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ReLiP-ECT

Project title (Latvian): Pētniecības pratība praksē: atbalsts jaunajiem skolotājiem (ReLiP-ECT)
Project title (English): Research Literacy in Practice: Tracking and Supporting Early Career Teachers (ReLiP-ECT) 
Project Number: NPHZ-2026/10032
Funding Source: Nordplus 
Duration: 01.08.2026.–31.08.2028.
Funding Amount (University of Latvia): 5 171 EUR


Description 

ReLiP-ECT investigates how early-career teachers use research to inform their teaching and professional decision-making. Through collaboration between universities, schools, and educational stakeholders across the Nordic and Baltic countries, the project seeks to promote sustainable research-informed practice, enhance teacher development, and strengthen school–university partnerships.

The project follows early-career teachers across Nordic and Baltic countries through classroom observations, interviews, surveys, and collaborative inquiry activities. It also establishes Mentored Communities of Practice where teachers, school leaders, teacher educators, and experienced teacher-researchers work together to support research-informed teaching.

ReLiP-ECT aims to strengthen the connection between teacher education and school practice, enhance teachers’ professional development, and provide evidence-based recommendations for teacher education institutions, schools, and policymakers. Key outputs include a Digital Research Hub, policy briefs, research publications, and a Handbook of Nordic-Baltic Teacher Inquiry Stories that showcases examples of research-informed teaching practice.

 

Work packages:

  • WP1 – Research, Mapping and Reporting, led by the University of Gothenburg;
  • WP2 – Mentored Communities of Practice, led by the University of Latvia;
  • WP3 – Dissemination, led by Malmö University;
  • WP4 – Evaluation, led by Tallinn University;
  • WP5 – Policy Dialogue, Collaborative Inquiry Cycles and Knowledge Synthesis, led by Kaunas University of Technology;
  • WP6 – Project Management, led by OsloMet.
     

Partners:

  • University of Stavanger, Norway
  • Drammen Upper Secondary School, Norway
  • Malmö University, Sweden
  • University of Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Absalon University College, Denmark
  • University College Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Skolen på Nyelandsvej, Denmark
  • University of Eastern Finland, Finland
  • University of Eastern Finland Teacher Training School, Finland
  • University of Iceland, Iceland
  • Tallinn University, Estonia
  • Tallinn Free Waldorf School, Estonia
  • University of Latvia, Latvia
  • Riga State Gymnasium No. 3, Latvia
  • Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
  • Kaunas Jono Basanavičius Gymnasium, Lithuania 
     


University of Latvia ESAP4SUSTAIN team:

  • Faculty of Humanities (prof. Indra Karapetjana and prof. Gunta Roziņa)
  • Faculty od Education Sciences and Psychology (prof. Indra Odiņa)

More about the project.