Età, status o partecipazione? Ripensare le logiche di ammissibilità nell’istruzione superiore europea e nelle politiche per i giovani

Autori

  • Edita Lenkauskaite Klaipeda University, Department of Management and Economics

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61007/QdC.2026.3.458

Parole chiave:

politica per i giovani, status di studente, ricercatori all’inizio della carriera, requisiti di ammissibilità basati sull’età, apprendimento permanente

Abstract

Il presente documento esamina come le categorie di “giovane”, “studente” e “giovane ricercatore” siano costruite nei quadri normativi europei e in alcuni contesti nazionali selezionati. Sebbene nella pratica si sovrappongano spesso, esse si basano su logiche di ammissibilità in parte incompatibili: la categoria “giovane” è definita principalmente in base all’età, lo status di “studente” deriva dall’iscrizione a un istituto, mentre lo status di “giovane ricercatore” varia tra limiti di età espliciti e criteri legati alla fase della carriera. Un’analisi comparativa concettuale delle politiche esamina come queste definizioni influenzino l’accesso alla partecipazione, alla mobilità, alla rappresentanza, al sostegno materiale e alle opportunità di ricerca. L’analisi individua una discrepanza tra le strutture di ammissibilità basate sull’età e le agende europee che promuovono l’apprendimento permanente, percorsi formativi flessibili e carriere di ricerca non lineari. Si sostiene che l’età funga da meccanismo di selezione e che sia necessario un maggiore allineamento tra gli obiettivi strategici e le regole operative di ammissibilità.

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Pubblicato

2026-10-20

Come citare

Lenkauskaite, E. (2026). Età, status o partecipazione? Ripensare le logiche di ammissibilità nell’istruzione superiore europea e nelle politiche per i giovani. Quaderni Di comunità. Persone, Educazione E Welfare Nella Società 5.0 , 1(3). https://doi.org/10.61007/QdC.2026.3.458