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Biography
Professor Bryony Hoskins has a chair in Comparative Social Science at the University of Roehampton. She is a world leading expert on how inequalities effects political socialisation and how to develop effective education interventions to address inequalities in political engagement and democracy. She has in-depth knowledge and experience in measurement including how to assess Life Skills and Citizenship Education both in Europe and the Middle East and North Africa. Her latest book is on Education, Democracy and Inequality: Political Engagement and Citizenship Education in Europe and is published by Palgrave Macmillan.
Professor Hoskins has an excellent track record regarding funded research including having won more than one million pounds of funding in the last year for 2 large EU Horizon grants; ‘Gender Empowerment through Politics in Classrooms’ (704,872.35 Euros for Professor Hoskins), ‘Strategies for achieving equity and inclusion in education, training and learning in democratic Europe’ (359 371.25 Euros for Professor Hoskins), a Leverhulme project ‘Measuring and assessing the democratic performance of education systems’ (£36,269.00 for Professor Hoskins) and a 6th repeat funding of 105,667.37 US dollars from UNICEF towards measuring Life Skills and Citizenship Education in the Middle East and North Africa. Other recent funded research projects include ‘The Skills Imperative 2035: Essential Skills for tomorrow’s workforce’ (Funded by the Nuffield Foundation) and ‘Post-16 Educational Trajectories and Social Inequalities in Political Engagement (Funded by the Nuffield Foundation).
Professor Hoskins has an exceptional record on knowledge exchange and impact and in collaboration with international organisations, UNICEF, World Bank, Council of Europe and UNESCO, has previously developed assessment instruments to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching 21st century/life skills within schools. These experiences were developed into a case study that was a 4* Ref2021 submission. Sociology | University of Roehampton, London
Professor Hoskins has 6 years of policy experience having previously worked at the Council of Europe in France leading on youth research, at the European Commission in Belgium and then in Italy leading the development of indicators on Active Citizenship.
Professor Hoskins is currently supervising PhD students including;
Kim Olden - Exploring how gender is performed in online spaces: A transnational comparative case study of young adult Asian Intercountry Adoptees (ICAs) use of Instagram as a potential political platform.
Yiyan Shi - The career and life expectations of generation Z in their transitions from school to work in the U.K.
Her recently successful PhD students are;
Tuba Tayfun Kayalarli – Identifying the role of community organisations in the integration of Turkish-speaking migrant women in London
Dr Lanora Callahan - Measuring the socioemotional impact of dance amongst disadvantaged and ethnic minority youth: a random control, mixed method approach
Dr Jinyu Yang: whose PhD was on Learning Citizenship and Political Engagement at University in the UK and China. This study is using mixed method research including the analysis of the Citizenship Education Longitudinal data to explore if university has an effect on engagement and establish which methods are effective.
Dr LiYuan Liu: Whose Phd was on Exploring the Relationship between Education, Economy and Individual Civic Attitudes in Europe and Asia. This study is quantitative and uses multilevel modelling to analyse World Values Survey and the IEA International Citizenship and Civic education Study data to identify if education plays a mediating role between the economic situation in a country and civic attitudes.
Professor Hoskins is particularly interested in supervising new postgraduate research in the following areas:
- citizenship education and Political socialisation
- Inequalities and political engagement
- The effect of the economic crisis on Citizenship
- Comparative research on political engagement across Europe
If you are student who is interested in undertaking a PhD in these areas, please contact her by email.
Links
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STRIDE: Strategies for achieving equity and inclusion in education, training and learning in democratic Europe
Hoskins, B. (PI) & Dinh, K. (CoI)
1/03/24 → 28/02/27
Project: Research
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Measuring and assessing the democratic performance of education systems
Hoskins, B. (PI) & Janmaat, G. (PI)
2/01/24 → 31/12/28
Project: Research
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G EPIC: Gender Empowerment through Politics In Classrooms (G-EPIC), 2023-2026
Hoskins, B. (PI), Mara, A. (CoI) & Callahan, L. D. (CoI)
1/02/23 → 31/01/26
Project: Research
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Measuring Life Skill & Citizenship Education (LSCE) in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), 2022-25.
