EDU-LAB has just passed its implementation equator, and the third issue of our newsletter is where we start sharing what a year and a half of foundational work has produced.

Newsletter III moves from frameworks to first results. Inside, you'll find:

• A pathways framework two years in the making: 32 distinct transition types between education, training and the labour market, and more than 80 determinants shaping how young people move through them
• What works, and what backfires: a systematic review of youth-transition policies across Europe, including six recurring types of unintended effects even well-designed measures can produce
• OSES-Delphi results from 433 experts: two completed survey waves across nine countries, revealing a striking normative gap between what experts expect to happen and what they actually want to happen, especially around inclusion and disadvantage
• Fieldwork with 1,314 young people: 83 focus groups across 12 case-study locations in 7 countries, capturing what helps, what gets in the way, and what young people want to change
• A look across the consortium: from AAB College's roundtable at the Kosovo Academy of Sciences and Arts, to AlmaLaurea's annual conference in Matera, to partner spotlights on Birmingham City University and EVALAG

A concluding round of qualitative expert interviews, the first comprehensive results from the quantitative strand, and a series of five public webinars starting in October 2026 are next on the horizon.

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