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Margherita Bussi

Professeure
margherita.bussi@uclouvain.be

SSH/EDUC Faculté des sciences de l'éducation (EDUC)

SSH/IACS Institute for the Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies (IACCHOS)

  • Expertise :
  • Public policy analysis; Adult Education; Governance; European labour market and social policies

Bio | Présentation  

Margherita Bussi holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Geneva. She is Assistant Professor in adult education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences and a member of Groupe interdisciplinaire de Recherche sur la Socialisation, l’Educationet la Formation (Girsef) at the UCLouvain (Belgium). Her research focuses on adult education, labour market and social policies and their governance at the European and national levels. She is co-editor of the Research Handbook on Adult Education Research (Edward Elgar, 2024).

Margherita Bussi est titulaire d'un doctorat en sciences politiques de l'Université de Genève. Elle est professeure assistante en éducation des adultes à la Faculté des sciences de l'éducation et membre du Groupe interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la socialisation, l'éducation et la formation (Girsef) à l'UCLouvain (Belgique). Ses recherches portent sur l'éducation des adultes, le marché du travail et les politiques sociales, ainsi que leur gouvernance aux niveaux européen et national. Elle est coéditrice du Research Handbook on Adult Education Research (Edward Elgar, 2024) 

Internal and external roles | Fonctions internes et externes

Adresse postale
PSP - Michotte/Socrate/Mercier
L3.05.01
Place Cardinal Mercier 10
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
EDUC
SH13-15 - Michotte/Socrate/Mercier
Étage 01 Bureau D 116
1348 Louvain-la-Neuve
Téléphone : 010474387

Unités d'enseignement pour 2025

Libellé Code
Fondements de la recherche en formation d'adultes LFOPA2811
Démarche de recherche et accompagnement du projet mémoire LFOPA2913
Approche socio-politique de l'éducation et de la formation LFOPA2923
Séminaire de recherche en sciences de l'éducation : entretien de recherche, récit de vie et traitement des données qualitatives LFOPA2925

Research interests | Axes de recherche

  • Public policy analysis; 
  • Adult Education; 
  • Governance; 
  • European and national labour market, social and adult education policies

Current projects | Projets en cours

  • DigiYouth - Innoviris

 

(Co-)supervision of PhD Theses | (Co-)promotions de thèses

Ongoing | En cours

Vanderavero, Pauline

Aglave, Julie

Defended | Soutenues

Publications | Publications représentatives

Vanderavero, Pauline, Bussi, Margherita,  Dupriez, Vincent  

2027
Article de journal

Milana, M., & Bussi, M. (2027). L’evoluzione del Sistema Nazionale per l’Apprendimento degli Adulti (anni 1090-2020) in Italia: frammentazione delle politiche, dinamiche istituzionali e influenza europea. Scuola Democratica. Accepted/in-press. (Original work published 2027)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/278475


2026
Papier de conférence

Bussi, M. (2026, May 15). The democratic impact of adult education policies: exploring the added value policy feedback effects on mass publics. ESREA/PSAE, Hamburg.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/278473


Article de journal

Mikulec, B., Bussi, M., & Barros, R. (2026). Researching global, national and local adult education policies and actors. International Journal of Lifelong Education, 45(1), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1080/02601370.2026.2604979 (Original work published 2026)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/278305


2025
Papier de conférence

Bussi, M. (2025, July 3). L’adulte apprenant face aux politiques publiques. Journée de la recherche francophone en formation des adultes, Nanterre.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/278476


2024
Chapitre de livre

Bussi, M. (2024). Chapitre 10. La formation : une perspective internationale et européenne. In P. Carré, P. Caspar, C. Frétigné et O. Las Vergnas (ed.), Traité des sciences et des techniques de la Formation (5e édition). Dunod.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/278474


Bussi, M. (2024). La formation : une perspective internationale et européenne. In Carré P., Las Vergnas, O. and Frétigné C. (ed.), Traité des Sciences et techniques de la formation. Dunod.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/28718


Rasmussen, P., Milana, M., & Bussi, M. (2024). Introduction: Politics, Policy and the Governance of Adult Learning and Education. In Marcella Milana ; Palle Rasmussen ; Margherita Bussi (ed.), Research Handbook on Adult Education Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/164061


Bussi, M., & Vanderavero, P. (2024). Une lecture critique de l’image de l’adulte apprenant.e: Entre échos du terrain et construction institutionnelle. In S. Bellal, É. Bourgeois, S. Heugens, & B. Warlop (ed.), Enseigner à des adultes aujourd’hui. Nouveaux enjeux de l’Enseignement de promotion sociale en Belgique francophone (p. p. 101-112). Presses universitaires de Louvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/214194


Bussi, M., Milana, M., & Rasmussen, P. (2024). Conclusions: Lessons Learned from and for Adult Education Policy Research. In Marcella Milana ; Palle Rasmussen ; Margherita Bussi (ed.), Research Handbook on Adult Education Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/164058


