working Group has been closely involved in the consultation process of stakeholders and in collecting data for the project “Service-Learning to embed real democracy and civic engagement in European higher education”.
Promoting service-learning to European policymakers
The Policymaking Working Groups aims to engage in active discussion European policymakers to put service-learning and community engagement of European universities high on the European policy agenda.
During the next EASLHE Annual Gathering, on 16 October 2025, the Policymaking Working Group organizes a Strategic Collaborative Session to engage in a discussion with EASLHE members on the Shifting Mission of the University in light of the European Universities Alliances.