PhD defence: Why Political Actors Engage Young People In Public Policy: Educational Reforms in Ireland and Flanders

Lotte Geunis is a parliamentary advisor specialising in open government reforms, with a focus on youth participation. She has worked with the United Nations Development Programme, the World Bank, International IDEA and the Open Government Partnership.  Lotte is a PhD fellow at Maastricht University, where she focuses on youth participation in education policy. She is the co-editor of three books on inclusive education and is a committee member of the International Perspectives in Education (IPiE) conference. Lotte holds an MPhil from the University of Oxford and a BA from the University of Warwick.