Dr Francesc Pedró joined the OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) in Paris (France) in 2005. In his capacity as senior policy analyst, he is the principal administrator of the New Millennium Learners Project. He is also in charge of the reviews of educational R&D in OECD countries and a new project on Systemic Innovation in Education, which includes one strand on vocational education and training and another on digital learning resources.

 

Born in Barcelona in 1960 Francesc received his MEd degree from the Autonomous University of Barcelona as well as a Ph D in Comparative Education from the UNED in Madrid. After that he received a post-doctoral degree in Comparative Education from the University of London Institute of Education.

 

Francesc formerly was professor of comparative education and public policy at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona and academic director of its program for educational quality. Prior to that, he acted as pro-vicechancellor of educational research and innovation at the Open University of Catalonia (Barcelona), the first Internet-based European public university.