Danielle Zay is Professor Emeritus at the University of Charles de Gaulle Lille 3. She is graduated as an Economist from “Sciences Po.” (Political Sciences), the IEP (Institute of Political Sciences) of Paris (France), ranked 5th worldwide in the 2015 QS World University rankings for Politics and International Studies. She began to work in private and public firms. She got the “agrégation” of philosophy (the highest selective exam to be recruited as a teacher) and chose teacher education and higher education. After passing her Ph.D. in Educational Sciences, she specialized in international projects and research on cross institutional partnerships, in particular to deal with youth at risk. Her projects were supported by the European Commission and the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund). She created and was the “Main Convenor” of the European Educational Research Association (EERA) Network 15, “Research Partnerships in Education”  (1998-2007). Her numerous publications have appeared in French, English and Spanish.

Danielle Zay is co-editor of the book Inclusion Through Shared Education
(with Joanne Deppeler), Deep Education Press
and Director of the Book Series Inclusive Education and Partnerships

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