Bussi, M., & Milana, M. (2024). The ideational policy trajectory of EU adult learning and skills policies up to Covid-19. In M. Milana, P. Rasmussen, M. Bussi (ed.), Research Handbook on Adult Education Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/27210


Article de journal

Vila-Henninger, L. A., Dupuy, C., Van Ingelgom, V., Caprioli, M. U., Teuber, R. F., Pennetreau, D., Bussi, M., Le Gall, C., & et al. (2024). Abductive Coding: Theory Building and Qualitative (Re)Analysis. Sociological Methods & Research, 53(2), 968-1001. https://doi.org/10.1177/00491241211067508 (Original work published 2024)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/273364


Russell, E., O’Reilly, J., Blome, C., Bussi, M., Chung, H., Finney, M., Johansson, H., Leon, M., Leschke, J., Mytna-Kurekova, L., Ruffa, C., Schoyen, M. Ah., Thürer, M., Unt, M., Verdin, R., & Wallace, C. (2024). Moving away from, moving towards and moving against others: An adaptive multi-strategy approach to defend and build resources in self-protection mode. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 155, 104052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2024.104052 (Original work published 2024)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/235459


Monographie

Milana, M., Rasmussen, P., & Bussi, M. (2024). Research Handbook on Adult Education Policy. Edward Elgar Publishing.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/30272


2023
Document de travail

de Viron, F., Jézégou, A., & Bussi, M. (2023). L’adulte d’aujourd’hui, sommé d’apprendre ? (Sociétés en Changement 16, juillet).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/25831


Papier de conférence

Bussi, M., & Milana, M. (2023). Continuity or change after COVID-19? The resilient ideational foundation of EU’s adult learning and skills policies. ECER, Yerevan.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/28721


Chapitre de livre

Bussi, M., Hora, O., Lawrynowicz, M., Schoyen, M. A., & et al. (2023). Learning from precarious trajectories. portraits of young adults in four European countries. In D. Buttler, M. Lawrynowicz, & P. Michon (ed.), School-to-Work transition in a comparative perspective. Edward Elgar Publishing.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/27209


Article de journal

Bernal Gonzalez, A., Bussi, M., Dumay, X., Dupriez, V., & März, V. (2023). L’école inclusive au prisme des théories de la justice et des politiques sociales. Les sciences de l’éducation pour l’ère nouvelle. Accepted/in-press. (Original work published 2023)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/24871


2022
Chapitre de livre

Bussi, M. (2022). Youth Unemployment. In Paolo G. Graziano and Jale Tosun (ed.), Encyclopedia of EU Public Policy. Edward Elgar.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/219796


Bussi, M. (2022). L’adulte apprenant dans les politiques européennes : une réflexion critique. In Olivier Collar-Bovy; Annie Jézégou; Françoise de Viron (ed.), Adultes et Formation. Penser et Agir autrement (Presses Universitaires de Louvain). Presses Universitaires de Louvain.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/23293


Article de journal

Bussi, M., Dupuy, C., & Van Ingelgom, V. (2022). Do Social Policy Change Impact on Politics? A Review of Policy Feedbacks on Citizens’ Political Participation and Attitudes towards politics. Journal of European Social Policy, 32(5), 607-618. https://doi.org/10.1177/09589287221089 (Original work published 2022)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/27311


2021
Papier de conférence

André, G., Bussi, M., Franssen, A., Verhoeven, M., Gonzalez, B., Rinschbergh, F., & Vaeremans, E. (2021). Présentation des résultats de la recherche « Les politiques publiques en matière d’enfance et de jeunesse en Belgique francophone de 1999 à 2020 ». Labo du Girsef, UCL.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/164272


Bussi, M., & Milana, M. (2021). How did adult learning and skills gain traction within the European Semester? A multi-streams perspective. International Public Policy Association Conference.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/28095


2019
Chapitre de livre

Bussi, M., Mi Ah Schoyen, & Bjorn Hvinden. (2019). Has the European Social Fund been effective in supporting young people? In Bjørn Hvinden, Christer Hyggen, Mi A. Schoyen, Tomáš Sirovátka (eds.) (ed.), Youth Unemployment and Job Insecurity in Europe: Problems, Risk Factors and Policies. Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788118897

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/227144


Bussi, M., Anne McDonnell, Mi Ah Schoyen, Jannike Solstad Vedeler, & Jacqueline O’Reilly. (2019). Social resilience in facing precarity: Young people ’rising to the occasion. In Bjørn Hvinden, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Mi Ah Schoyen and Christer Hyggen (eds.) (ed.), Negotiating early job insecurity well-being, scarring and resilience of European youth. Edward Elgar. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788118798

