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Inter-university and international educational experiences with an intercultural focus.

A training proposal for social transformation using the Photovoice technique.

Authors

  • Núria Llevot Calvet Department of Education Sciences. University of Lleida
  • Olga Bernard Cavero Universitat de Lleida
  • Àngels Torrelles Montanuy Department of Education Sciences. University of Lleida
  • Christian Coffi Hounnouvi Department of Applied Foreign Languages at the University of Nantes (France)
  • Sílvia Cavalcante Department of Education Sciences. University of Lleida
  • Gabriella Aleandri Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, Italy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15257/ehquidad.2026.0014

Keywords:

European citizenship, Photovoice, Intercultural education, Social justice, Inter-university participatory learning

Abstract

This paper offers an in?depth analysis of an international inter-university educational experience developed within the framework of the Erasmus+ blended intensive programme, aimed at fostering European citizenship from a perspective of interculturality, equity, and social justice. The training initiative, implemented during the 2025/2026 academic year by the University of Lleida, Nantes Université, and Università Roma Tre, was grounded in a critical, reflective, and participatory socio-educational approach. It combined a virtual learning phase with an in?person component, with the objective of promoting exchange and active student engagement. The article places particular emphasis on the Photovoice methodology, used both for pedagogical design and for educational research. The findings show that participatory methodologies constitute a privileged pathway towards an inclusive, critical, and socially responsible higher education. Students constructed situated knowledge, developed intercultural and civic competences, and formulated proposals for socio?educational action oriented towards equity and social transformation.

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Author Biographies

Núria Llevot Calvet, Department of Education Sciences. University of Lleida

Associate Professor at the Department of Educational Sciences of the University of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain (Serra Hunter Programme of the Government of Catalonia). Her research interests focus on mediation and intercultural education, religious diversity, ethnic minorities, and cooperation between Africa and Europe. She has received several research awards at regional, national, and international levels. She has carried out numerous research stays at universities such as Sherbrooke, Quebec, Montreal, Paris, Mostar, Dakar, Padua, Bologna, and Rome. She has coordinated several national and International projects. She has coordinated various regional, national and european teaching and research projects. She has taught lectures and training courses in various institutions and has published articles in scientific journals, as well as book chapters and monographs.

In terms of academic management, she has served as Rector’s Delegate, Master’s Programme Coordinator, Head of two Departments, and Academic Secretary. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Research Institute INDEST and of the Research Group GR-ASE (Educational and Social Analysis) at the University of Lleida. She is also a member of several national and international educational and research networks, including GIER (Interuniversity Rural School Group), RIER (Network for Research on Rural Education) and RIIDE (International Network of Educational Law), and she currently serves as President of RIIDE Catalunya (International Network for Research in Educational Law). She is also a member of the “Educational Inclusion” Action Group of the Iberus Campus.

 

Olga Bernard Cavero, Universitat de Lleida

Lecturer at the Department of Educational Sciences at the University of Lleida (Catalonia, Spain). Her main lines of research focus on the school – family – community, relationship, involvement of foreign families in the education of their sons and daughters, coexistence and intercultural education, cultural and religious diversity, ethnic minorities, rurality, and Africa – Europe cooperation. She has carried out several research and training stays at universities such as Montreal, Dakar, Rome, Bologna and Nantes. She has participated as a professor and researcher in several  regional, national and European teaching and research projects. She has received two research awards at regional and international levels. She has taught lectures and training courses in various centers and she has published articles in high-impact scientific journals, as well as book chapters and books in prestigious publishers. In the field of academic management, she was Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Youth and Society and Coordinator of the Double Degree Program in Early Childhood and Primary Education.

She is a member of the GR-ASE 'Educational and Social Analysis' research group and the INDEST Research Institute (Institute for Social and Territorial Development) at the University of Lleida. She is also a member of the Campus Iberus 'Educational Inclusion' action group, as well as several national and international educational and research networks, including GIER (Interuniversity Group of Rural Schools), RIER (Research Network on Rural Education), and RIIDE (International Network of Educational Law).