Hoskins, B. (PI)
1/11/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Intergenerational transmission and the reinforcement of the political engagement gap: Identifying how university educated parents enable their children to become more politically interested during early adolescence
Hoskins, B. & Janmaat, J. G., 16 Apr 2024, In: BRITISH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Supporting girls’ confidence in party politics in the context of the rise of misogyny: Introducing the G-EPIC project
Hoskins, B., 2 Dec 2024, Association for Citizenship in Teaching (ACT).Research output: Other contribution
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The gender gap in political efficacy: the accelerating effect of classroom discussions
García-Albacete, G. & Hoskins, B., 30 Jul 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Social Forces.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Understanding Gender Inequality in Political Self-Efficacy in Early Adolescents: Different Measures, Different Gender Gaps
Hoskins, B. & Carrasco, D., 13 Aug 2024, In: POLITICAL STUDIES REVIEW.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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2023 REVIEW OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE REFERENCE FRAMEWORK OF COMPETENCES FOR DEMOCRATIC CULTURE (RFCDC)
Santibanez , B. & Hoskins, B., Dec 2023, 67 p.Research output: Other contribution › peer-review
Open AccessFile172 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Prof Hoskins - invited speaker, presented ‘Effective methods to increase the confidence of disadvantaged girls in party politics: Evaluation results of G-EPIC 5-lesson intervention’ at the APPG on Political and Media Literacy Meeting: Annual General Meeting, House of Commons, UK Parliament.
Hoskins, B. (Speaker)
11 Mar 2025Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Public speaking engagements
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Prof Hoskins interviewed Beverley Hughes MP at the Houses of Parliament as part of the STRIDE work package 5 interviews with key stakeholders involved in the development and implementation of Sure Start.
Hoskins, B. (Contributor)
26 Feb 2025Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Other
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Prof. Bryony Hoskins delivered the keynote speech titled ‘Effective Methods to Increase the Political Self-Efficacy of Disadvantaged Girls in Party Politics: G-EPIC 5-Lesson Intervention & Initial UK Results’ at the Early Career Researcher Conference ‘Inequalities and Democracy’, held at the University of Roehampton on 23rd June 2025.
Hoskins, B. (Keynote speaker)
23 Jun 2025Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Public speaking engagements
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Prof. Bryony Hoskins and Dr. Khuyen Dinh presented their G-EPIC research findings, ‘Testing Inclusive Citizenship Methods: Can Counter-Narratives and Think-Pair-Share Increase Political Self-Efficacy in Disadvantaged Girls in England?’, at the GEPIC Research Seminar Series, held at the University of Roehampton on 2nd June 2025.
Hoskins, B. (Presenter)
2 Jun 2025Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Public speaking engagements
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Prof. Bryony Hoskins attended and advised Cedefop’s Advisory Group meeting on Citizenship Education in Initial Vocational Education and Training (IVET). The purpose of the meeting was to give advice on the IVET citizenship education study that CEDEFOP are currently developing.
Hoskins, B. (Advisor)
18 Sept 2025Activity: Public engagement and outreach › Contribution to the work of non-academic organisations
Press/Media
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TES Magazine (Times Educational Supplement) featured the G-EPIC research project, led by Professor Bryony Hoskins: ‘Politics focus leads to ‘significant’ confidence boost for girls’, highlighting how the five-lesson programme significantly improved working-class girls’ political knowledge, confidence, and self-belief.
29/10/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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The EdTech Innovation Hub featured media coverage of the G-EPIC project: 'University of Roehampton launches five-lesson program helping girls push back against online misogyny in classrooms'
29/10/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Lowering voting age could deepen class divide in schools due to lack of political literacy among teenagers
29/07/25
1 item of Media coverage
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Prof Hoskins was cited in the Newsweek article ‘Kamala Harris Scores Win With Gen Z, Gen Alpha’ on 01/011/14, regarding the presidential election campaign and the results a poll from under 18s.
1/11/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Press / Media