Welcome to the website of the Department of Early Childhood Education

The department’s research profile encompasses three broad thematic areas of focus:

1. Structural and qualitative characteristics of early childhood education and how they affect children’s development,,
2. Professional competencies of early childhood education professionals, and
3. International comparison analyses of the structure and effects of early childhood education.

The department’s research follows an empirical approach and is generally interdisciplinary.

For more about our research, click here.