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/219863


Sara Ayllon, Bussi, M., Jacqueline O’Reilly, Mi Ah Schoyen, Ann McDonnell, & Ida Tolgensbakk. (2019). Drug use and early job insecurity. In Bjørn Hvinden, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Mi Ah Schoyen and Christer Hyggen (eds.) (ed.), Negotiating early job insecurity well-being, scarring and resilience of European youth. Edward Elgar.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/231889


Papier de conférence

Dupuy, C., & Bussi, M. (2019). Unmaking Demand for Social Policy: Beneficiaries and Long-Term Policy Dynamics. CES - Council of European Studies, Madrid.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/24875


Bussi, M., & Mi Ah Schoyen. (2019). Young people’s agency in difficult transitions: the role of national institutional settings,. CES - Council of European Studies, Madrid.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/63437


Le Gall, C., & Bussi, M. (2019). Does welfare conditionality programmes alter democratic engagement? CES - Council of European Studies, Madrid.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/24864


Dupuy, C., & Bussi, M. (2019). Unmaking Demand for Social Policy: Beneficiaries and Long-Term Policy Dynamics. SASE, New York.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/24718


Article de journal

Bussi, M., & Graziano, P. (2019). Europeanisation and the Youth Guarantee: The case of France. International Journal of Social Welfare, 28(4), 394-403. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12400 (Original work published 2019)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/26828


2018
Chapitre de livre

Ritschard, G., Bussi, M., & O’Reilly, J. (2018). An index of precarity for measuring early employment insecurity. In Gilbert Ritschard, Matthias Studer ( eds.) (ed.), Sequence Analysis and Related Approaches. Springer Link. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95420-2

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/219882


Papier de conférence

Dupuy, C., Bussi, M., & et al. (2018). Bringing citizens back in the analysis of policy change. Unleashing the explanatory power of policy design. IPPA Joint sessions 2018 Workshop “Policy feedback and policy dynamics: Methodological and theoretical challenges”, Pittsburgh (EEUU).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/24850


2017
Document de travail

Bussi, M., & Jacqueline O’Reilly. (2017). Institutional determinants of early job insecurity in the UK (Negotiate Working Papers 8.4).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/25573


Article de journal

Bussi, M., & Pareliussen, J. (2017). Back to Basics - Literacy Proficiency, Immigration and Labour Market Outcomes in Sweden : Back to Basics - Literacy Proficiency, Immigration and Labour Market Outcomes in Sweden. Social Policy and Administration : an international journal of policy and research, 51(4), 676-696. https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12319 (Original work published 2017)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/24876


2016
Document de travail

Bussi, M. (2016). Strait-jackets or stepping stones ? Exploring institutional ability to develop employability of young people.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/27963


Bussi, M. (2016). Measuring early employment insecurity and its effects in the United Kingdom: a modified index of complexity (NEGOTIATE Working Paper Series No 6.2).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/26599


Article de journal

Bussi, M. (2016). The référentiel of employability policies: a cognitive approach. Sociologia del Lavoro, 1(141), 89-106. https://doi.org/10.3280/sl2016-141006 (Original work published 2016)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/28625


2015
Document de travail

Bussi, M., & Jon Pareliussen. (2015). Skills and Labour Market Performance in Sweden (OECD Economics Department).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/24880


Bussi, M., & Pareliussen, J. (2015). Skills and Labour Market Performance in Sweden (Technical Background Paper, OECD Economics Department).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/25276


2014
Article de journal

Bussi, M. (2014). Going beyond Work-First and Human Capital approaches to employability: the added-value of the Capability Approach. Social Work and Society, 12(2), 1-15. (Original work published 2014)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/24717


2013
Article de journal

Bussi, M. (2013). Social partners’ negotiations on youth employment: common concerns, different solutions. Transfer : European review of labour and research, 19(3), 415-418. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024258913494067 (Original work published 2013)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/29485


Document de travail

Bussi, M., & Geyer, L. (2013). Youth Guarantees and recent developments on measures against youth unemployment. A mapping exercise (Background analysis 2013.4).

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/28098


Chapitre de livre

Bussi, M., Sisson, P., & Wright, D. (2013). Labour market inequalities and divergence. In Bernadette Ségol ; Maria Jepsen ; Philippe Pochet (ed.), Benchmarking Working in Europe 2013. ETUI.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/27452


2012
Chapitre de livre

Bussi, M. (2012). Education and inequality in Europe: a youth perspective. In Bernadette Ségol ; Maria Jepsen ; Philippe Pochet (ed.), Benchmarking Working in Europe 2012. ETUI.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/25947


Article de journal

Bussi, M., & Dahmen, S. (2012). When ideas circulate. A walk across disciplines and different uses of the ‘capability approach’. Transfer : European review of labour and research, 18(1), 91-95. https://doi.org/10.1177/1024258911433541 (Original work published 2012)

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/29483


Rapport

Bussi, M. (2012). Quality education for quality jobs. ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation.

https://research.dial.uclouvain.be/handle/2078.5/29820