Àngels Torrelles Montanuy, Department of Education Sciences. University of Lleida

Lecturer at the Department of Education Sciences at the University of Lleida (Catalonia). Her research focuses on intercultural education, cultural diversity, school and family, rurality and international cooperation. She has participated as a researcher in national and regional projects. She has given lectures and training courses at various centers and has published articles in influential scientific journals, as well as book chapters and books with prestigious publishers. She is a member of the GR-ASE ‘Educational and Social Analysis’ research group and the INDEST Research Institute (Institute for Social and Territorial Development) at the University of Lleida. She is also a member of the Campus Iberus action group ‘Educational Inclusion”, as well as several national and international educational and research networks such as GIER (Interuniversity Group of Rural Schools), RIIDE (International Network of Educational Law) and RIER (Rural Education Research Network). She has carried out a one-week job shadowing and training stay, within an Erasmus+ project of combined mobility at the University of Nantes.

Christian Coffi Hounnouvi, Department of Applied Foreign Languages at the University of Nantes (France)

Professor in the Department of Applied Foreign Languages at the University of Nantes (France). His main areas of research focus on identities, languages and cultures in contact, interculturality, language policies and their economic impact on societies, and the visibility of ethnic minorities.

He has undertaken various research and training stays at universities such as Lleida, Cáceres, Cotonou, Dakar, Las Palmas, UNILAB and Veracruz.

He has given lectures and training courses at various centres and has published articles in national and international scientific journals, as well as book chapters in collaboration with researchers from various international institutions. He is also the coordinator of several scientific projects.

He is a member of the Centre for Research on Identities, Nations and Interculturality at Nantes Université (CRINI). He is also part of several inter-university research networks (EuNiWell Alliance) and carries out project evaluation activities in various institutions.

Sílvia Cavalcante, Department of Education Sciences. University of Lleida

Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Sociology and Social Work at the University of Lleida (UdL), Catalonia. She is currently Vice-Dean of International Relations at the Faculty of Education, Psychology and Social Work at the UdL. Her research focuses on developmental psychology and educational psychology in childhood, particularly on interactions between adults and children, and between peers, and on the well-being of early childhood and primary school teachers. She has undertaken research and training placements at universities such as PUC-Valparaíso in Chile, The Education University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong, Tufts University in the United States, the University of Queensland in Australia, the National University of Comahue in Argentina, the University of Sherbrooke in Canada and the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. She has given lectures at major conferences in her field of research, such as those organised by the Jean Piaget Society, the European Conference on Developmental Psychology, EARLI and ISCAR. She has published articles and book chapters in prestigious scientific journals and publishers such as the European Journal of Psychology of Education, Contemporary Educational Psychology and Springer.

She is a member and collaborator of the research groups ERIMS (Espai de Recerca en Interacció i Mediació Semiótica – University of Lleida), DETEDUCA-UAM (Early Development and Education – Autonomous University of Madrid) and Infantia (Research Group on Interaction Dynamics and Semiotic Systems and Uses of Objects in Educational Practices in Early Childhood Education, University of Brasília, Brasília (Brazil).

Gabriella Aleandri, Department of Education Sciences, Roma Tre University, Italy

Professor of General and Social Pedagogy (M-PED/01) in the Department of Education Sciences at Roma Tre University, Italy. Her main areas of research focus on adult education, lifelong learning, social pedagogy, intercultural pedagogy, autobiographical methods and educational policies. She has carried out numerous research projects in these fields at national and international level, particularly in Lleida, Alicante, Palma de Mallorca and Brazil. She has organised and participated in numerous conferences and training courses in Italy and abroad, and has published numerous articles in scientific journals, book chapters and monographs. She is the director of scientific and pedagogical series. She is the director of the Master's Degree in Art Therapy and director of the Centre for Studies, Research and Training in Education and Social and Special Pedagogy (CeStReF) of the Department of Education Sciences at Roma Tre University.

She is an external member of the GR-ASE (Educational and Social Analysis) research group at the University of Lleida. She is a member of the Doctoral School in Educational and Social Theory and Research. She is a member of the Council of the Master's Degree in Human Resources and coordinator of the Internationalisation Committee of the Interclass Master's Degree LM-85/LM-57 of the Department of Education at Roma Tre University. She is registered in the Register of Journalists of the Lazio Region (Italy). She is a member of numerous Italian and international scientific pedagogical societies.

 

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2026-04-02

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Llevot Calvet, N., Bernard Cavero, O., Torrelles Montanuy, Àngels, Hounnouvi, C. C., Cavalcante, S., & Aleandri, G. (2026). Inter-university and international educational experiences with an intercultural focus.: A training proposal for social transformation using the Photovoice technique. EHQUIDAD. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF WELFARE AND SOCIAL WORK POLICIES, (26). https://doi.org/10.15257/ehquidad.2026.0014

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2026: Avance nº 26

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